Illustrator Sandy Kossin has passed away.Adrian Sinnott has shared the sad news that Sandy has passed away: Another incredible talent and good friend gone. Sandy Kossin, proud Berndt Toast Gang, National Cartoonists Society and Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame member has passed. Here’s his bio from the BTG 50th anniversary show in 2016: “Sandy […]

Ann Telnaes reminds us that this is World Press Freedom Day. Telnaes is active in the topic year ’round and you’ll note that she includes words, images and sound in her media roundup. But I’d also point out, in case you missed it, that the visible brushstrokes and jagged edges suggest art made by a […]

10 Best Comics For KidsComic Book Resources 10 Best Comics for Kids includes Jeff Smith’s Bone, Raina Telegeimer’s Smile, Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and others, including a comic strip. Bringing the charm of the likes of Peanuts into the contemporary world, Will Henry’s Wallace the Brave gives a fresh and youthful spin […]

To set the mood somewhat gently, an announcement: I compiled this array back when the Biden/Ice Cream meme first surfaced as a way of pointing out how foolish and unhistoric it was. In fact, I went back and documented that all but three presidents enjoyed ice cream, and those three may have liked it, too. […]

Among Chicago problems not going away any time soon is parking meters. After the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the deal with Chicago Parking Meters LLC, the city is more stuck than ever with this ball-and-chain parking meter deal. The Chicago Tribune offers a 15 year gallery of Scott Stantis cartoons about the 75 […]

Attending this year’s The Thurber Prize show were Michael Maslin and Liza Donnelly (herself a Thurber Prize finalist), there to announce the creation of a companion award to the original Prize. Thurber’s childhood home is in Columbus Ohio, which I visited today. Restored, it’s a historical site, and a thriving center for writing workshops and […]

I’m with Katy in today’s Adam@Home. We haven’t had actual snow here lately but we’ve only had two days of warm sunshiny weather so far and even the warmish days that might have come close have, instead, featured cold winds. It might as well be March.However, the birds are back, including the cormorants, as featured […]

April saw Comics Kingdom average adding one web comic per week to their line-up. Willy Black, The Planet Syndicate, God’s Hands, and, today, Comiclicious. Tomorrow The Kingdom will start the month of May with another new addition: Nate Fakes notified fans of his Break of Day panel that beginning May 1, 2023 the comic would […]

One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. And for the late Bill Blackbeard, the treasure that he’d stored from floor to ceiling in his San Francisco home was maybe the largest, most comprehensive private collection of American newspaper comics ever assembled. “He was single-minded,” said Caitlin McGurk, curator of comics and cartoon art at the […]

A dose of philosophy from Barney & Clyde (Counterpoint) this morning. I had a flash of a relevant thought that I couldn’t place, but then realized it was from a fencing lesson in Scaramouche, in which Andre Moreau is told to hold his sword like a small bird: Too firmly and he’ll crush it, too […]

Counterpoint Media has informed us that Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jack Ohman is returning to the Tribune syndicate. From this weekend’s notice: We are sad to announce that this is the last syndicate newsletter with Jack Ohman. He is moving back to his former syndicate home, Tribune Content Agency, effective May 1. We still adore Jack, […]

-> Celebration of Life and Cartooning SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — In less than a month from now, people will gather in Sioux Falls to celebrate the life of Hagar the Horrible cartoonist Chris Browne, who died earlier this year at the age of 70. Browne’s death came on the 50th anniversary of the comic […]

David Fitzsimmons drew this cartoon in 2008, but now he’s “writing about us” himself, or, at least, “us” in a modified sense, since he took a buyout in January and became a freelancer. (h/t to Michael Rhode)Temporarily, he predicts:Readers familiar with the industry will reel in horror to learn that the Arizona Daily Star is […]

As news spread quickly Monday that two longtime cable-news hosts, Fox News’s Tucker Carlson and CNN’s Don Lemon, had been dropped by their networks, editorial cartoonists wasted no time rendering their sharp judgment. Michael Cavna, at The Washington Post, highlights a half dozen editorial cartoons and thoughts from the corresponding cartoonists about the same day […]

“You are old,” said the youth, “one would hardly suppose    That your eye was as steady as ever;Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose—    What made you so awfully clever?”“I have answered three questions, and that is enough,”    Said his father; “don’t give yourself airs!Do you think I can listen all day to such […]