I’ve often observed here that it’s tough to do multi-panel political cartoons because the news rarely cooperates by producing enough examples to fit the format. Granted, Tom Tomorrow generally does better than average at it anyway, but here’s an example of the subject matter cooperating with plenty of material that only needed a clever twist […]
The rate at which the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is setting up and staging events indicates they are aiming for 80 celebratory gatherings during their 80th Annual Reuben Conference and Awards season. Many have already been held such as yesterday’s “studio visit with Bunny Hoest and John Reiner, co-creators of the beloved The Lockhorns,” which […]
The Daily Cartoonist wishes the wonderful cartoonist and caricaturist Gerald Scarfe a happy 90th birthday! Artist Gerald Scarfe, born on June 1, 1936, joins our Senior Strippers Club.From the Gerald Scarfe homepage: Born in London in 1936, Gerald’s career has spanned more than 60 years. He established himself as a satirical cartoonist working for Punch […]
This would normally raise questions about how benefits are adjudicated in New Zealand, which I’d probably dismiss as Not Of General Interest. Instead, however, it raises the question of how much of an aging nerd do you have to be to recognize Daleks?We used to occasionally catch Doctor Who on CJOH-Ottawa, but didn’t watch it […]
The news worthy cartoonists this round are Dan Martin, Dale Messick, Bret Juliano, and Alan Dunn. Dan Martin Lecture on St. Louis Cartoon History & Weatherbird Weatherbird cartoonist and St. Louis cartooning historian Dan Martin will expound on both next Sunday. By Tribune Staff • Join the Madison County Historical Society at 2 p.m. on […]
Some notes on newspaper comic strips from the past week. King Features Gets Into the Foodservice Business It is not unusual for Zippy to visit a diner, though he did so in five of the six dailies this week. And the Motel Cafe has been the center of the Rex Morgan universe for three months […]
I like Chilton’s art (which comes from the New Cartoonist), but both the subject matter and the setting are a reminder that the Whole World Is Watching, and it isn’t cheering us on. There are worse things to export than Disney films, but this is still an indication of how much our culture, such as […]
It is the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration. The treasury of illustration art was years in the making and is scheduled to open next week on June 5, 2026. Stuart Hertage for The Guardian reports: Spread across a sprawling 17th-century industrial complex in London’s Clerkenwell, the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, which opens next month, […]
Each week my ADHD brain finds some comic-related things on social media that must be chased down. There were several this week. Due to scheduling conflicts with some subject matter experts, I had to push two topics to next week. This week we chase two rabbits: how do artists draw character’s mouths based on the […]
“New comics to start in June” When I saw the headline for The Sharon (Pa.) Herald article about their comics pages I thought it just the first of what will be a number of newspapers explaining why Big Nate will no longer be appearing daily. Turns out it was something else. From The Sharon Herald […]
Indeed c’est le weekend, and while there are a lot of very important political issues to address, to quote Shakespeare or possibly Harold Pinter, “Tragedy tomorrow; Comedy tonight.”Besides, I don’t have enough information about the president’s physical beyond the release from the White House, where they report that he’s 6’3″ and weighs 238 pounds, so […]
Cartoonist Anthony Haden-Guest sues socialite to get art back; NYC’s Museum of Modern Art to display their animation cels collection; the MAD King and the MAD Mascot; ASIFA-East Awards for 2026 includes the inaugural Cartoon Brew Award. Anthony Haden-Guest Sues to Get His Cartoons Back Peter Senzamici reports for The New York Post that cartoonist […]
Golding channels Groening with this commentary on the upcoming 250th celebrations. I have been hesitant to comment because, while I’m astonished that anybody watches some of the braindead programming on TV, apparently they do.It seems elitist to mock people for not having your own refined sense of style, but that’s another chance to say, “Seems,” […]
Jack Ohman at The Herblock Prize PresentationFrom Bruce Guthrie comes 150+ still photos of Jack Ohman receiving The Herblock Prize at the Library of Congress event from May 26, 2026. Mr. Guthrie has a photographic archive of Herblock Prize presentations going back 12 years featuring Jen Sorensen, Kevin Kallagher, Mark Fiore, Ruben Bolling, Ward Sutton, […]
A years-long, physically-enforced sabbatical ended for Steve Sack last year when he returned to cartooning. Rob Tornoe at Editor & Publisher tells of Steve Sack’s Comeback. Journalists are used to overcoming adversity, but what if you’re a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist and you suddenly can no longer hold a pencil? That’s the situation Steve Sack faced […]