The first 24 hours after The Washington Post printed a Michael Ramirez cartoon about Hamas tactics saw a liberal flood of reaction calling the cartoon “racist” and “despicable.” The past 24 hours has seen conservative media blast the liberal Washington Post for deleting a cartoon the newspaper belatedly deemed inappropriate. Caution: Clicking on more than […]
It began with Kayliegh McEnany, former spokeswoman and still disciple of Donald Trump, in her current role as a Fox TV talking head, being unhappy with the courtroom sketch of her leader: Asked about what advice she would give him during the trial, she said: “Keep doing what he’s doing. Look, I would advise him […]
Cartoonists: Don’t forget that tomorrow is Small Child Saluting Day. Be sure to submit your cartoons of small children saluting before it’s too late!There will always be an EnglandI’ve always like Charlie, except for that arranged-marriage thing, which was worse than having to make the King’s Speech to open Parliament each year, though at least […]
Comiclicious by Olivera (“Liv”) Vukovic began as a webcomic in July 2017. In April of this year Comics Kingdom picked it up. In June the Comics Kingdom blog gave us a nice introduction to the strip.Now King Features Syndicate has released a press kit announcing that the strip is available to print newspapers. What we […]
David Rowe, operating with the benefit of being a dozen or so time zones away, comments on last night’s debate, in which five candidates vied for the title of Miss/Mister Congeniality, the main prize having been given away long since.Or perhaps he drew it earlier. Jen Rubin had it pegged several hours before it began:And […]
Editor & Publisher announced the winners of the 2023 Eppy Awards honoring the best in digital news publishing. For Best editorial/political cartoon it was Ward Sutton who won the Eppy in the Category #22 (1 million or more unique visitors) and Dennis Draughon won the Category #28 Eppy (Fewer than 1-million unique visitors).Nick Anderson was […]
Jack Crosbie, a contributing writer to Rolling Stone, Spy, and others who “primarily focuses on politics and conflict, with occasional forays into media criticism,” has a problem with Michael Ramirez‘s latest editorial cartoon for The Washington Post: I am going to link to an image of an editorial cartoon that was published today in the […]
It’s a lovely morning here in the US for those in the center or somewhat to the left of center, and who ignored the doomsayers and crepe-hangers and negative pollsters, choosing as Clay Bennett (CTFP) points out, to vote and let their voices be heard anyway.Is it “heroic”? Does it deserve a medal? Well, it […]
Seventy-five years ago, on November 7, 1948, the Sunday only Mitzi McCoy by illustrator Kreigh Collins debuted. Maurice Horn described Mitzi as “a blond heiress with a passion for adventure and a knack for getting herself into hot water, in her sentimental as well as in her adventurous life.” Ron Goulart said Mitzi “was fiercely […]
CARTOONISTS RIGHTS and Cartooning for Peace present their joint report – Cartoonists on the Line – covering the main trends in threats to the freedom of expression of editorial and political cartoonists around the world, as well as cases of note from the “post-pandemic” period, 2020 through 2022. This piece of collaborative work is supported […]
Tim Campbell (Counterpoint) may be urging voters to make good choices, but, as noted here the other day, clarity matters, and this could easily be interpreted as a variation on “Don’t vote. It only encourages them,” which was witty when Scottish comedian Billy Connolly first said it.But we had more space for cynicism a generation […]
David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek turn their Jumble puzzle over to other cartoonists once a year. The Guest Jumbler Week 11 promotion, which sort of tells us who this year’s guests are, has been posted. Guest Jumbler Week for 2023 is November 13 to November 18. And the featured cartoonists are (clockwise from upper […]
According to the Chronicle Chamber Bret Blevins began drawing The Phantom daily comic strip last week Monday (October 30, 2023) and Francesco Marciuliano says Bret took over for Mike Manley on Judge Parker that Monday. (This is much earlier than I had thought it would happen.)From the Chronicle Chamber: From the beginning of November, we’ll […]
Caulfield asks a relevant question in today’s Frazz (AMS), and he’s got the excuse of being just a little feller who hasn’t been through this often enough to recognize that the pattern pretty much works the same both ways. Once he’s done a little jet travel, pulled some all-nighters in college or simply lived through […]
Passing on various comics related items before they are deleted from the queue.A bargain at twice the price! The hardcover edition of The Complete Calvin and Hobbes box set is currently being offered for less than half MSRP at Amazon. Don’t know how long the sale will last but it seems to happen two or […]