In today’s Pearls Before Swine (AMS) Rat is a bit more proactive than most of us in dealing with neighbor issues, but, then, Rat has never been a model of patience. I particularly liked the cartoon because I’ve just set a new record, going over 13 years of living in the same house. In both […]
CHULA VISTA, California – An anti-Israel, anti-American cartoon that appeared in the Bonita Vista High School newspaper has sparked a controversy that has escalated to the point that San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan has said her office will look into whether a hate crime has been committed. San Diego Jewish World describes the […]
The Daily Independent of Ashland Kentucky has revealed that Brain Ashby, their freelance editorial cartoonist, has retired from drawing opinions for the newspaper after six years. From The Daily Independent: Brian Ashby had a gift, so, we thought, let’s give him the opportunity to share it with the area while tackling pertinent news topics. Upon […]
A lot of editorial cartoonists appear to have taken the four-day weekend, leaving me mostly to indulge a peeve or two, and Constant Readers probably saw this one coming when they saw Joe Biden with an ice cream cone.It’s good that I generally agree with Phil Hands on things, because it leaves me free to […]
Ed Subitzky, Walt Handelsman, David Sipress, Roger Kastel, Ron Turner, Denis Kitchen, and more.Speaking of leftovers – here’s some stuff that was sitting in the queue. The Ed Subitzky Anti-Interview A full house turned out for the book launch of cartoonist, writer and sometimes television celebrity Ed Subitzky’s long-awaited first anthology of work at Rizzoli […]
Thanksgiving was lovely, and Steve Kelley (Creators) even provided an early Christmas present for his critics, saving them from needing to make much of an effort to refute his political beliefs. Instead, he scored an own-goal by revealing that he thinks the Von Trapp family is Jewish and must surely have fled Austria to save […]
Of the two-score-minus-one comic strips Mike Peterson displayed from 1948 seven are still being syndicated with new content in 2023. None of which will be highlighted in this post. Which is not to say some oldies won’t be here. The Phantom was around then and is now. At the risk of stepping on the toes […]
My goodness but 1948 was a fabulous year for cartoons! We were emerging from the war and feeling pretty good, but not yet arrogant, about ourselves. And newspapers still featured things like cartoons that their readers wanted. Fancy that!As a result, this will be a longer than usual posting, and I hope you enjoy it! […]
From The New York Daily News via Yahoo: Brooklyn: As a lifelong animal lover who is always entertained by your comic “Mutts,” I am greatly disturbed by your recent cartoon depicting a bull dog chained to a post and left alone by his owner. I thought comics were supposed to bring a smile to my […]
Dan Piraro/Bizarro; Tom Tomorrow/This Modern WorldA message from Dan Piraro: IN JANUARY, 2024, CHANGES ARE COMING TO RANCHO BIZARRO that we hope you’ll enjoy, or at least won’t make you puke! Have you ever spent the majority of your life weaving a beautiful rug only to have it pulled out from under you by a […]
Existential Comics, which just celebrated its tenth year, continues the birthday festivities with this contrast of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes. It’s not a ground-breaking comparison. I think most courses in political science that delve in classical sources make a point of having students read, and discuss, both men, as we did in college. But […]
Cartoonist Bill Lee has passed away. William Saul (Bill) Lee November 15, 1938 – November 15, 2023 From the New York Times notice: He attended the School of Visual Arts, which prepared him for his career as cartoonist and cartoon editor for General Media. The self-described “Investigative Cartoonist” won awards throughout his life, and his […]
A lot of things have changed in the past day or two, and I’m covering myself by starting with this handy flowchart from Joy of Tech, because Sam Altman was fired as head of Open AI and then hired by Microsoft and then a bunch of people at Open AI threatened to quit and then […]
Back in “the good old days” of the adventurous decade daily comic strips ran, more than less, four panels wide. World War Two with its material reductions basically ended that and by the 1950s three panels became the norm. These days two panels seem more common than three for adventure and other continuity strips. And […]
This is apt to be a tough week for finding outstanding comics, given the flood of Roz-at-the-Pearly-Gates pieces already flooding the zone, plus the mandatory Thanksgiving cartoons. Nothing against Roz, mind you. Great gal. But I can’t imagine anyone breaking any new ground and, so far, I haven’t seen anything surprising or worth featuring here. […]