It has come down through the history books that Uncle Sam, a term applied to the U.S.A. since The War of 1812, first appeared as a cartoon image in the United States in the New York Lantern dated March 13, 1952 (below). From Sarah Ames’ research: In New York City today, a political cartoon appeared in […]
Let’s start a discouraging day with a bit of good news: A judge in Texas has rendered Nick Anderson’s cartoon moot, blocking Governor Abbott’s directive that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services investigate parents of transgender children for abuse if they allow their kids to receive positive psychological and medical treatment.We shouldn’t need […]
The above For Heaven’s Sake was one of very few comic strips that touched on the subject this year.But the National Catholic Reporter has a story about the Treasure Chest comic book whose first issue was published in time for Lent 1946. As Lent began in 1946, students in American Catholic schools were treated to […]
The Durango (Colorado) Herald introduces ed-op cartoonist Wes Rowell to their readers: We figured it was about time to formally introduce The Durango Herald and The Journal cartoonist Wes Rowell, who has been illustrating cartoons with us since October. He’s worked at Ballantine Communications [owner of the newspapers] as an illustrator and graphic designer since […]
The first Daylight Saving Time changeover was March 30, 1918, back when photographic set pieces like this, featuring small children in hastily-made costumes, were a fading but still present part of newspaper graphics. One complication was that the next day was Easter, but the good people of Harrisburg, PA, didn’t have to worry about missing services, […]
Guess we’ll report on this personal stuff since Scott Adams and wife Kristina Basham are both posting on social media, Scott on his podcast and Kristina on Twitter, about the impending action.TheAltWeb has details: Fans of author and Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams are curious to know more about his wife, Kristina Basham after she released […]
After mentioning The Reubens and CXC lets talk MoCCA.The Society is thrilled to welcome you back to the 2022 MoCCA Arts Festival! Please join us in celebrating a selection of top comic, cartoon and illustration artists from around the world! Featuring work by over 500 creators the weekend will also include live lectures, panels, and […]
Patrick Blower’s analysis of Russian forces gets a particular laugh because it fits so well with a Bulwark podcast Charlie Sykes did with Gen. Mark Hertling, former commanding general of United States Army Europe and the Seventh Army, in which Hertling said that, while the Russian forces may look good polished up for the May […]
A couple articles about Jewish cartoonists dropped today. The Jewish News of Northern California introduces its readers to Rebecca Schuchat: Comics are Rebecca Schuchat’s preferred mode of self-expression. Yet the Oakland-born cartoonist, whose new comic strip, “Where’s My Timbrel?,” is debuting here and will continue on J.’s social media channels, tends to make comics that […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the setting for the 2022 Reubens’ Weekend. Put it in your calendars, folks, because we’re going to try this once more with feeling– our 76th Annual Reuben Awards will take place in Kansas City, MO on Thursday 15th & Friday 16th September* 2022. We miss you all and can’t wait to get together […]
There are certain strips I don’t fact-check, but today’s Tank McNamara (AMS) left me thinking he must surely be making this up.However, I Googled it, and, yes, there is a movie in development called “80 For Brady,” starring those women, and, gee golly, it’s even being produced by Tom Brady, which, for those who don’t […]
After nine months (has it been that long?) the Comics Kingdom Blog reappeared earlier this week. The March 7 item is not much, only a notice, but we hope it is the beginning of a return to the way it was.Past years had seen Brian Walker, John Rose, and other King Features cartoonists become regulars […]
Greg Robinson for Nichi Bey writes: By the 1930s, comic strips had become important vehicles of social and political commentary…Yet… representations of racial minorities in mainstream strips, especially positive ones, were rather rare…As a result, I was pleasantly surprised recently when I came across the Toya Matsu episode in the 1930s comic strip “You be […]
The best part of this Daddy’s Home (Creators) is that he’s right, sort of.That is, we shouldn’t believe what they say, because we all use more than 10 percent of our brain, though the people who keep saying this perhaps do not.It’s appropriate that she’s on her laptop, because that’s a flowing river of such […]
TERRY GROSS, HOST: David Sipress, welcome to FRESH AIR. I love your cartoons. Thank you for being here. Let’s start with your most published and tweeted cartoon. SIPRESS: I wrote that sometime during the ’90s. It’s not a New Yorker cartoon. I never can remember where it first started, but I think it was during […]