No, no, no politics today, despite Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sneaking a good one in. DD Degg’s news of another chain abandoning its local readers is depressing enough without delving deeper into the mire.UPDATE: Gannett has disputed the report, though it’s not clear how big a difference it makes. Stay tuned: DD Degg is on […]
Dr. Seuss is returning to comics. Well, comic books. Oh, and they aren’t really done by Theodor Seuss Geisel. By the first half of the1930s Dr. Seuss was already a very successful magazine cartoonist and ad man when William Randolph Hearst convinced him to create a Sunday comic strip. Hejji ran for only three months […]
Gannett’s USA TODAY Network of newspapers will all carry the exact same comics from a seemingly select list on their comics pages when the largest publisher of newspapers unifies the comics they carry beginning October 2, 2023. While newspapers across America will be informing readers of the changes over the next week, today it was […]
Offer to make dinner. Offer to rub her shoulders. Just don’t offer advice. You’re stepping on a rake.Daddy’s Home (Creators) demonstrates something I learned from Deborah Tannen’s 1986 book, That’s Not What I Meant, an analysis of men’s and women’s conversational styles that has since been echoed and confirmed, though mostly by other feminist writers. […]
The UCLA Library received a donation of “A world-class collection of political cartoons and caricatures created between 1690 and 2022” from Michael and Susan Kahn (Michael Kahn co-wrote May It Amuse the Court: Editorial Cartoons of the Supreme Court and Constitution and What Fools These Mortals Be! The Story of Puck).From the UCLA news release […]
Among its attractions and achievements Liverpool England is, according to Wikipedia, “an important cultural centre within the United Kingdom, incorporating music, performing arts, museums and art galleries, literature and nightlife amongst others.” Most notably it is where they first appeared. “They” being Curly Wee and Gussie Goose. above: the first and second installments of Curly […]
There are many Hunter Biden cartoons this week, but Clay Bennett (CTFP) offers my favorite because it’s so completely foolish. I have seen a few of these tags recently which specify that it is only the seller, not the buyer, who is not allowed to remove it, but the notion persists that nobody is allowed […]
In the vast universe of comics, specific names stand out for their creativity and ability to touch the human soul with simple ink strokes. One such name is Ricardo Siri, better known by his pen name, “Liniers.” His creation, Macanudo, is more than just a comic strip; it reflects life, love, and the myriad emotions […]
Arlo & Janis (AMS) went through a week of decluttering as preparation for selling their house and moving to the coast near Gene and his family, or, as Arlo says, possibly doing so. And as I observed earlier in the story arc, I’m awfully glad I haven’t lived in the same place for 30 or […]
With apologies to Mike Peterson, Crabgrass was the Comic Strip of the Day. Perfect timing. The Chainsaw Cabin story was over, as far as we knew, with Saturday’s denouement and we moved on to the unrelated Sunday strip. Then >Wham< here’s an epilogue about a forgotten detail of the Chainsaw plot. Wonderful! It’s been awhile […]
DD Degg recently posted two round-ups (here and here) of remarks from people who are of the opinion that political cartoonists should not have opinions. Or at least not strong opinions with which others might disagree. And yet they do, and as proof, here are some examples. Get’em before more publishers decide it’s not worth […]
Editorial Cartoons on Billboards New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is under fire and being ridiculed in a new political cartoon commissioned by the Sussex County Republican Committee. The cartoon shows the governor dragging a boy from his family and indoctrinating him into changing his gender identity. Sussex County Republican Chairman Joe Labarbera announced that the […]
So gold and rare coin proponent Mike Fuljenz used part of his September 6, 2023 column to discuss how he can, after a few days, decide on a newspaper’s political bias by the editorial cartoons the paper carries. As I travel the nation meeting with other industry leaders and giving insight on issues impacting the […]
First Dog on the Moon has the delightful ability to make me laugh but also send me scurrying to the Googles, and this is an excellent example. First Dog is the conscience of the world, so militant about climate change as to be annoying but, then again, not wrong. He brings up the important issue […]
In the morning it is my wont to have a news program on in the background while surfing the internet. The news channels change frequently but this morning it was CNN and Michael Smerconish for a while. Smerconish got my attention when he plugged his newsletter featuring exclusive political cartoons. Smerconish has, beginning in July, […]