Visual puzzle and game creator Don Rubin has passed away.Donald Joel (Don) Rubin April 6, 1945 – April 8, 2022 From the obituary: Donald Joel Rubin, one of the world’s premier creators of games and puzzles, died of cancer at his home in Santa Rosa, California on April 8, 2022. In the late 1980’s his […]
We’ll start with a gamble that didn’t pay off, as seen in Nick Anderson (Counterpoint)’s cartoon. As you may have heard, CNN launched a streaming service, CNN+, which was then cancelled before it was a month old.But the gamble wasn’t that they thought it would catch on and it didn’t. I had some quibbles with […]
Editorial Cartoonist Steve Sack announced he is retiring from The Star Tribune today. It’s with extremely mixed feelings that after 42 years, and some 10,000 cartoons, I have decided to retire from the Star Tribune. I wish I was able to offer a farewell cartoon. I’ve been away from my drawing table in recent weeks, […]
Some upcoming events.Or in this first one a currently in progress event. There’s no mistaking artwork created by Chad Maupin. Colorful, vibrant and dynamic, his designs — which often incorporate his love of vintage comic books and classic horror movies — leap off the page and assault your senses in the most delightful of ways. […]
I was hoping for a day of frivolity, but this Vintage Radio Patrol (KFS) brought me up short, my first reaction being that Lennie Briscoe would do the same damn thing and torpedo the State’s case against her.Next reaction being to examine that middle panel, which reveals that the strip ran in 1940, which in […]
As their romance grew, Bill Simmons and Jehanne Gheith found a shared obsession with the daily Jumble puzzle — a courtship built around a mutual fondness for unscrambling. So last year, when it came time for the big question, Simmons easily struck on a proposal with his own unique brand: a handmade Jumble with a […]
We’ve been on a bit of a book kick here lately, so let’s start with that. While every year is a good one for people who collect Peanuts books, this one looks to be a particularly prime one for people who collect not so much the books, but the boxes they come in. Peanuts maven […]
Phoebe Howell is celebrating her tenth birthday this week.A celebration that corresponds with the 10th anniversary of Heavenly Nostrils making its webcomic debut on April 22, 2022.As cartoonist Dana Simpson explains she had ended her Ozy and Millie webcomic and had planned on changing her career – leaving comics and try illustration.That never got past […]
Matt Davies illustrates the plight of Floridians canceled by the self-proclaimed opponents of Cancel Culture.Someone — though not Mark Twain — said that America is on a tilt and all the loose nuts slide into Southern California, but it’s getting hard to believe they’re not actually falling straight down. And, however absurd and depressing and incredible […]
Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) has announced the signing of Brian Crane’s Pickles comic strip. The date for the move from Washington Post Writers Group to AMS is given as July 1, 2022 (a Friday). Kansas City, MO (April 18, 2022) Andrews McMeel Syndication (AMS) will assume sales and distribution of Pickles by Brian Crane, […]
Christina “Steenz” Stewart‘s Heart of the City comic strip has been collected in a book. The Riverfront Times features a story on local cartoonist Steenz and their book. St. Louisan Steenz Stewart finds inspiration everywhere — from the moment they wake up till the moment they fall asleep — they’re finding ideas for their […]
Tom Tomorrow sets the stage today by extending the Republicans’ strategy of fear- and hate-mongering into the absurd, for the benefit of anyone who didn’t think it was already there.And let’s note, in particular, that fifth panel, because, in a functioning democracy, it seems unbalanced to blame one party for trying to destroy everything. But […]
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports on the offense. Metroland Media’s seven Simcoe County newspapers ran a cartoon last week that pictured the Pope saying “I’m sorry” to what appears to be an Indigenous woman and man, who respond “How $orry?” Metroland Media is a subsidiary of the Torstar Corporation, and has newspapers in the Simcoe […]
Comic strips yesterday and today seems to have jumped the gun on National Cartoonists Day.Superheroes were the theme for today’s comics.Rex Morgan, M.D. has recently started a story about a costumed vigilante, but today Terry Beatty took it a step further showing a trio of self-appointed cos-playing do-gooders. © North American SyndicateTom Batiuk and Chuck […]
Comics Kingdom picked April 20th to add Legalization Nation to its lineup. (Unknown if they added it at 4:20 a.m. this morning.)© Brian Box BrownLegalization Nation is a pro-cannabis comic strip by cartoonist Box Brown. When it was first announced earlier this year Comics Kingdom said it would be a weekly strip. It was also […]