Wilcox sums it all up. Thanks for coming and don’t forget to tip your wait staff.However, there are several ways of explaining where we’re at, though the most cogent seem to come from overseas. Perhaps a little distance helps with the focus. Whether it works that way, clicking those links to see where the cartoonists […]
In 2022 Steve Sack retired his position as staff cartoonist after 42 years at The Minnesota Star Tribune. Then last Fall Steve began drawing again, posting his political cartoons on a newly formed Art of Sack Substack.Now MinnPost (“an independent, nonprofit newsroom producing in-depth reporting on the most consequential civic and cultural affairs in Minnesota”) […]
As near as I can tell, Alcaraz is the first cartoonist to address the sad, disillusioning facts about Cesar Chavez that came out in the New York Times yesterday (gift link). I would hope more would follow, because this is not a Latino story, but I’m not surprised that Lalo leapt upon it first, because […]
After a year of investigating using a “reverse forensic” approach, Reuters believes it has solved one of the biggest mysteries in the art world: the true identity of muralist (or graffiti artist) Banksy. But spoiler, while they present a very compelling case, the individual they say is “Banksy” has not confirmed their reporting to be […]
Winners of the 87th Annual Overseas Press Club (OPC) Awards have been announced and Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) will receive the Best Cartoon Award in International Affairs for his work in 2025. THE BEST CARTOON AWARD Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs Sponsor: Mercedes-Benz KAL’s Cartoons Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher The Economist, The […]
Cartoonist, editorial and otherways, Kevin Necessary is taking a breather to do some healing and pondering. From Kevin’s UnNecessary Things Substack: In my last post I mentioned that the pinched nerve in my neck has recently flared up. The pain and subsequent sleepless nights have knocked me for a loop and cut down on my […]
This may be a rerun, since the strip seems to be in that mode, but it’s timely enough to have Danny of an age to think of such things. It’s also timely because I’m trying to declutter and I have a box of ancient cords and also a deep desk drawer of them.And it’s especially […]
The March 12 item (the update is below the original entry):The Herb Block Foundation announced today it has awarded the 2026 Herblock Prize to Jack Ohman. Judges’ comments: From Marty Two Bulls, Sr.: Jack’s loose drawing style says more with a few strokes then any long winded editorial. His work comes from a vast understanding […]
The Cartoon Museum in London is turning 20. The museum is home to over 300 years of British cartoon and comic history including over 14,000 artworks and publications. According to their website in the last 20 years they have welcomed 500,000 local, national and international visitors, exhibited more than 200 cartoon, caricature and comic artists, […]
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association has announced their finalists for their 61st Annual Awards. For The Daily Cartoonist audience, here are the finalists for The Nebula Award for Best Comic:Visit the Nebula Award site for nominees in the other categories.
After four months away from The Washington Post Opinion page Edith Prichett has returned.The Washington Post’s prominent placement of non-political cartoons by Edith Pritchett and others on the newspaper’s opinion-editorial pages have raised the ire of some in the past.Edith Pritchett began appearing weekly in early 2023 and by the end of that year was […]
French cartoonist Clément Oubrerie has passed away at the age of 59.Clément, born in Paris, studied art at Penninghen School of Art Direction and Interior Architecture in Paris before moving to the United States where he began his career as a children’s illustrator. His stay in the U.S. ended with time in a New Mexico jail […]
2026 Lucy Caswell Research Award winners, the art of Peanuts by painter Tom Everhart, finalists in the new science fiction Nebula Award comics category, and a new James Bond comic strip collection (again). Billy Ireland 2026 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award Winners: Dr. Standford Carpenter and Sebastian Martinez! The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum […]
The difference between a skeptic and a cynic is that a skeptic demands proof while a cynic rejects it. The Irish believe in believing, and so take a middle ground, saying of the fairy folk, “I don’t believe in them, but they’re there.”This is the story of a pooka, or, in Irish, púca, which Rinacat […]
As the dogged Angoulême International Comics Festival tries to aright itself from the cancelation of this year’s festival and the scandalized past of the former organizer, 9eArt+, it has announced the first round of companies that responded to a call for new organizer. Two of the four have connections to the prior organizer.The list of […]