The first day of the AAEC Conference began with a long business meeting and ended, alas, with the discovery that my camera had been lying to me all day long. So it goes.But backlighting and shadows are appropriate here because they probably shouldn’t have even let a non-voting associate in, and, like most such meetings, […]
According to Larson, “I’ve always thought the word cow was funny, and cows are sort of tragic figures. Cows blur the line between tragedy and humor.” © Gary LarsonScreen Rant delves into Gary Larson‘s background to try find Why The Far Side Comics Are So Obsessed With Cows. It was a back injury that laid […]
Many folks may not believe a cartoon can cause angst and ire, but every now and then — and based on society norms and issues at the time — cartoon strips have undergone a bit of their own cancel culture. Indeed, there is a comical side to cancel culture. Last week, I received some feedback […]
Got in later than I’d hoped yesterday, so nothing to report on the AAEC/CXC confab yet. Meanwhile, the globe apparently continued to spin. Jeffrey Koterba offers a two-edged gag, or, at least, a cartoon that has both a superficial and a deeper meaning.Polls seem to have been wrong a lot recently, or maybe we’ve become too […]
We were happy to see that Larry Doyle is a silent, dour kind of a guy–“kind of a crank” in his own words–because this sort of person sees the world for what it is. So maybe he can make us laugh at it. Doyle had better be a very witty man, because he is about […]
Yes, Columbus is the place to be, but outside Ohio there is also news.© Nidhi Chanani; Peter Conrad; MariNaomiThe San Francisco Examiner has partnered with Andrew Farago of the Cartoon Art Museum. Twice each month, The Examiner’s Comix Showcase will highlight the art and artists of the Bay Area, with an emphasis on local comics […]
I’m on my way out to Columbus for the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists convention and CXC, so was trying to come up with a post I could do in advance. DD Degg’s marking of Dick Tracy’s first strip, December 4, 1931, reminded me of how many great cartoons were running in newspapers back then.So […]
The Spirit by Will Eisner and assistants ran as a newspaper comic book insert from June 2, 1940 until October 5, 1952, 70 years ago. That is what many comic histories will tell you, though there are a few that will note that 13 years and a few months later Will Eisner created a new […]
Maria Scrivan — whom I will see in a day or two at CXC — offers a funny/not funny Half Full, the kind where first you laugh and then you sink into a reverie.Oh, honey, nobody reads the terms and conditions. Well, except for Robert Sikoryak, who found a way to make Apple’s I-Tunes terms and […]
Clover Press and Yoe! Comics have launched a Kickstarter campaign for Popeye Variations. Edited by Craig Yoe, the new hardcover anthology featuring more than a hundred illustrations and stories by some of the biggest names in comics, all focused on everyone’s favorite spinach-eating sailor man and his supporting cast. I watched Popeye as a kid. […]
Dave Blazek is now doing double duty as Andrews McMeel Syndication is offering both the usual horizontal and a new vertical (strip format) version of the Loose Parts panel. © Dave Blazek © Patrick McDonnellPatrick McDonnell has contributed the poster art to the Princeton Children’s Book Festival where he will also be one of the authors […]
Let’s get the thing with the boots over first: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis showed up for a photo-op in white wellies and immediately drew a slew of “Who wore them best?” tweets, mostly split between Nancy Sinatra and the green M&M, who, before black mermaids and crystal flutes, had conservatives up in arms over those […]
Hearst expects revenues to grow close to $12 billion this year, up slightly from the record $11.9 billion it earned last year, according to new figures from CEO Steve Swartz provided to Axios in an interview. Why it matters: A larger portion of the company’s profits now comes from its specialty media, data and software […]
Update:Comics Kingdom has Monday’s comics up. original post: It looks like that Dennis the Menace has gotten into our servers yet again! We’re experiencing technical difficulties at the moment and some comics may have not been updated. We apologize for this inconvenience and will update you as soon as we have everything corrected! Comics Kingdom is […]
This will be a relatively short CSotD, but don’t be fooled, because the links truly matter and you’ll have plenty of reading.First up is the new Supreme Court session which begins today, and Ann Telnaes lays out the issue with solid caricatures of the justices, putting the sure-fire conservatives in Spanish Inquisition Red, the three […]