Gaming the Funny Pages – part two Last weekend we noted Joe Wos playing games. This weekend it was Jef Mallett. Don’t know if Jef knows of a comics page with Overboard right below Frazz, but in Mallett’s neighborhood (the northern mid-west) there is The Fond du Lac Reporter where the hummus could have slid […]
Last week The Santa Fe New Mexican asked its readers to rate the comics in the paper. In a mini-poll, readers emailed with their three favorite comic strips published in The New Mexican — and three they’d use as kindling during our next snowstorm. More than 150 emails were received. This week they reveal the […]
My initial response to today’s Duplex (AMS) was to wonder just how old that movie is, and, when I looked it up, I found it was released March 28, 1963, making it 60 years old as of Tuesday. So perhaps Glenn McCoy is saluting its anniversary, but it still means that all but the most […]
Breaking Cat News cartoonist Georgia Dunn has revealed that she will have hand surgery (her drawing hand) on April 11 and is asking fans to recommend strips to be reprinted during her recovery. Georgia broke the news on her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram platforms. I deal with cysts and benign tumors a fair amount (just […]
Original March 18 post:I opened up the local weekend edition of my newspaper and there at the top of page one of the Sunday color comics section was Dilbert! Is this truly the end or will there another Sunday? Will this be available online tomorrow? Maybe at the Dilbert Reborn Reddit page? March 25 Edit […]
Bill Bramhall takes a shot at New York City’s new and improved “We (heart) NYC” logo. I won’t dispute him on whether the place has too many rats, because I’m not a city person to begin with and NYC is not high on my list. If I had to live in a city, my first […]
A year after being let go by the USA Today/Gannett chain of newspapers, editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson has joined the staff of the independent Minneapolis Star Tribune. From The Star Tribune: After a national search, the Star Tribune Opinion team is excited to announce the addition of Minnesota native and four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Mike […]
Ann Telnaes, Chris Browne, Jules Feiffer, Joe Heller, Ellis Rosen, Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra. Dave Whamond, Jeff Millar and Bill Hinds, Clay Jones, and an Ode to Calvin and Hobbes.The Washington Post PR Blog celebrates Ann Telnaes’s Herb Block Win Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist at The Washington Post, is the 2023 recipient of the […]
Jules Feiffer and I were born 94 years ago in the Bronx, two months apart. We both grew up to be terrible at sports, and we both started to draw characters from the comics when we were 8 or 9 years old. We both became cartoonists, and last year, both of us ended up in […]
Harry Allard’s 1974 book “The Stupids Step Out” has been banned in many places because it’s not funny to refer to people as “stupid,” though you might try the transactional explanation, “It’s not that you’re stupid. It’s that you do stupid things.” Which seems worse, but I’m not going to defend the term, having merely […]
A few years back The Daily Cartoonist reported Darrin Bell had signed a two book deal with Henry Holt & Company. Now three years later the first book is being released. From the Publishers Weekly review: … Later, after Bell’s white mother prohibited him from playing outside with a water gun, she attempted “the talk,” […]
The National Cartoonists Society has disclosed the dates and place for the 2023 Reuben Award “Weekend.” The Reubens will take place at the Hyatt Regency Jersey City on September 6-8. Lock it in your calendars & stay tuned for updates. We have a really fun one planned for you! The NCS announcement was made on […]
Francis (AMS) combines the dread news of the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with the beginning of Ramadan to make a point about the sudden urge to Do Something as compared to having an ongoing tradition of Doing Something.Ramadan began this week, but, of course, an observant Muslim like Gabby not […]
84th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards Honors the Finest International Reporting in 22 Categories Adam Zyglis was named winner in the 2022 Best Cartoon division. THE BEST CARTOON AWARD Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs Sponsor: Mercedes-Benz Adam Zyglis The Buffalo News Judges: Zyglis submitted a portfolio of consistently high-quality […]
Comic strip and comic book artist Joe Giella has passed away. From the Joe Giella – Artist Facebook page: The Giella family wishes for all to celebrate the incredible life of Joe Giella. Joe passed peacefully on March 21st at the age of 94. Joe was such a special person. His presence alone would put […]