By Jan. 25 of every year, about 1,100 journalism entries are submitted to the Pulitzer Prize board. The competition is beyond fierce. So we were disappointed in January when the Pulitzer team quietly replaced the Editorial Cartooning category, which dated back to 1922, with Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. This left cartoonists throwing up their hands […]
Well, yes, Prickly City (AMS), Carmen is correct that this is no longer the Age of Reason, defined asany period in history, especially the 18th century in France, England, etc., characterized by a critical approach to religious, social, and philosophical matters that seeks to repudiate beliefs or systems not based on or justifiable by reason.“The […]
Twenty-one-year-old Jordan Lockett creates stories that are relatable to any reader, but what’s distinctive about his tales is they contain only a handful of words – as is the skill of a cartoonist. “I’ve been drawing my whole life,” said Lockett. “I’ve always considered myself an illustrator.” These days, however, Lockett is chiseling his skills […]
We’ll narrow that Boston area to Malden. Keith Knight, a Malden native, infuses his work with humor, creativity and social activism. Knight went to high school in Malden, lived for a while in California’s Bay area (where the “Woke” series is based), later moved to Los Angeles and now lives with his wife and two […]
In the mid-1910s famed “Cowboys and Indians” artist Charles M. Russell began a new phase of his storied career – contributing illustrations and tales to newspapers, mostly for local Montana papers through the Montana Newspaper Association (MNA). The MNA offered Montana papers a four page ready print insert of Montana news and related stories, allowing […]
There’s a dust-up among editorial cartoonists over a fellow who cartoons for Cagle under a cloak of anonymity, which seems, by any measure, a violation of journalistic ethics, in which anonymous sources are used only with reluctance, but the stories in which they appear are signed.It seems particularly unnecessary, given that (A) nobody here is […]
A reminder that if you are, or know, a young cartoonist doing political cartoons or comics journalism, you have until July 15 to submit work for this year’s Locher Award! The Sunday Heathcliff every which way. © Creators SyndicateExcept for the title and the Kitty Korner companion panels Sean Kleefeld rearranges the Heathcliff Sunday half page […]
From IJoCA: Bob Harvey, a longtime comics historian and cartoonist passed away last week, suddenly after an injury. We’ve asked someone to write a remembrance, but here’s R.C. in his own words, at least as far as he had gotten 17 years ago – It’s Not My Fault Confessions of a Comics Junkie. Or, […]
Henry Barajas begins his take on the Gil Thorp comic strip today.Over the weekend The Arizona Daily Star interviewed Henry about Gil Thorp (“It begins running Monday, July11, in the Star’s Sports section”).Starting Monday, Barajas is writing a new chapter as author of the longtime comic strip, Gil Thorp. He is the fourth writer of […]
Perils of working too far in advance: Prickly City (AMS) doesn’t seem aware that watching gas prices has become nearly a joyous practice.Around here, they’ve gone down 30 cents since my last fill-up, which means that, instead of thinking I’d better top off before they go any higher, I’m wringing out every mile in hopes […]
NCS OPEN HOUSE: Monday, July 11th 7pm Eastern Open to non-members and current NCS members alike! Register in advance for this meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqc-CorjMtGdE0kVe24LWOaXmHEmQK0Bjm Open to both current NCS members and those interested in the NCS, we will share news, do a drawing game together, hear from some of our regional chapters, and have a chance to […]
There were a few Sunday Funnies today I just don’t “get.”B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for July 10, 2022 © John Hart Studios Six Chix by Maritsa Patrinos for July 10, 1922 Six Chix © KFS; comic © MPatrinos Candorville by Darrin Bell for July 10, 2022 © Darrin Bell *Apologies to and in memory of Bill Bickel.
In January of 1935 the first DC comic book was released – New Fun #1. It featured the first female title character of DC Comics – Sandra of the Secret Service. The one-page more or less monthly comic strip was created by Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson and Charles Flanders. Others continued the series until 1938, after which […]
I’m not much in the mood to deal with today. Instead, here’s a look at the Sunday funnies from July 9, 1972.Though I’ll add a bit of politics, since the Democrats were holding their convention. We didn’t know at the time how many of those bumps and bruises were the handiwork of Little Donny Segretti, […]
Two longtime Warren County residents and former executives of The Indianola Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune are buying the newspaper from Gannett Co. Inc. and plan to continue publishing a weekly print edition. The buyers are Amy Duncan, a former editor and publisher, and her husband, Mark Davitt, a former managing editor. The couple, who live […]