Comic Strip News and Reviews. What comic is this? If I was shown just the above detail from one of this week’s comics I would never have guessed its origin. (Answer at the bottom.) Walt Wallet has fallen asleep during the church service this wee in Gasoline Alley and dreams of going to heaven. The […]
IDW Publishing has posted episode one of their new CreatorXCreator Podcast. The inaugural episode features Ben Wickey and Patrick Horvath discussing “witch trials and anthropomorphic animals through the lens of history, research, and visual narrative.”Wickey is a cartoonist, animator, and writer best known for his debut graphic novel More Weight: A Salem Story, his work […]
I woke up in the mood for a Humpday this morning, until I started going through the cartoons and realized there were more laughs in the rest of the paper. Granted, it’s dark humor, but dark humor is how you get through dark times, as the cultures of many repressed peoples attest.I got a laff, […]
While Americans are celebrating the 75th anniversary of Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace our British cousins are celebrating their own Dennis the Menace—a comic that by happenstance launched on the same day with the same title. According to Wikipedia, the US comic’s title was inspired by Ketcham’s wife’s exasperated cry “Your son is a menace!” […]
Dennis the Menace celebrates its 75th anniversary today, first appearing on March 12, 1951. Success was virtually instantaneous. Created by Hank Ketcham the daily panel was so successful that the syndicate added a Sunday page less than a year after the daily panel’s debut. Ketcham continued the daily panel, others did the Sunday strips. Later […]
Whoops. I said the W word, and this isn’t a war. It’s a Special Operation. We’re in a world of euphemistic joy and it’s up to all of us to cooperate with Dear Leader and make happy talk. He has excellent reasons for the decisions he makes and adapts them as needed to make them […]
Years ago cartoonist Eli Stein would interrupt his regularly scheduled blog entertainment with what he called the “We All Have To Start Somewhere Department” where he would present the earliest work of celebrated cartoonists. Today we borrow his idea and apply it to political cartoonist Michael de Adder.The recent death of a Canadian serial killer […]
Cartoonist Emily Flake has been awarded 2026’s third annual Thurber Prize for American Humor in Cartoon Art by The Thurber House. The Cartoon Art Prize is in association with their Humor Writing Prize. The Thurber Prize for American Humor in Cartoon Art was initiated in 2024 and is one of the highest recognitions of the […]
An effort to promote Finnish comics in France has kicked off with “Sarjakuva 2026, the Year of Finnish Comics in France” The effort is to promote Finnish bande dessinée within France and promote exchanges between artists, professionals and comic fans. Sarjakuva 2026 is the brainchild of Kirsi Kinnunen, an award winning Finnish translator known for […]
The newly formed Graphic Medicine Europe has announce their inaugural Graphic Medicine Europe Conference to be held later this year on Sept 9 – 12. The conference will be held at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on September 9-10 and at the annual Cross Comix festival at De Doelen in Rotterdam on the 11-12th. The theme is “Imagination, Mediation, […]
Teacher, principal, superintendent, musician and cartoonist Howard King has passed away. From the obituary: Through the years, he also went on to earn his Master’s Degree in Education Administration from the University of Southern California and then to pursue a career in Education. Beginning his teaching career first as a teacher at University Place, he […]
First Dog comments on our special military operation, which isn’t a war except sometimes somebody slips and accidentally calls it one. “Special Military Operation” is also what Vladimir Putin calls his invasion of Ukraine, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.But as First Dog says, Australia is definitely not in a war, though they seem […]
WEBTOON, the giant South Korean webcomics publisher, has released its annual report. WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results: Junkoo Kim, Founder and CEO said, “We are pleased to report solid fourth quarter results, with revenue in line with our expectations and Adjusted EBITDA above the top end of our […]
Illustrator Brian Biggs has launched a weekly Youtube channel called Sitting Around Talking About Art Supplies. His teaser: Do you like art supplies? Are you fascinated with those weird pens and expensive pencils? Why are crayons so great? Do you hoard procreate brushes and have a pinterest board for letterpress machines? I know I do. […]
Glenn Marshall reports that members of the British Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation visited the House of Commons to urge Members of Parliament to pass the “Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act”. The act would “prohibit the sale and promotion of tourist activities abroad where animals are kept or treated in ways that would be illegal in the […]