A couple years ago GoComics noted that Clay Jones had a five year run of posting an editorial cartoon on that site every day. An incredible record. A couple months ago The Daily Cartoonist noted that the streak continued, comparing it to Lou Gehrig’s and Cal Ripken’s streaks of consecutive games played. Well today marks […]
Scott Hilburn wins the Fortuitous Timing Award, though if he’d run today’s Argyle Sweater (AMS) 24 hours earlier, he might be up for a Pulitzer. Yes, it’s a different form of airline chaos, but given his lead time, I think he did pretty well.Besides, the types of chaos that ensued appear to have been fairly […]
I think we already mentioned that Tim Rickard is celebrating 20 years since Brewster Rockit, Space Guy debuted. Also the The Comics Curmudgeon’s Josh Furshlugginer(sp?) began blogging that same July 20 years ago. So, moving on… Greg Cravens again impresses us with his white outline against a black background in The Buckets. Y’know how Miss […]
Thanks for coming, and don’t forget to tip your waitress.Okay, I’ve got more to say, but Tom the Dancing Bug certainly did a lot of the heavy lifting, and I’d note his inclusion of a “temperature lowerer,” which suggests that this is a post-assassination-attempt effort or at least that Bolling added an edit before release. […]
Hilary Campbell, Liza Donnelly, Philip Witte, Caroline Cash, Matt Groening Hilary Campbell Becomes a Contributor to Hometown Paper Known by most of the world as New Yorker Cartoonist Hilary Campbell, she is known to most of us as Sonoma Valley local, Hilary Campbell. Hilary visits frequently and considers Sonoma her second home. Because of this, and […]
Bob Eckstein is a prolific cartoonist, illustrator, best-selling author, and humorist who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2007. He can put a hilarious spin on almost any serious social or political issue. But his latest book, Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums (Princeton […]
Australian cartoonist Warren Brown has produced my favorite attempted-assassination cartoon so far and I recognize that there’s something twisted about having a “favorite attempted-assassination cartoon.”But he’s right that, while the nicked ear is a calamity that gives Trump the chance to play victim and to divert attention from the ghastly proposals of Project 2025 that […]
Southerners from the Society of Professional Journalists have announced the winners of The Green Eyeshade Awards. For the Editorial Cartooning JD Crowe of the Alabama Media Group took the #1 spot for his 2023 efforts. Founded in 1950, the Society of Professional Journalists’ Green Eyeshade is the nation’s oldest regional journalism contest. It highlights the […]
The world’s oldest cartooning organization, the Australian Cartoonists Association, celebrates 100 years of existence today. (Well, yesterday because, you know, Australia.)The Dictionary of Sydney gives us A Short History of the Black and White Artists’ Club by Lindsey Foyle: The Dictionary of Sydney also notes the various name changes of the organization through the years: […]
As everyone struggles to explain the young man who tried to shoot Trump, I thought of this Tom the Dancing Bug from 1999, when we were trying to figure out Columbine and everybody had a theory.We didn’t actually come to a conclusion, or, at least, not to one that solved the problem, though, as Bolling […]
GoComics has posted a notice toward the top of all the editorial cartoon pages (highlighted in orange) that, due to their outdated AI monitoring tools being unable to control the divisive commenting on their platform, for the remainder of this election year commenting will be disabled for political cartoons on their site. The notice: As […]
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From the San Diego Comic-Con Bill Finger Award page: Jo Duffy and Ralph Newman are this year’s recipients of the 2024 Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing. The selection, made by a blue-ribbon committee chaired by writer-historian Mark Evanier, was unanimous. “This year’s posthumous recipient wrote hundreds if not thousands of comic […]
There have been times when emigrating to Australia seemed like a good idea, but it doesn’t take a lot of reflection to recognize the futility. After all, Nevil Shute wrote On the Beach in 1957 and Stanley Kramer turned it into a movie in 1959 in which Australians waited for death to arrive in a […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2024 release. Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Flash Gordon: Classic Collection Vol.1 – Hardcover by Don Moore and Alex Raymond Science fiction’s most enduring […]