The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominees for the twelve divisional awards (aka Silver Reubens) for work produced in 2022. A few of the divisions are shown below. All nominees in all divisions can be seen at the National Cartoonists Society site. Award winners will be announced at the Reuben Awards in Jersey City […]
Veteran animator Nancy Beiman has retired from the animation industry and taken up comic stripping. Nancy retired last Fall and then when Winter came… In mid-December 2022 I got an idea for a comic strip, the only form of cartooning that I had never tried. On New Year’s Eve I put it aside assuming that […]
I’m interpreting this Joy of Tech cartoon as a cry for help, but not on behalf of coders who may indeed find their jobs being taken over by AI. As the cartoon suggests, while the task of coding is precisely the sort of mind-numbing detail work artificial intelligence could take over, the job of coding […]
Last week CARTOONISTS RIGHTS presented the 2023 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award to Abecor at a private ceremony, held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Cartoonists Rights International Network awarded the biennial Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award to Abel Bellido Córdova (Abecor) who continues his crusade against corruption in spite of […]
King Features has put up a different sort of trouble slide, which isn’t their usual announcement for missing files and, instead, suggests perhaps a restart from the beginning? Not sure, but June 15 being nine days away and coinciding with the end of the week, here are the strips that would have run in that […]
Comics historian and R. F. Outcault/Yellow Kid authority Richard D. Olson has passed away. The report of Richard’s passing was shared on a comics board: Richard Olson (Yellow Kid) passed away last Sunday close to his home in Mississippi after battling ongoing health issues. His wife Gayle of 54 years was with him that day. […]
Pedro X. Molina (Counterpoint) politely and kindly uses a Simpsons trope to attribute homophobic and transphobic outbursts to ignorance and, perhaps, senility.It reminds me of December 28, 1969, when my father and I were huddled around the TV in the family room, watching David Hilliard, Chief of Staff of the Black Panther Party, being interviewed […]
KFS continues to run the Dec 31, 1939, episode of Vintage Thimble Theater. Here are the missing episodes to date:
Darrin Bell’s The Talk reaches bookstore shelves on Tuesday June 6 (though it is already on the shelf at my local Barnes and Noble). Darrin sat for an NPR interview today: The audio interview with transcript is here. DARRIN BELL: I’m having to grapple with whether my 6-year-old son is old enough for the talk. […]
As The Nib prepares to take a bow with its final issue, we took a look back with Matt Bors. He’s a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial cartooning, and the founder and editor of The Nib. We also talked with award-winning graphic novelist, zinester and contributing editor for The Nib, Sarah Shay Mirk. They […]
Sunil Agarwal mocks a saying I take seriously, but I’m willing to laugh at the empty cans and bottles that are evidence of the thing this poor fellow loves to do. Yes, indeed, you do have to channel your interest in some sort of positive direction and, no, I’m not sure a love of drinking […]
Slylock Fox Bumped for The Pig Family on Vacation Bumping Slylock Fox from his own strip last week Friday was The Pig Family (unofficial attribute by commenters). It was a nice change and when they reappeared this past Wednesday it got my hopes up that a recurring guest spot would become a regular feature this […]
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Steve Breen (Creators) seems to have the best take on what just happened: A crisis was averted, and both sides can take some kudos for having swallowed a bit of pride for the common good, but, then again, the matter has only been set aside and not permanently addressed.As noted here yesterday, the media was […]
As was mentioned regarding Mike’s column today Arlo and Janis heard a little-known factoid the other day. Obituaries for Newton Minow, who passed away last month, mentioned that the boat from the Gilligan’s Island TV show was named after the former FCC Chairman as a sly dig. From Reuters: Television producer Sherwood Schwartz still did […]