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 […]

There is a dustup going on among conservatives. No not that craziness at the U. S. House of Representatives, it’s between a couple cartoonists. We Got This Covered has it covered: Dilbert author Scott Adams is on the legal warpath. The creator of the once wildly popular satire of cubicle culture, who, in recent years, […]

Creative works from 1927 entered into public domain status on January 1, 2023. As we did last year we turn to Duke Law for the big hits: On January 1, 2023, copyrighted works from 1927 will enter the US public domain.?1? They will be free for all to copy, share, and build upon. These include […]

This is an installment of 2022 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: Dearly Departed2022 – The Dearly DepartedThese U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2022. Anthony F. (Tony) TallaricoSeptember 20, 1933 – January 6, 2022comic […]

Timing may not be everything, but it’s a lot of things, and today’s The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee (KFS) lands the day after I saw someone observing on social media that the Community Chest card in Monopoly teaches kids to rely on government handouts if they get in trouble.24 hours later, my response remains […]

This is an installment of 2022 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.part 1: Debuts and Departures– – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: Dearly Departed DETOURS/DEVIATIONSSome changes to U.S. newspaper comic strips and cartoons in 2022Mazetoons by Joe Wos switched from Creators Syndicateto King Features Syndicate on January 2, […]

For those of us following The Daily Phantom (not an easy task) writer Tony DePaul has written a large summary of how he writes the adventure comic strip and the basics of the Wrack and Ruin story to date.From Tony’s (December 27, 2022) The Nickels of the Man: As for this morning, here’s a bit […]

This is an installment of 2022 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: Dearly Departed2022 DebutsThese comics began appearing in U. S. newspapers in 2022RITTER’S RIVERby Marc LutzJune 1, 2022 –weekly stripWrangell Sentinel CRABGRASSby Tauhid BondiaJune 27. 2022 […]

After I’d been in talk radio for a short time, my program manager took me aside and begged me to quit saying, “We’re back!” after every commercial break, and so I’ll simply observe that Arlo and Janis (AMS) are acknowledging the end of the holidays and so should we all.I was struck for perhaps four […]

Hey everyone. Today is a big day here at The Daily Cartoonist. I have the honor to announce two major changes: new ownership and unveil a new re-designed website.A few weeks ago, Andrews McMeel Universal and I finalized the purchase of The Daily Cartoonist. TDC is now an independent publication of The Daily Cartoonist, LLC, […]

Seven years ago I posted here for what I assumed was the last time. The theme of that post was the many things going on in my life that was shifting my focus away from daily comic news blogging. I’d like to take a moment and re-introduce myself to those who found The Daily Cartoonist […]

When Norm Feuti’s Gil ended syndication at the end of 2013 The Providence Journal requested that Norm continue the comic strip there as a Sunday-only exclusive. Norm was happy to do so. The end of 2022 saw the now Gannett–owned newspaper making cuts – Gil is one of the victims. From Norm’s Gil page: It […]

As Kevin Necessary peacefully transfers the power of the presidency of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists on to Jack Ohman he reflects on the state of the organization and the profession. Due to the upheaval and disruption of the past few years, 2022 was a transitional year for the AAEC. In some ways, we […]