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 […]
Every week the Isanti-Chisago County Star publishes a cartoon on page four with the signature, Joe Heller. Every week, Joe Heller makes us laugh, critically think, and sometimes makes us angry – all with a stroke of a pen. But just who is this cartoonist? Sierra Kingen, of the Northstar Media, profiles Joe Heller and […]
The Daily Cartoonist noted Mike Thompson beginning his new role as Minneapolis Star Tribune editorial cartoonist last Saturday. A rocky start as the cartoon drew complaints from local Muslim representatives. The publisher apologized.From The Minneapolis Star Tribune: Responding to criticism from four DFL Muslim legislators about a recent Star Tribune editorial cartoon they described as […]
Thank god I don’t still have his voice in my head like this fellow in the Banx cartoon. But the political cartoons are currently evenly divided between Tucker Carlson and the November elections. I’m trying to be done with the former and, as for the latter, I’m taking the Scarlett O’Hara approach: I’ll think about […]
Comic strip and comic book cartoonist Frank Hill has passed away. From the obituary: Frank Richard Hill, (93) of Soquel, Ca. passed away peacefully on March 10th, 2023 of natural causes. Frank’s career was fueled by creativity and the joy of cartooning and illustration. He would claim that he knew he wanted to be a […]
Oz Black. Plus Thomas Nast, Paul Conrad, Ted Rall, Bill Bramhall, Ann Telnaes, Herblock, Zapiro, Edmund Duffy, Barry Blitt and moreHere in Lincoln by Oz Oswald Ragan “Oz” Black studied art at the University of Nebraska from 1918 to 1923. He went on to document local news 365 days a year for nearly four decades, […]
Man Overboard manages what few cartoonists have, which is to make genuinely funny cartoons on Biblical topics without either being sacrilegious or being wrong about the scriptural references. Or, of course, both.AFAIK, the moneychangers and dove-sellers did not actually look like Laurel and Hardy, but if you assume, as many do, that Jesus was objecting […]
Let’s get this straight right off the bat: this is not a political post. As most of you know Michael Ramirez is the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Reuben Award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Las Vegas Review-Journal with a conservative outlook. But again forget the politics, this is about his art.And one would be hard-pressed to argue that […]
Odd timing at Non Sequitur (AMS) this morning, as Danae might well have watched the most popular cable news channel last night, but she’d have likely absorbed a less promising message about career paths.For those not operating on long lead times, however, the firing of Tucker Carlson called forth a torrent of intentional commentary, which […]