Seven months ago Heaven Help Us by Man Martin abruptly ended with no explanation. Man’s fans, which we at The Daily Cartoonist count as big ones, were rightfully concerned. Now Man Martin pops up in our e-mailbox with a notice of a new book and a short term offer. Through a special arrangement with Barnes […]
We’re still in the between-times, and the selection of fresh material is limited. I’m sympathetic to Herbert’s idea that the period is a needed break in otherwise unbearable times, mostly because she suggests that, once the New Year’s celebrations are over, we’ll be back to harsh reality. Certainly, I’m sympathetic to the idea of taking […]
Just a few sites today but nearly a score of editorial cartoonists represent.The Everett (Wash) Herald is splitting their best ofs into four parts pretty much following the seasons. 2025’s Best Editorial Cartoons, January through March (or here) and 2025’s Best Editorial Cartoons, April through June (or here) with an all-star cast of Cagle political […]
Visits with Dee Parson, Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell, Tom Toro, John Rose, Charles Schulz, Mark Tatulli, Mort Gerberg, Garrick Tremain, and Jean Clude Block.Adventure Into The Unknown Title PanelOn his Facebook page Dee Parson admonishes his local newspaper for not publishing the entire Rosebuds Sunday comic strip: It’s unfortunate one of the local newspapers that carries […]
As Christmas season fades, Ramirez asks if there are no prisons, and if the workhouses are still in operation. Scrooge at least conceded that his taxes — however reluctantly — supported those institutions. Ramirez, by contrast, insists that any but minimal support is a form of theft.As noted yesterday, I’ve been reading Barbara Tuchman’s history […]
Another new batch of bests and favorite editorial cartoons from the old year. David Horsey presents his “Ten top Trump cartoons from 2025.” From a variety of his outlets comes Nick Anderson’s Best Cartoons of 2025: Part 1 and Part 2. from tc2oons we get the Best Tim Campbell Cartoons of 2025. Kevin KAL Kallaugher […]
In what has to be the cartooning story of the year Ann Telnaes left The Washington Post after they refused to run her cartoon of billionaire oligarchs paying tribute to Donald Trump. Says Ann: When I made my decision to leave, I knew this would be the end of my thirty year career as an […]
This is an odd time of the year when you might as well take a vacation because nearly everybody else is going to. When I was a reporter, it meant that the only stories to cover were about fires and accidents because you couldn’t get hold of sources so you could write anything more substantive, […]
The Best Ofs came fast and furious today from The Guardian(twice), The Globe and Mail, Cagle Cartoons, The Chattanooga Times Free Press, The Hindu, The Times, WhoWhatWhy, CALÓ, and The Las Vegas Sun.The Gaurdian presents The Best of Fiona Katauskas Cartoons 2025. Best of Michael de Adder [Part 1] from The Globe and Mail. A […]
Editorial cartoonist Mike Beckom has told The Daily Cartoonist he will be retiring at year’s end: I began this journey over 22 years ago as a way to honor my Dad after he died. He’d taught me to draw when I was 4-5 and always encouraged me to ‘do something with my talents’. Gathering my […]
By now you should have three partridges in pear trees, four calling birds and three French hens, or at least three notices from UPS saying they will be delivered tomorrow and will require signatures, in which case you should keep your eyes open because they’ll be left on the porch in the snow.Meanwhile, we’re getting […]
From Il Post (via Google Translate from the Italian): On Christmas Eve 1925, 100 years ago, the London newspaper Evening News published a children’s story it had commissioned from the English writer Alan Alexander Milne. In a short introduction, Milne described his five-year-old son, Christopher Robin, coming down the stairs dragging a large teddy bear […]
It is that time of year when cartoonists, newspapers, and websites pick their favorite (what they call “the best”) editorial cartoons from the previous twelve months. Here are some early “Best of 2025” collections. The retiring, but not shy, Walt Handelsman splits his choices into three categories: New Orleans local (or here) and Louisiana state […]
Bennett’s day-after cartoon would have been easy to nit-pick a year or so ago, because half of us wanted the exchange immediately while half of us were pleased, so using Uncle Sam would have been unfair.However, waking up on Boxing Day to find that he bombed another country and then spewed about 150 screwy messages […]
Recommended Reading, Public Domain 2026, Cartoonist Writes, Recommended Reading PEN America has released the Longlists for their 2026 Literary Awards The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography is awarded for excellence in the art of biography. The only comics-related book on the various lists is Dan Nadel‘s Crumb: A Cartoonists Life. Filled with comics is […]