Just hours after The Daily Cartoonist and others celebrated the 90th birthday of Sal Buscema the family released the news that Sal had passed away a few days ago.Silvio (Sal) Buscema January 26, 1936 – January 24, 2026From the funeral home obituary: Silvio “Sal” Buscema, 89, of Gainesville, Virginia, went to be with Jesus on […]
Marvel comic book artist Sal Buscema, born January 26, 1936, joins our Senior Strippers club today.Sal is one of a few remaining creators from The Silver Age (1960s) of Marvel comic books. With the help of big brother John Sal started his Marvel career in 1968 by inking but was soon laying out and pencilling […]
Morland summed up the World Economic Forum in Davos by showing totally knackered leaders and one little fellow blissfully tucked in and sleeping, with his toys scattered around to suggest who was responsible for the chaos.On the other hand, Pope narrows in on the two highlights of the meeting: Canadian PM Mark Carney’s stirring speech […]
Roger Dahl has decided to retire from his The Japan Times cartooning career after 35 years. Gebdel Gento writes of Roger Dahl leaving Tokyo’s The Japan Times, Japan’s largest English language newspaper: Longtime readers of this paper will be familiar with the artwork of Roger Dahl, whose contributions have been an integral part of The […]
Fran Krause, Nate Fakes, Caroline Cash, Keith Knight, and Deon Parson from the Cartoonists File. Fran Krause’s Deep Dark Fears Comics has the wonderful ability to seamlessly flow between the imagined or metaphorical and the real…The quaint but macabre swipe comic Deep Dark Fears by Fran Krause is an excellent example of this singular power. […]
One of the issues in compiling cartoons about yesterday’s killing of Alex Pretti was that very few cartoonists were able to get their work posted on the official sites by this morning. Another, more disturbing, issue was that many cartoons, reposted on social media, were about the ongoing brutality of ICE, which made it hard […]
Editorial cartoonist Barry Rumple has passed away. Barry Townsend Rumple, Jr. January 31, 1947 – December 5, 2025 From the obituary: After high school he served in the US Army from 1965-1969 and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. After the war, Barry then attended and graduated from Scranton University and Spectrum Art Institute […]
A 64-Page Celebration of Comics, Chaos, and Questionable DecisionsFrom a DC press release: DC is proud (and slightly concerned) to announce MAD About DC, a 64-page one-shot arriving April 1, 2026. Yes, April 1. And no, this isn’t a prank—unless you count letting Chip Zdarsky run this thing as its Guest Editor a prank on […]
Whoops. Accidentally said something we aren’t supposed to. But as long as we’re on the subject: I guess the reason we aren’t supposed to say “Watch out for ice” is that ICE will watch out for you, whether you want them to or not. I said the other day that it’s hard for cartoonists to […]
Martin Rowson and Ella Baron – Processes The Guardian charges two of their cartoonists with the idea of “Trump and a world in turmoil” and then followed them as they transformed that into an editorial cartoon along with their thought process along the way. This week, we challenged the pair to draw on the same […]
Where we bounce from one comic strip topic to another in a helter skelter fashion as we visit Gil Thorp, Mark Trail, Crankshaft, Legend of Bill, Dick Tracy, Rabbits Against Magic, and Beware of Toddler, with special appearances by Defenders of the Earth, Richard Sherry, Broom-Hilda, Thatababy, and Goat-Daughter. Congratulations Rachel! For some reason I […]
I hope we’re done with the Peace Prize foolishness, but I got a laugh out of Sheneman’s take, and, while we don’t grade on quality of art so much as on quality of thought, he did a nice job of both.But it’s not the only thing happening, so let’s have aJuxtaposition of the DayA mountain […]
Famed American political scientist and political cartoon historian Stephen Hess has passed away. Stephen Henry Hess April 20, 1933 – January 18, 2026 From the obituary: Stephen H. Hess, a distinguished political scientist and prolific author whose insightful analyses shaped understanding of the American presidency, media, and bureaucracy for decades, passed away on January 18, […]
In the Denis Kitchen, the MADness of Tom Richmond, a Jules Feiffer rarity, the last Scott Adams obituary, and Stephan Pastis as prophet. Publisher, Editor, Free Speech Advocate, and Cartoonist Ruben Bolling reviews Denis Kitchen‘s interview with Kim Munson at The Society of Illustrators. Kitchen has had a fascinating and extensively influential career. He started […]
Chappatte had the home field advantage in Davos and anticipated Trump’s disruptive arrival with this cartoon for Le Temps of Geneva, and, though it ran Wednesday morning, he included specific elements — in particular the NATO emblem — that came up in Trump’s speech.I use the term “speech” guardedly. I got in the car yesterday […]