A Kenyan politician underwent surgery dealing a blow to the country’s cartoonists and caricaturists. From Nairobi Wire: Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) secretary-general Wilson Sossion is having the last laugh following his recent surgery to eliminate fatty tissue (lipoma) from his forehead. Sossion had two trademark lumps on his forehead, which were often […]

In McCay, it was a combination of expansive imagination, multi-disciplinary eccentricity, and restless work ethic that set him apart. In 1905, after working on a handful of comic properties, he debuted what would become his signature strip, a sprawling full-page color adventure called “Little Nemo in Slumberland.” The series was an elegant fantasy in which […]

With the imminent release (unless you already got a special edition at the San Diego Comic Con) of Bill Griffith‘s graphic biography of Ernie Bushmiller Hogan’s Alley Tom Heintjes interviews the author. TH: Conversely, we all hit dead ends in our research, always frustrating. Were there questions you had going in that you were unable […]

I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While I’m recuperating in a place of dubious connection, here’s an interview I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY. The cartoons were added in 2010 when I replayed the interview for Comic […]

Where I’m Coming From, The Buildings are Barking, Funny Things, Poor Helpless Comics!, The Talk, The He-Man Effect, You’re Not A Real Parent Until…, Thorn, and Gladys Parker are reviewed by various sites.Following are some book reviews of recently released or forthcoming books of interest. [F]or many decades, the comics section was a little window […]

Creators Syndicate coordinator and graphic designer Pete Kaminski has passed away. Peter James Kaminski February 9, 1990 ~ July 12, 2023From the obituary: Peter J. Kaminski, 33, died July 12, 2023, at the University of Chicago Medical Center after an extended illness. Pete moved to Los Angeles, California to join Creators Syndicate working with artists […]

I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While I’m recuperating in a place of dubious connection, here’s an interview I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY. The cartoons were added in 2010 when I replayed the interview for Comic […]

The Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN) announced the winner of their 2023 awards. Celebrating excellence in local journalism, these awards recognize outstanding reporting, writing, photography, and multimedia storytelling across various categories. In the cartoon division Robert Ariail of The Charleston City Paper took first place for – “Marshall law; Lindsey; Vaccine; Shell; sycophant”Judge’s comment: “Relevant […]

I’m off getting a magical new hip that will allow me to leap tall buildings in a single bound. While I’m recuperating in a place of dubious connection, here’s an interview I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY. The cartoons were added in 2010 when I replayed the interview for Comic […]

Might as well start with a laugh, or as close as we can get to one. RJ Matson steps back from attempting to inspire horror over the lack of ethics on the Supreme Court, and the Chief Justice’s refusal to take it seriously.Maybe mockery is more effective than head-on criticism. It has been said that, […]

Another Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist has lost his position with his newspaper. Steve Breen, cartoonist for The San Diego Union-Tribune, will no longer be a regular presence at the newspaper. Says Steve in a farewell column: By Steve Breen Editorial Cartoonist  July 21, 2023 5:49 PM PT Today marks the last time I will have […]

(Scott Stantis)(Bill Bramhall)When I heard Tony Bennett had died, I thought it was too bad, but, then again, he was 96 years old, at which point you’ve got the right to check out. I was confident that political cartoonists would be all over the topic, obituary cartoons being something that editors can understand and thus […]

The 2023 Eisner Award winners were announced at the San Diego Comic Con. Below are a few of the winners that have comic strip connections and a couple others. Best WebcomicWINNER: Lore Olympus, by Rachel Smythe (WEBTOON)Best Publication for Early Readers (up to age 8)WINNER: The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster! by Mo Willems […]

Editor’s Note: As part of the continued evolution of our business and due to changing reader habits, McClatchy will no longer publish daily opinion cartoons, including on the Herald-Leader’s Opinion page. The Herald-Leader has been proud to publish the work of Pulitzer Prize winner Joel Pett, who has contributed timely, thought-provoking, accountability-focused work to these […]

Alex offers a grim prediction for writers, or at least those who don’t go to the right cocktail parties in the right cities.Publishers already use the term “slush pile” for the vast quantities of unsolicited manuscripts that arrive on their doorsteps, and it’s newsworthy when something from the slush pile gets published. It’s nearly newsworthy […]