Robert Ariail sums up the GOP’s impeachment effort with a familiar expression, though he’s generous in assuming they even have a horse, even one they haven’t hitched up before that cart. But the “Giddyap!” dialogue is instructive, because they are insistent that they’re ready to roll despite clear indications that they are not.They’re hoping a […]
For well over 40 years, a fat orange cat has been a linchpin of American culture. It’s time to accept that. “The Secret to Appreciating Garfield” It’s late August, and I am cracking up as I read a brand-new Garfield comic. My appreciation for the comic partly stems from the elegance of the cartooning, the […]
Mutts cartoonist Patrick McDonnell has written and illustrated a love letter to the comic books of his youth. “The Super Hero’s Journey is a fantastical dream-memory of my childhood infatuation with comic books, and a tale of the spiritual inner journey of reconnecting to the “super being” in us all. The book is a love […]
If I were doing politics today, I’d want to swap out the parents with Uncle Sam and the Statue of Liberty in this Wallace the Brave (AMS), because about the best you can say about current politics is that a 50% decency rate isn’t as bad as it could be.I’m not much into awards, but […]
Jack Ohman helped Politico kick off their new California Playbook page. THE BUZZ — Covering California’s mercurial political figures is no easy feat — but neither is capturing them in cartoon form. The Golden State is home to so many political giants — from San Francisco’s Nancy Pelosi to Bakersfield’s Kevin McCarthy — and to […]
Spy vs. Spy, Brother Jonathan, and 20 Trailblazing Comic Strips That Changed the GameSpy vs. Spy and Antonio Prohías The seventy-first issue of MAD Magazine, cover dated June 1962, contains a noteworthy entry in Antonio Prohías’ Spy vs. Spy, a comic strip depicting Looney Tunes-style espionage between two pointy-headed, monochromatic secret agents. This particular installment […]
Poor Edison Lee (KFS) finds himself in what seems likely to be a disaster: He misunderstood the teacher’s previous announcement and thought the upcoming test was on Chapter One, and a 30-minute test is hardly a pop quiz, so this matters.We’ll see how this turns out. There are kids who study themselves into a tizzy […]
Cartoonists aplenty in Jersey City last week for the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) annual Reuben Awards.For those of us not able to attend the festivities there are photos and videos available. The NCS welcomed all with an introductory video of past Banquets and weekends plus the 2023 Reuben nominees. The convention starts by taking care […]
Sometimes even a good cartoon becomes obsolete before it sees print. Mike Luckovich seems caught between Walter Isaacson’s book extract and Isaacson’s backpedaling on the issue of Musk, Starlink and the Ukrainian war effort.Isaacson’s book made the claim that Musk had foiled a Ukrainian sea drone attack on the Russian fleet at Sevastopol by shutting […]
The Complete “Asterix: The Chief’s Fight” by Fabcaro and Didier Conrad On October 26, 2023, Papercutz will release the 40th volume of Asterix, titled Asterix and the White Iris, and today ICv2 has an exclusive first look at three comic strips that are being released as a companion to the graphic novel. The first three […]
Had a hectic last week, without even making it to The Reubens, so let’s catch up. The Society of Illustrators announced their 2023 Hall of Fame inductees in July. The Society’s Hall of Fame Ceremony and Dinner took place this past weekend. Cartoonist and historian Liza Donnelly was honored to stand in and accept the […]
Political cartoons are supposed to offer political opinions, and Steve Kelley (Creators) is seldom shy about taking a partisan view. In this case, he isn’t all that far off in suggesting that a lot of people seem to think the various Republicans charged with crimes — one assumes he means the Jan 6 crowd — […]
The Dayton Daily News a couple days ago: For more than three decades beginning in the mid-1970s, Dayton-born cartoonist Cathy Guisewite entertained millions with her comic strip “Cathy.” Her recent birthday caused us to go into the archives to share more about her story. The Daily Cartoonist has another reason as the Daily News story […]
Reubens’ week for cartoonists started with Labor Day and Baldo showcased both. While Brewster Rockit started the week off with a good laugh. First thought about Wednesday’s Close to Home: Prince Valiant is not allowed to show a sword piercing.Whereas this past week’s Alley Oop had me thinking ‘shrooms. Psychedelics may be the cause of […]
Edison Lee (KFS) asks and answers the intriguing question, Why do they give rebates instead of discounts?The answer being that, if they offered a discount, they’d have to give it to everyone who bought the product. By framing the savings in the form of a rebate, they only have to give it to the people […]