The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has released an early look at the line-up of their 2022 AAEC Convention. The AAEC has been working closely with CXC on this fall’s gathering in Ohio, and we now have a preliminary schedule for our convention. A few highlights: Thursday, Oct. 6: Later, we’ll be gathering at a […]
I was poking around in old newspapers last night and came upon this column heading from the Washington Post of January 8, 1905. It struck me as a fun piece of old whimsy, but, as I was cleaning it up, I noted the signature of Clifford Berryman, who was certainly no backshop hack, and that […]
“Ignorant, wrong, and racist, you Christian fascist enabler”Following up on that Marcel Boudreaux cartoon from earlier today, is Patrick Chappatte describing his Muslim maelstrom over a cartoon. For a few days last June, I was abundantly called a racist, or islamophobic, or both on Twitter. The culprit: a cartoon on the anti-abortion decision of the […]
Seems a number of comics have decided they’re “gonna leave this city, got to get away.” Serenity does not rule all the countryside. But mostly… Doonesbury © G.B.Trudeau Hi and Lois © Comicana Inc Baldo © Baldo Partnership Pearls Before Swine © Stephan Pastis Frazz © Jef Mallett Prickly City © Scott Stantis Mark Trail © North America […]
From Blacklantic: On August 16th, L’Acadie Nouvelle, described on Wikipedia as an independent French newspaper published in Caraquet, New Brunswick released this cartoon to the public….. Ha ha, right? Violence against women. Rape. Ownership of people through force. Classic comedy. Love it <- (this is sarcasm). Needless to say, the outrage is growing among communities, […]
This Alan Moir cartoon is past its use-by date — I try to feature cartoons within seven days — but the fact that it’s a bit old is somewhat the point.The point is, is it true? Is it false? Is it spin?I say “spin.” I’m still interested in the war, but we’ve got a lot […]
The complete works of nationally recognized editorial cartoonist Randy Wicks, who drew pointed and poignant illustrations of local and worldwide life for The Signal, have been donated to the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society. The cartoons [504 local and 3,182 national] donated range in size from the standard 8×10 to much larger formats and include […]
Before the 21st Century’s enthusiastic embrace of computer fonts, letters had personality.© NEA“A good lettering man is to a comic what a good umpire is to a baseball game: vital to the success of the finished product, but most effective when his contributions seamlessly blend into the background.” – Bruce CanwellLetterers Todd Klein and Alex […]
Christopher Weyant captures the moment in a way that, as the fellows say, seems a sign of how bad things have become.There have been a lot of “but I hate her” comments coming from the left about Liz Cheney’s past record, and they’re as much a sign of our societal cancer as those equally vehement […]
Heritage Auctions currently has the original art of a George Herriman/Krazy Kat daily strip, an Alex Raymond/Flash Gordon Sunday page, and a Bill Watterson/Calvin and Hobbes daily up for bid.The Herriman Krazy Kat is a very early sample of before the kat and mouse had their own strip, a time when they starred in a […]
We’ll start off the day with a really stupid idea and then you can judge whether we are moving up or down the scale.Constant Readers will know that First Dog on the Moon is an avid climate change warrior, but will also know that he has no objection to shining a light on stupid ideas, […]
As we jump all over the place let’s start with –The Are You Calvin or Are You Hobbes Quiz.Alison Doherty:I didn’t have the best introduction to Calvin and Hobbes, the comic strip by Bill Watterson that ran between 1985 and 1995 … I thought it was about an annoying, naughty boy with a stuffed tiger […]
Kevin Siers puts our current crisis in plain terms: We’ve somehow become involved in an argument in which the concept of justice has been placed in the dock, forced to prove itself innocent rather than, as in both English Common Law and our own traditional system, being assumed innocent until proven guilty. And it’s not simply […]
News Corp Australia, which publishes about 100 newspapers there, has decided to no longer carry comic strips and panels in its papers as of September 11, 2022. Editorial cartoons will remain.The News Corp Australia statement: Our editorial cartoonists remain as loved and valued as ever and continue to play a critical role in both our […]
There’s an interesting collision going on between routine Back to School comic strips and political cartoons marking the current teacher shortage crisis, in the midst of which Baby Blues (AMS) offers a funny/not funny piece.I’ve seen this scenario play out both ways, one in which the elder sib was hell on wheels and younger was […]