George Booth, who died last month, and Lee Lorenz, who passed earlier this month, were honored by The New Yorker in the Christmas 2022 edition of the magazine.George got the cover and The New Yorker interviewed daughter Sarah for the “Cover Story.”Michael Maslin, who on Mondays notes the drawing contents of the new issue of […]
Wiley Miller is notably unimpressed with social media, so today’s Non Sequitur (AMS) is no surprise, though for someone who avoids it, he’s sure tapped into the current state of Twitter in particular.As for leaving, no, the voices won’t let you. I’ve compared it in the past to the interactive TV in “Fahrenheit 451,” which […]
Dave Whamond, of Reality Check and editorial cartooning fame, has developed another comic panel. From Dave’s Twitter feed: Day By Dave “celebrates all of the silly and obscure days on the calendar.” Day By Dave debuts today at GoComics on National Gingerbread House Day. Go to GoComics and add it to your “Comics I Follow” page.While […]
Two weeks after a major disruption to the site, and the day when that complication led to a week of reruns, GoComics announced an update scheduled for the site come Fall 2023. Thank you to everyone who participated in our user experience survey. We enjoyed hearing from you and learning more about which aspects you […]
Once again a local Republican website has posted Woody Harrington‘s image equating The Grand Old Party with the Ku Klux Klan. It is unknown how long the image remained on the opening page. The Roanoke Times reports: A familiar Republican Party mascot pictured on the Patrick County GOP website hid Ku Klux Klan imagery in its […]
Today’s Pickles (AMS) reminds me that this is a time of year when I am thrilled to be retired.There is a news gap between Christmas and New Years when there is nothing to report on except for accidents, murders, fires and suchlike, which sounds like a lot but isn’t, though I suppose now that major […]
Exploring comics’ past with Homer Davenport on Rube Goldberg, Bobby London and Popeye, Bazooka Joe and the Gang. But we start with …Comic Strips and Christmases Past Brian Cronin and CBR has created a Comic Strip Advent Calendar. It’s our yearly Comics Should Be Good Advent Calendar! This year, the theme is A Comic Strip […]
The Daily Advocate is heralding the return of editorial cartoonist Paul Ackley to its pages after a 10 year sojourn to other local Greenville news organizations (County News Online and The Early Bird).From the December 9, 2022 Daily Advocate: After a couple year hiatus, editorial cartoonist Paul Ackley is returning to the pages of the […]
Jonesy offers an historical/political start to an examination of cartoons that, upon giving them some thought, aren’t funny, because this one did make me smile.It is, of course, a gag about the famous Christmas truce of WWI, in which British and German troops stopped shooting at each other and played football in No Man’s Land.It […]
Dana Summers was too young for the originals, perhaps, like many of us, he became a fan later. © Tribune Content Agency/Dana Summers; © EC Comics Gary Shapiro retired from KUSA-TV after nearly 50 years with the station.Rather than a gold watch he got something better, a Drew Litton original.Watch the presentation with Drew and […]
There have been some questions wondering if the GoComics rerun week will run into Sunday.No, it will not.Sunday production is done a few weeks before the dailies.But a couple questions arise from that.Was the Sunday production interrupted? Two weeks from this Sunday is Christmas Day. Will that be filled with Christmas Sunday strips from 2016?This […]
Jeff Koterba shows that less is more with a simple response to Brittney Griner’s release. The ball/ball-and-chain transposition is solid without being excessively clever and he doesn’t presume the result of the throw. More important, he doesn’t argue over whether half a loaf is, indeed, better than none, but celebrates an American homecoming.Granted, it’s fair […]
Batiuk Does the Time Warp AgainTom Batiuk begins to bring the Funkyverse and the Crankyverse into sync as Funky Winkerbean winds down and the characters prepare to guest star in Crankshaft. Red and Rover and Brian Comes OverRed and Rover cartoonist Brian Basset will be at Scrawl Books next Thursday to sign books.Details here. Due to print […]
Cartoonist and cartoon editor Lee Lorenz has passed away. Lee Sharp Lorenz October 17, 1932 – December 8, 2022 MIchael Maslin is reporting Lee’s death: Very sad news tonight from Martha Lorenz, that her father, Lee Lorenz, The New Yorker‘s art editor from 1973 -1993, and cartoon editor from 1993 – 1997, passed away Thursday […]
Candorville (KFS) pokes some fun at its former hosting site, but, for those who haven’t been following DD Degg’s coverage here, the outage at GoComics seems to have fouled up their ability to receive and process strips, such that they’re featuring a lot of reruns at the moment.This makes it hard to take a comedy […]