It was around this time last year when Comics Kingdom introduced us to the Alex Segura and Nickolej Villiger comic strip Mara Llave: Keeper of Time. After getting a great start the rumor was that actual paying gigs put Mara Llave on the back burner. Now after catching up (and maybe doing some fine tuning?) […]
I’ve long since stopped featuring Santos/Pinocchio cartoons, since there were too many of them and they’d lost all impact. But I got a laugh out of Ed Hall‘s combining of the metaphor with the common “spend more time with my family” excuse. In fact, that lame explanation is as too frequent and as devoid of […]
The Society of Illustrators announced William Joyce and Dahlov Ipcar winners of Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Lifetime Achievement Awards were established in 2005 by past chairs of The Original Art. Nominees must be judged to have a body of work that documents an innovative and pioneering contribution to the field of children’s book illustration, and […]
Mike Peterson has mentioned the episode a few times, at the bottom of this column, at the top here, and toward the middle of this post. But here is Clive Goddard, chairman of the UK’s Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation (PCO), telling it: Back in July 2023 cartoons hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The […]
Everything is horrible. We’ll talk about it over the weekend, which is to say, “Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight.”But we’ll start with a Public Service Announcement from the Other Coast (Creators), with a combination of a caution and a suggestion. A dog for Christmas sounds like a lovely idea, but Christmas can be chaotic and a […]
Update: Gary and Lance returned for one final original cartoon to say goodbye to their fans on November 17. original November 12, 2023 article:From the Cleveland Plain Dealer comes news that Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich will come to an end at the end of this week: Not even a month […]
Kansas City, MO (November 16, 2023) – Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) will assume sales and distribution of The Lockhorns panel by Bunny Hoest and John Reiner, announced Brent Bartram, Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager of AMS. The effective date is January 1, 2024. The witty banter and sometimes-prickly exchanges of Loretta and Leroy Lockhorn […]
Since it’s release in the Summer of 2023 The Talk by Darrin Bell has garnered nothing but praise.Lately it has been making the end of the year lists. Named one of Publishers Weekly‘s Top Ten Best Books of 2023. …a powerful and moving portrait of the experiences of racism across generations One of TIME Magazine’s […]
Graeme MacKay starts us off with something light: Canada has released its new money, with Charlie instead of Liz. You can argue with the kid who doesn’t know who King Charles III is, but MacKay is right that the relationship is somewhat vague and doesn’t come up very often. IIRC, the monarch still has to […]
The origin of National Sadie Hawkins Day: How a comic strip that saw a man desperate to marry off his ‘ugly’ daughter encouraged a generation of women to ‘chase’ men down for a date. © Al Capp Enterprises/UFS Sadie Hawkins Day is celebrated the first Saturday of November in parts of the US inspired by […]
The National Press Foundation has awarded Jen Sorensen the 2023 Berryman Award for editorial cartooning. The Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons is open to U.S.-based editorial cartoonists for work that exhibits power to influence public opinion, plus good drawing and striking effect. The cartoons should represent the highest standards of […]
Martyn Turner gets a gold star today, not for the intent of his cartoon, since I know nothing about David Cameron, who has replaced Suella Braverman, but for having correctly cited the old sailors’ myth of rats prophetically leaving a sinking ship.Cartoonists continually draw ships at sea, listing as they begin to sink beneath the […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for November 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea.Macanudo: Optimism Is for the BraveMurray Ball A Cartoonist’s Life (author interview) Alley Oop and The Captive Prince The Life and Times of Betty […]
Back at the 2023 Reuben Awards convention in September it was announced that Karen Evans had been elected the new National Cartoonists Society president, replacing the termed out Jason Chatfield. Now the NCS has revealed the entire new Board of Directors for the 2023 – 2025 years:President: Karen Evans1st Vice President: John Hambrock2nd Vice President: […]
Let’s start with our latest and, one hopes, last Cruella update. As I was going through cartoons yesterday at about 4 am here and 9 am in London, I came across this Morten Morland panel with Home Secretary Suella Braverman hanging like the Sword of Damocles over the head of PM Rishi Sunak.I appreciated the […]