The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is embarking on a year long celebration of its founding in 1946. That includes the 80th annual presentation of The Reuben Award later this year at their convention. Kicking it off is a wonderful poster by Dee Fish featuring the silly humanoid creatures of the Reuben Award. From the NCS […]

Carmen and Winslow have been struggling lately to decide where they stand on various political matters. In its simplest form, as seen in today’s strip, they boil it down to whether we should feel guilty about being happy in times of misery?Is it naive, or is it wonderful, or can it be both?We shouldn’t be […]

Military men and women were notified this weekend that syndicated comic strips are now verboten for their Stars and Stripes newspapers. The Weekend Edition published on Fridays ran the following on page one: A couple months ago Stars and Stripes was made aware that “The Pentagon … would take over editorial content decision-making” for the […]

Showcasing the talents of Harley Schwadron, Jeff Koterba, Maximilian Uriarte, Medar de la Cruz, Sydney Lindstrom, Tony Millionaire, and Barbara Shermund. Harley Schwadron Claudia Capos for Michigan Today profiles Harley Schwadron their Wizard of Wit alumni. Schwadron is an internationally acclaimed freelance cartoonist and illustrator whose work has been published seemingly everywhere: The New York […]

One of the things I like about Australian cartoonists is their willingness to skip the niceties and get to the point. Wilcox notes the colossal series of missteps, lies and blunders Dear Leader has exhibited during his reign and yet he seems to be getting an equally colossal series of free passes.There are two odd […]

With the U.S./Israeli war against Iran going on it seems any cartoon showing the leaders of Israel and the U.S. as partners is being cast as antisemitic. The Washington Free Beacon noticed a political cartoon on Politico’s Cartoon Carousel this week and had their senior investigative reporter Alana Goodman write about it (note: Free Beacon […]

Surprise Scrolling down the feed there was a shock to the comics identification system. Yes, I recognized the pair as Henry and Alice Mitchell but boy were they looking different. A new artist for Dennis the Menace! Continuing the scroll the “new” artist was Scott Ketcham who for a decade and a half has been […]

I remember when ringtones were a thing, but mostly because I’ve got a good memory. Back when I used to visit schools regularly, my ringtone was R2D2’s set of burbles, and my phone went off while I was addressing a room full of juniors and seniors, who all broke up laughing.I think if it happened […]

After nearly 36 years Sandra Bell-Lundy has decided to ease up on the daily deadline. Beginning March 1, 2026 Between Friends changed its status to new Sundays and, beginning March 2, 2026, rerun dailies. From King Features Editorial Director Amy Anderson: Between Friends has long resonated with newspaper readers because of its honest, character-driven look […]

An article by Jennifer Brooks about former Minnesota Star Tribune cartoonist Steve Sack (or here): Sack was the Star Tribune’s editorial cartoonist for 42 years, producing 10,000 cartoons and a Pulitzer Prize in three simple steps: “I read the paper, I crack a joke and I draw a picture.” But by 2022, nerve damage left […]

Let’s start with something to brighten your day, and how nice that Arctic Circle has, by happenstance, a cartoon to go along with what is essentially more analysis than breaking news.You may recall that, some time ago, Disney announced a deal with Sora, the AI slop-maker, under which fans would be permitted to make short […]

Brian Fies, Mom’s Cancer, and Graphic Medicine; 24 years with local political cartoonist Ross Mayfield; and a Lalo Alcaraz 25th Anniversary.Brian Fies “‘Mom’s Cancer’ is one of — if not the most — widely taught work of graphic medicine and has been for as long as the field has been defined,” said Matthew Noe, a […]

Last month there was reason to believe that Ripley’s Believe It or Not had ended its historic run as the panel slipped into reprinting cartoons from the feature’s centennial year of 2018. That turned out to be a temporary turn of events and they are now once more offering new material. Rather than brush the […]

Once again, Humpday comes along at a moment when commenting on the news is becoming unbearable, though I often have to decide whether Venables belongs in politics or comedy. I can’t tell if Fearless Leader truly believes he’s been talking to Iranian leaders or is just catfishing us, but I’m going to wait for more […]

Australian cartoonist David Rowe and his outlet the Australian Financail Review (AFR) are coming under fire after they published a cartoon that shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu controlling U. S. President Donald Trump in the Iran War. The objection is the use of Jewish tropes rather than just accusing the Israeli state. On SkyNews […]