On the topic of things you shouldn’t have to be told, Gary Varvel (Creators) depicts a kid gleefully heading off to the College of His Choice, leaving a pair of apparently bankrupt parents behind. He’s got a point, given that the kid is headed for State U and not Rich Kid Private Emporium, because even […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists reconstructed their website this year and after some delays it is now up and running. And it is looking good! JP Trostle introduces us to the new site and the changes: Welcome to the newest iteration of the AAEC website. Here you can find the latest news on the […]
Mike Peterson mentioned the sad news in passing today, but here’s a bit more. The Australian Cartoonists Association issued a statement about the Nine Entertainment newspapers dropping comic strips from their pages: The Australian Cartoonists Association notes with disappointment that the Nine newspapers (including The Age, the Sunday Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the […]
When I heard of the Trump team’s preposterous proposal to postpone that Jan 6 trial until April, 2026, I thought of Bob Mankoff’s famous “How about never?” cartoon and thought somebody should update it.Lo and behold, when I went poking around in the bushes, I discovered that Adam Zyglis had already done it back in […]
Dilbert is dead. Well, he’s not dead dead — …— but as far as the public-at-large, and especially newspapers, are concerned, Dilbert is deader than a doornail. In place of Dilbert, numerous newspapers have decided to replace Adams with creators of color — a move that’s not only symbolically important but helping diversify a field […]
Cartoonist Virginia Lindemann has passed away.Virginia Louise (Ginny) Lindemann December 12, 1944 – June 28, 2023 From the obituary: Ginny attended Stafford Hall School of Business, Summit, N.J. and Farleigh Dickinson University, Madison, N.J. where she majored in Art and given many awards for her Oil Paintings. Ginny was an Executive Secretary in N.J., Massachusetts, […]
Today is a “Where do I begin?” day, but, with no particular plan in mind, let’s kick off with Bizarro (KFS), because Harold and the Purple Crayon came out when I was five years old and, while I had other books I really enjoyed, like Millions of Cats and Make Way For Ducklings, this was […]
Scott Brown & Over 65; The Phantom 1980 & 2023; Asterix & Obelix and Goscinny & Uderzo and Fabcaro & Conrad; G. B. Trudeau and Maggie & Jiggs & Blondie & Dagwood & Lucy & CharlieThe Billy Ireland Biographical Note on Scott Brown: Scott Brown was a cartoon artist and snowfall forecaster from Mansfield, Ohio. […]
9 Chickweed Lane celebrated 30 years of comic stripping last month. Recently GoComics posted a short interview with creator Brooke McEldowney. I never approach my work – my characters, their motivations, my turns of phrase – with any intent other than to entertain myself. 9 Chickweed Lane is strictly a gallery of what I want […]
In case you missed it, Paul Fell summarizes the growing, and increasingly official, war on the free press.On one hand, we have a Civil War festering within the nation, by which I mean without the benefit of one set of states going off in one direction and another set staying put. Instead, the rebels are […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Jack Kent: The Wit, Whimsy, and Wisdom of a Comic Storyteller Mr. Block: The Subversive Comics and Writings of Ernest Riebe Three Rocks: […]
“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth—to see it like it is, and tell it like it is—to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth. ” — Richard M. Nixon, August 8, 1968 Gary Varvel (Creators) offers a pair of cartoons that illustrate today’s theme. The first is […]
As two new books by Bill Watterson appear over the next two months – the all new The Mysteries and The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium, a series collecting the comic strip in a new format – we are sure to see many articles about the secluded cartoonist. “Work and home were so intermingled that […]
I’m still furious with the Washington Post for running a headline last week that spoilered the World Cup game between Australia and Denmark by revealing the winner on the paper’s main page. I was avoiding sports pages, knowing I planned to watch the time-shifted game as soon as I was done here, but now there […]
Editor’s note: The Desert Sun recently welcomed freelance cartoonist Tom Deisboeck to create original ‘toons for the opinion pages. The Palm Springs (Calif) Desert Sun (Gannett) has contracted Tom Deisboeck for political cartoons. … how would you describe the tone of your work? So, I like to be edgy. The political side is on the […]