Pearls Before Swine (AMS) gets political this morning, and I’ll admit I can’t tiptoe around the general topic either. It’s not easy to avoid thinking about. My social media this morning consisted of a mix of leftover St. Patrick’s Day stuff — and I don’t intend to get into that again — and loads of […]
Between Friends cartoonist Sandra Bell-Lundy has created a Substack and the inaugural newsletter is a tour of her studio workplace which has a drawing table rather than a tablet for creating her comic strip. Next to my computer station is my drawing board…where I spend most of my time. Yes, I work traditionally. Yes, I […]
Michael Cavna, for The Washington Post, covers the disappearance of women cartoonists from newspaper pages. Michael talks to Hilary Price, Georgia Dunn, Stephanie Piro, Lynn Johnston, Karen Evans, and King Features President C. J. Kettler. Kettler, along with Stephan Pastis, talk more about the general State of The Art: “[A]re we in the same place […]
Constant Readers know how much I hate March 17, but that means I got a kick out of John Cole’s contribution to the day, because it’s entirely silly start to finish. Darby O’Gill and the Little People is not, by far, the worst Irish-American film ever shot, but it does play on sentimental archetypes and […]
Started the week with remembrances of a long gone character. Though we get a better look at Broom-Hilda peeking out of that log than we used to get of Grelber’s face. Strangely beginning Tuesday “Browne” started showing up as the signature in Hi and Lois. It seems too soon to be paying tribute to Chance […]
Joel Pett (Tribune) explains it all. We are now engaged in a great civil war, testing whether people are more afraid of scary, foolish nonsense than they are of genuine problems.The answer isn’t entirely clear, which is what makes reality so much fun. Certainly, the “real threats” of ignorance combined with disinformation are a heady […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 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. Arnold: The Complete Collection Volume 2 by Kevin McCormick After more than 30 years Arnold is back, […]
I gather, from the flood of cartoons on the topic, that I’m the only person in America who doesn’t watch TikTok. It’s not that I don’t watch TikTok, but I don’t watch many videos, which I would say has something to do with being ADD except I know people with ADD who find short videos […]
I spent dozens of hours last fall interviewing newspaper cartoonists about how they draw their work, assuming that many would have adopted modern tools like a Wacom Cintiq tablet or at least a digital stylus paired with something like an iPad. Instead, I was surprised to find that many rely on traditional media, like ink, […]
Apparently Pia Guerra‘s cartoon on yesterday’s The Washington Post site (in the hard copy?) referencing the recent Royal photo fail of Kate and kids has taken on a viral virtual life and is being described as “savage” and “brutal”. At least that’s what news reports are saying. First the cartoon from the WaPo: From the […]
Asked and answered. Thanks, Frazz (AMS).One thing I learned by interviewing politicians and celebrities is that luck and talent aren’t enough. I met a few who were so openly ambitious that they were off-putting, but the majority just had this thing. As one actor told me, “A lot of people want it, but not many […]
British socialist cartoonist Alan Hardman has passed away. Alan Hardman 1936 – January 18, 2024 From Left Horizons: Internationally renowned political cartoonist, Alan Hardman from Laycock, Keighley died in hospital on Thursday January 18, 2024 after a period of illness. Alan was proud of his Yorkshire roots having been born into a Barnsley mining family. […]
Universal’s Toon Lagoon, Dav Pilkey’s Free Little Library, Trina Robbins’ Fashions, and Snoopy’s Diet.If you think your daily newspaper’s comics page needs an update… Islands of Adventure maintains face time with comic charactersDewayne Bevil for The Orlando Sentinel goes to Universal’s Toon Lagoon to inform Instagramers how to get the best results when taking photos […]
Nobody is better at making too much of something that doesn’t really matter than First Dog on the Moon, and so who better to comment on Princess Catherine’s (or, as those of us who know her personally would say, “Kate’s”) adventure in photo manipulation? Not only is First Dog good at hyping the overhyped, but, […]
Another round of newspaper editors getting letters about the cartoons and comics they run. We start with The Oregonian’s Editor and VP of Content Therese Bottomly’s “Letter from the Editor” recounting some of the letters received by the newspaper from people concerned about the comics on their funny pages and providing examples: Last month, I […]