(Clay Jones)(Patrick Chappatte)I wasn’t sure what order to put this pair in, since they’re both ludicrous and neither of them made me laugh but they both got a grim chuckle, which isn’t the same thing.Jones mocks Putin more directly, but it’s hard to say which cartoonist exaggerates the reality more, with Chappatte getting a little […]
I’m going to assume that Francesco Marciulano’s Ted Talk is for social media and not an Official Sally Forth Strip, but so much the better and good for him.I’ll go a step further and say the only good thing about Lee Enterprise’s announcement that they are shoving their local comic pages into the corporate cookie […]
Postmedia Network Inc. says nine of its urban daily newspapers will no longer be printed and delivered on Mondays effective Oct. 17. Postmedia spokesperson Phyllise Gelfand says the Vancouver Sun, The Province, Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Sun and Montreal Gazette will all be affected. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation […]
After 31 years Patrick M. Reynolds has ended his Flashbacks comic strip.above: the penultimate Flashbacks below: the final FlashbacksThe educational and entertaining feature ran for 31 years.FLASHBACKS by Patrick M. Reynolds October 13, 1991 – September 25, 2022 weekly comic strip self-syndicated (Red Rose Studio) The Lambiek Comiclopedia has a short profile of Patrick: Patrick […]
I saw the first corgi cartoon on the funny pages today, so I guess that tells us the time lag and, no, I’m not going to feature it here.But I will feature Martin Rowson’s farewell to the topic, which only has two corgis, which is quite a few less than you would get in corgi […]
Nobody seems to know how it started, when it started, why it started, who started it, or what the reason for the September 25 date is – but today is National Comic Book Day. Prickly City informs us of the holiday. © Scott Stantis; DC Comics Sally Forth also has a superhero theme. © King Features […]
A First and Last EntryTad Burness was 30 and an aspiring cartoonist.According to Tad via Jalopnik:“In 1962, I was trying to sell a variety of comic features to newspaper syndicates, and as a bonus item I developed a once-a-week panel about old cars which I called Auto Album. Most editors weren’t interested in my comic […]
There’s such as thing as being “too smart for the room,” which generally signals a failure because the audience couldn’t keep up.And then there’s Macanudo (KFS), which is frequently, joyously too smart for the room. It probably limits his reach, but he probably doesn’t care. I didn’t recognize the name, but I got the joke anyway […]
Broom-Hilda by Russell Myers © Tribune Content Agency When The Far Side Went Too Far?According to a 2019 interview with Larson in the New York Times, Larson revealed that he had numerous moments where he was going to be pulled from newspapers by controversy, but one stuck out in his mind the most. The comic was […]
Is this the beginning of the end for the daily printed comics page in many American towns and cities? Michael Cavna and The Washington Post cover the disturbing trend of U.S. newspapers kicking comics to the curb (or to the their websites), in particular the recent Lee Enterprises decision to standardize their funny (half) pages. […]
Jack Ohman (Counterpoint) notes the lack of conflict-of-interest rules for Congress, in light of a proposal by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) to prevent senior government officials, including Supreme Court Justices, from playing the stock market.It seems ridiculous and unnecessary, but the fact that it is necessary explains why it is not ridiculous.It’s not entirely fair to […]
Editor & Publisher reports: Long time cartoonist Todd Schowalter has been named the political cartoonist for Salem Media Group. Salem Media produces and provides radio broadcasts and web content, along with magazines and books. Schowalter is a nationally distributed cartoonist. His work appears on television and in newspapers, magazines, books, advertisements and on greeting […]
Sunday newspapers around the country will contain less content after November 6, 2022. Parade Magazine will discontinue its print version in November and become an all-digital, e-edition publication. We’ll load it on the capjournal.com website weekly and be accessible to subscribers. From The Capital Journal publisher: I’m writing to let you know that some big […]
Cartoonist Mary Kincaid has passed away. Mary Elizabeth Kincaid (née Getz) June 4, 1923 – September 14, 2022 From the obituary: Mary grew up in and around Toledo OH, and when she was ten her mother passed away of a heart condition. Luckily, she had a doting father with whom she was close until his […]
I love Jeff Danziger (Counterpoint)‘s dream of an attorney who would come explain the news to those who sit and stare, and I particularly like that he depicts them, not as idiots or yokels, but as regular folks who simply don’t get it.It’s easy enough to look down your nose at people who don’t understand […]