Australian cartoonist David Rowe and his outlet the Australian Financail Review (AFR) are coming under fire after they published a cartoon that shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu controlling U. S. President Donald Trump in the Iran War. The objection is the use of Jewish tropes rather than just accusing the Israeli state. On SkyNews […]

Oxymoron: Death in the Funnies; Retro Comic Strips that Kept Us Returning to the Funny Pages; and Comics Related Etymology. Jessica Plummer for Book Riot lists The 10 Saddest Comics Deaths Ever. Be forewarned this is about deaths in superhero comic books so don’t expect Mary Gold or Raven Sherman or Andy Lippincott to appear […]

Yesterday we reported on the winners of the Press Cartoon Belgium Grand Prix that were announced during last weekend’s Cartoonfestival Knokke Heist 2026. The other prizes announced included the De Gouden Hoed (“Golden Hat”) winners. This is an international contest that included 545 submissions from 69 countries. The Golden hat is one of the largest […]

Ecuadorian editorial cartoonist Xavier Bonilla “Bonil” announced on X that he is departing The Diario El Universo where his cartoons been published since 1995. His announcement on X: I’ve been drawing in various media for 40 years, 31 of them at El Universo where I also enjoyed the freedom to opine and share smiles. We […]

When I said yesterday that the ICE-in-the-airport cartoons were going to draw themselves, I wasn’t kidding. The past 24 hours have been a flood of cartoons of people being assaulted by ICE in airports, mostly for having liquids in their carry-ons. But we’d already chuckled over the concept and timing is everything.I like Granlund’s take, […]

Françoise Mouly on Roz Chast’s new New Yorker cover and Bob Eckstein interviews Grant Snider. Roz Chast Block Printing Françoise Mouly calls it “block printing,” I have always called it “woodcuts,” I guess it is also called “wood engraving.” It there a difference? Anyway here is Roz Chast‘s New Yorker cover for March 30, 2026. […]

The Press Cartoon Belgium has announced the winners of their Grand Prix for 2026. The prize is given to the best cartoons that appear in Belgian press or on social media. The theme of this year’s winers is war and the casualties of war. The first place winner goes to Kamagurka (Luc Zeebroek), second place […]

A few cartoonists joined in the general condemnation of Trump’s tasteless dismissal of Robert Mueller’s death. I remain disappointed in the number, but, then again, I didn’t see any cartoons about his jaw-dropping insult of the Japanese Prime Minister.Granlund skips the revulsion, however, and instead injects a bit of truth to counter Dear Leader’s claim […]

Rick Kirkman, Jerry Scott, and GoComics are announcing that Baby Blues will go strictly rerun beginning next March of 2027 and will be alternating new and rerun material from now until then. Rachel DeSchepper for the GoComics blog reports: All good things must come to an end, and that’s the case for one of our […]

For the second time in a month Koko is Out of the Inkwell and into a Zippy strip. Bill Griffith has always referenced classic comics but he seems to be it it more since working on his graphic autobiography. Though not as often as A.I. in Carpe Diem. Those robots are now the de facto […]

I’m disappointed that more cartoonists didn’t leap on Dear Leader’s appalling reaction to the death of Robert Mueller, though Wexler offered both this commentary and a traditional obituary piece. A brief discussion of a country expression: “Were you brought up in a barn?”It can be semi-affectionate, said to a kid who wore his hat to […]

This Summer at the San Diego Comic Con 23 individuals will be inducted into The Will Eisner Hall of Fame. 19 have already been chosen by the judges for inclusion: These inductees include 8 deceased comics pioneers and 11 living persons. The deceased choices are Edwina Dumm, Oliver Harrington, Don Heck, Abe Kanegson, Paul S. […]

When I think of Texas women from the past Etta Hulme is one of three that immediately come to mind (Molly Ivins and Ann Richards are the other two). She was brought to mind by a recent article about an abandoned dwelling that has wall paintings by two Texas women: Evelyn Raetzch Davis and Etta […]

If anybody any older than Thandi has any doubts about this, we’ll deal with it tomorrow. Naivete is charming, but not knowing this is well beyond either naivete or charm. However, let’s be gracious, if not out of decency then for practical reasons: You don’t convert people by insulting them, so I haven’t put a […]

The National Newspaper Awards of Canada has released the list of nominees for this year. In the newly renamed category of “Illustrated Commentary” the finalists for their work in 2025 are Michael de Adder, Judith Lachapelle, and David Parkins. Illustrated Commentary  Michael de Adder, The Globe and Mail, for his political satire on the impact […]