You may have to watch sports to know this, but Progressive Insurance is running a series of commercials in which people in normal disagreements get to throw a red challenge flag and see a replay to determine what really happened. The appeal, of course, is how much we wish we could, despite the fact that […]
Or should it be running “amok?”Writing Explained pulls a Garner’s Modern English Usage (GMEU) estimate “that amok is used three times for every use of amuck, which is corroborated by the graph below.” Writing Expalined continued: “amuck was preferred up until the 1940s, but since that time, amok has overtaken it as the standard form.” […]
Sunday’s Bizarro (KFS) provoked both a laugh and a sigh. My dad, who died 30 years ago last week, did indeed get a label maker at one point — the old school plastic-strip type — which became a brief but intense obsession. The “brief” part is likely what kept our mother from clonking him in […]
Cartoonist Jack Bender has passed away. John Henry (Jack) Bender March 28, 1931 – January 5, 2023Jack’s career as a cartoonist began in high school when he began contributing sports cartoons to The Waterloo (Iowa) Courier. He continued that, and added sports reporting, through his college years.From the obituary: After a long life filled with […]
(Kal Kallaugher)(Deb Milbrath)As a thousand cartoons about the Speakership race become obsolete — the matter having finally been decided — a look at the difference between analysis and judgment, with the understanding that both have a place in editorial cartooning. Kal lays out the argument that McCarthy’s speakership is flawed by the concessions he made, […]
The Red Mask and Nina – comics first interracial relationship? Aussie or American – who created Felix the Cat? When did Roy Thomas begin writing The Amazing Spider-Man comic strip? Who was the star of the comic strip – Funky or Les and Lisa?At a time in comics when the only time a man of […]
(Here is the CSotD from January 7, 2021, the morning after the coup attempt. I’ve resisted the temptation to add notes and updates, since it should stand as a record of how cartoonists rallied within 24 hours of the event.)CSotD: Slouching Towards Bedlam I was almost tempted to simply post Marco De Angelis (Cartoon Movement)‘s […]
The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has extended the deadline for submission to their Book and Journalism Awards to January 17, 2023. Editorial Cartoon: Electronic portfolio of cartoon work Brief description of body of work and its impact Cartoon submissions must be presented as a body of work. Single entries will not be accepted. Please […]
The Yukon News celebrates its long relationship with editorial cartoonist Wayne Tremblay. Newshound Wyatt Tremblay has been commenting on the lunacy of the Yukon legislature in the form of editorial cartoons for three decades. His first cartoon hit the press in November 1992. That piece for the News, motivated by then-editor Peter Lesniak and inspired […]
Lisa Benson (Counterpoint) not only points out the bizarre self-inflicted punishment the GOP is laying upon itself, but her stack of round cards demonstrates the challenge of keeping up with a story that seemingly has no ending.As of this morning, we’re up to 11 rounds of pointless posturing, and even if they resolve things today, […]
So I’m scrolling through The Pickens County Courier comics page checking out the latest strips from King Features Weekly Service (KFWS) when I read a notice below Mike Marland’s R.F.D. “Please Note: R.F.D. will retire on 1/30/23” The Daily Cartoonist reached out to Mike about that and he graciously responded: Yes, R.F.D. comes to an […]
On the Fastrack (KFS) wins the Best Coincidental Timing Award for what can’t have been but surely seems a commentary on the GOP gridlock. And Dethany is right: The problem seems to be with people more interested in putting on a performance than getting anything done.Victoria Sparks (R-IN) has taken to voting “present,” indicating her […]
At the beginning of this year Ed Crankshaft got into his bus and drove from New York (King Features) to Kansas City (Andrews McMeel). The GoComics Team interviewed the comic strip’s creator Tom Batiuk about the character. Excerpted from the interview: What inspired character Ed Crankshaft and his dynamic personality? A fan suggested that I […]
The Constitution, The Bible, and The Koran are some of the holy items members of the U. S. Congress put their hands on to be sworn into office. And now the 1939 comic book Superman #1. From the Hannah Murdoch of The Deseret News report: When Robert Garcia, a Democratic representative-elect of California, takes his […]
Kevin Necessary gets top honors for his marking of the collapse of Buffalo Bills’ safety Damar Hamlin, both as a local cartoonist — the game was in Cincinnati against the Bengals — and for not having used a tear, which would not only be an unnecessary cliche but somewhat premature, given that Hamlin is still […]