Surprises Cathy Commiserating with the people of Minneapolis was an unexpected show of support. Cathy Guisewite got all kinds of love on her Facebook and Instagram pages for sending good thoughts.Also out of the blue came Ben Zaehringer referencing Lewis Carroll’s cautionary tale of “The Walrus and The Carpenter” in In the Bleachers this past […]
I was prepared to jump right into this very non-comical story, and the AAEC has released a statement on it, but I didn’t find enough cartoons this morning on the topic, so it’ll have to wait. But Slyngstad dropped two commentaries, this light-hearted iconic one and a more serious one that you’ll see when more […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has issued a statement about the arrest of Don Lemon: There’s a reason free speech and freedom of the press are the first of the essential liberties enshrined as the Bill of Rights in our Constitution. If people aren’t free to speak and assemble and if the press isn’t […]
As everyone knows Garfield celebrates his birthday every year on June 19 because it was on that date in 1978 that Garfield began his syndicated newspaper comic strip. But cartoonist Jim Davis introduced Garfield and Jon two and a half years before that on January 8, 1976 as a weekly strip in The Pendleton Times. […]
In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a national strike going on today to protest ICE, with the slogan “No work, No school, No shopping,” and Matt Davies suggests some alternatives: A quiet walk on the beach alone, communing with nature privately in the forest or skipping a movie along with everybody else.Melania: Twenty Days to […]
Steve Sack returns to the drawing board, KAL shows how he creates and provides a flow chart, Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novelist Tessa Hulls is interviewed, Freebies: Comics Research Bibliography and Addenda and The Blue Road to Trump Hell, American Library’s list of Youth Media Awards (the Newbery, the Caldecott, the Alex for Peter Kuper, and […]
The estate of Will Eisner is putting the entire output of Will Eisner that they control through copyright and trademark up for sale, including The Spirit and all of Eisner’s graphic novels and comics.George Gene Gustines for The New York Times reports (or here): Up for grabs are Eisner’s graphic novels, children’s books and instruction […]
If you think that headline is confusing, buckle up. Today, on the first day of the new indie Angoulême festival, Le Grand Off (organized to replace the canceled 2026 Angoulême International Comics Festival), the Association FIBD, along with disgraced 9e Art+ festival manager Franck Bondoux, announced they will sue the Association for the Development of […]
Anderson nails our current situation well in his latest piece, and addresses a matter that has bothered me for several years.As you can see from his sig, Ratt introduced the concept six years ago. I liked it then, but I couldn’t take the warning literally. It’s an oversimplification to say our Civil War was fought […]
Author and TCJ comics reviewer Frank M. Young looks at the new Nancy by Caroline Cash, with a hat tip to Ernie Bushmiller‘s original and the Olivia Jaimes‘ reboot, at Prospect Magazine. Comics characters often outlive their creators. Some have carried on for decades, others more than a century, picked up by new artists and […]
Long time Midwest editorial cartoonist Ed Fischer has passed away. Edward Vincent (Ed) Fischer August 10, 1937 – January 24, 2026 From the obituary: Ed Fischer, born August 10, 1937, was a celebrated professional editorial cartoonist whose career spanned more than 70 years and brought laughter, insight, and warmth to audiences of all ages. Beginning […]
A change is as good as a rest, and we’ve seen significant change in the past few days. But, as Bramhall notes, we’re still digging out and far from any resolution. However, we’re starting to see where the lines are drawn, which is a good first step, though it seems silly to suggest “first steps” […]
The return of Ming and Merrill. now (or soon) appearing is Nancy Beiman and Looney Tunes, playing games with Rosebuds and Lum and Abner.The Return of Ming the Merciless When last we saw the Master/Monster of Mongo. After seeing a hologram image of Ming earlier, which may or may not have been manipulated by Ming […]
Soon after Doonesbury began syndication there arose a false accusation that Garry Trudeau was no longer drawing the comic strip only writing it, having handed off the art chores to others. Even as recently as 2023 that myth was voiced by some on the death of Doonesbury inker Don Carlton: Don Carlton the “Doonesbury Cartoon” […]
Neither, thanks. Given the semi-news out of Minneapolis and Washington, this seems like a good day to avoid political pontificating until we see what’s going on. It’s not time to celebrate and it’s certainly not time to relax. In the words of the master, Yogi Berra, it’s not over ’til it’s over. And it ain’t, […]