I wish more cartoonists had spoken up before Dear Leader reached his out-of-court settlement, but my impression is that it isn’t a done-deal yet, at least in part because his lawyers failed to file the appropriate papers. Which is the sort of thing that happens when you hire people who won’t tell you when you […]

Comic-Con International has responded to the discovery of an Eisner Award nomination that included generative AI work. According to the San Diego Comic Convention organizer, the editor of Stardust the Super Wizard Anthology has withdrawn their submission. The work had been nominated for Best Anthology.Additionally they say had judges known about the AI content they […]

There is an increasing pressure on newspapers to only print cartoons and opinions that are indifferent, mundane, noncontroversial. Cartoons otherwise get letters of disapproval from readers which, in a climate of shrinking subscription bases, scare editors and publishers leading to non-partisan, generic cartoons. Cagle Cartoons posts its best selling cartoons every week and for the […]

Over the weekend the Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain posted their position on their member’s use of generative AI. The policy was originally printed in their July 2025 edition of The Jester. Earlier this spring the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation updated their FAQ page to include their policy.Both organizations take similar positions on the following: The […]

Byron O’Neal, Editor-In-Chief at Comic Book Yeti, has started a petition to change the submission guidelines for future Eisner Award nominations to disqualify any works that used generative AI in the creative process. The petition is in response to the inclusion of Stardust the Super Wizard Anthology in this year’s nominations for Best Anthology which […]

The Society of Illustrators has announced the 2026 Honorees entering their Hall of Fame. The 2026 inductees were announced on the Society of Illustrators’ Instagram account. The Honorees are Joe Ciardiello Miguel Covarrubias Maira Kalman Zelda “Jackie” Ormes John Tenniel This item will be updated once these inductees are featured on the Society of Illustrators’ […]

It is a truism that the deficit falls under Democratic administrations and rises under Republican administrations, and that the last three presidents to lower the deficit were Clinton, Obama and Biden.It is also a truism that if you laid every economist in the country end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. It’s a […]

Comics scholar and researcher John Lent has passed away.John Anthony Lent September 8, 1936 – May 16, 2026 From The International Comics Art Forum: Dr. John A. Lent is one of the leading proponents of the international study of comics, and of comics research within academia. Having lectured and taught on comics and mass communications […]

Curls, a Stone Age character from B.C., spent the week in The Middle Ages’ Kingdom of Id. While the Wizard Of Id spent time in prehistorical B.C. (supposedly). My biggest disappointment was that it didn’t turn in to a true crossover with the week’s B.C. comic strips showing The Wizard interacting with the cavemen. Though […]

The big news seems to be that the “gold” Trump phones are finally shipping, and, as Jones says in his commentary, that should bring down the curtain on the jokes about them, or at least on the jokes about them not existing. We can still joke about them not being made in the USA as […]

Liberian cartoonist Harrison “Black Baby” Jiedueh has passed away. Harrison Chea “Black Baby” Jiedueh March 2, 1958 — April 26, 2026 From the obituary: Mr. Harrison Chea Jiedueh, widely known as Black Baby, was a man of many talents. He excelled as a professional artist, political cartoonist, entrepreneur, DJ, clothing designer, photographer, videographer, and IT […]

Can a prestigious institution with ties to a famous alum reconcile that relationship with the man’s racist past? Theodore Geisel, Class of 1925, is a Dartmouth alumnus whose children’s books and campus namesake sit alongside racist imagery, a contrast that raises questions about legacy and accountability. Madeline Kahn Ehrlich for The Dartmouth comes to grips […]

You may notice something new at the bottom of my columns: A disclaimer. I’ve been aware, and a few readers have pointed out, that I’ve adopted an increasingly progressive stance in my political analysis, and it seemed time to draw a line between my opinions and the overall site, which is pro-cartoons but otherwise non-partisan. […]

In 2006 cartoonist Mark Tatulli found he had extra time on his and had an idea of how to fill it. A second comic strip. So Liô debuted on May 15, 2006. Today Liô celebrates his 20th anniversary. Andrews McMeel is Celebrating 20 years of Lio! with a Mark Tatulli interview. Congratulations to creator Mark […]

The Michener Awards Foundation has announced editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon will receive the Michener-Baxter Award “for exceptional service to Canadian journalism.” From the press release via newswire: OTTAWA, ON, May 14, 2026 /CNW/ – The Michener Awards Foundation is pleased to announce that editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon and journalist Vaughn Palmer are the recipients of […]