North Carolina cartoonist David Barbour has passed away.Robert David Barbour May 7, 1951 – January 31, 2022 From the obituary: Robert David Barbour, known by most as David, died peacefully at his home in Weaverville, NC after a long illness. David was a lifelong musician drumming for jazz and blues bands since age 14. As […]
Darrin Bell (KFS) begins Black History Month by pointing out the pressure on Black history around the country at the moment. Or possibly not simply at the moment.There’s a certain seven-blind-men-and-the-elephant factor at work, in that how slavery and its impacts were taught very much depends on where you went to school.But they haven’t been […]
Editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson has taken (what I interpret as) a buyout offer from Detroit Free Press/USA Today/Gannett.Mike announcing on his Facebook page: After 35 years as a staff editorial cartoonist, I’m getting out on the top floor. USA TODAY has eliminated my editorial cartooning position and giving me a very nice parting gift, so […]
The Herb Block Foundation has extended the deadline for entries to February 8, 2022.Details at The Herb Block Foundation More awards deadlines at the Association of American Cartoonists website.
I wasn’t going to do more than give Groundhog Day a nod, since it’s a holiday more beloved by cartoonists than by anyone in the real world. And the Barn (Creators) pleasantly placed it in perspective: An outdated tradition imported from a different climate that is more a bit of folklore than any sort of […]
Cartoonist, illustrator, and author Roger Bradfield has passed away.Roger Martin (Jolly Roger) Bradfield September 22, 1924 – December 31, 2021 “Jolly Roger” Bradfield rang out the old year by sailing off into the sunset, leaving a cast of colorful characters in his wake. From lavender lions to giants of different sizes. Goofy princes and sharp-witted […]
At least a dozen cartoonists have commented on the Maus controversy.Clay Bennett/Chatanooga Times Free Press Tim Campbell John Deering/Arkansas Democrat Gazette Clay Jones (the companion column) Dr. James MacLeod Andy Marlette/Pensacola News Journal Rob Rogers/Counterpoint Ward Sutton/The New Yorker Ann Telnaes/The Washington Post Ed Wexler/CagleCartoons Dave Whamond Adam Zyglis/Buffalo News/CagleCartoons late add:Lalo Alcaraz Today Michael Cavna at The Washington Post wrote about cartooning Maus.
Mike Smith (KFS) makes his own State of the Union report.There are empty store shelves all around the world. Covid continues to hit a whole lot of countries. You can’t blame everything on The Guy in the White House.Not even the weather. And, for that matter, he’s not the guy standing in the way of […]
The [San Francisco] Cartoon Art Museum hosts Gorey’s Children, an exhibit featuring original artwork and limited edition serigraphs by celebrated author and artist Edward Gorey, on display from February 1 through June 5, 2022. The Cartoon Art Museum shows an Edward Gorey more sympathetic to children than most of us are accustomed to. Author and […]
Syracuse University has Ray Thompson‘s Papers and the inventory includes a biography of the 20th Century cartoonist and writer: In the autumn of 1926, after attampting in vain to land a job at any of the city’s newspapers, he decided to try freelancing. He had been drawing cartoons since grade school and sold his first […]
Not gonna get into politics today, or, at least, not too far into them. Joy of Tech offers this commentary on the Spotify/Rogan/Young issue, and I like that they take a position without overreaching but one with teeth, and an answer to the anti-vax Brown Shirts who contend that Neil Young is old and (therefore) […]
Yes, it’s number one, it’s Top of the PopsToday The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman reached #1 on Amazon’s Best Sellers list.From Mediaite:The graphic novel is also available as two paperback volumes, Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History and Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began, which are ranked #3 […]
A reminder that the deadline for entries to the National Cartoonists Society’s Divisional Reuben Awards ends in three days – February 2, 2022. The NCS has put up a video describing the selection/election process of the Reuben Awards.(As much as I love the procedural explanation I love the various interpretations of the NCS logo.) In today’s […]
“I know what you’re thinking about,” said Tweedledum: “but it isn’t so, nohow.” “Contrariwise,” continued Tweedledee, “if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn’t, it ain’t. That’s logic.”Andertoons explains the logic under which we’re currently operating, no matter how Tweedledee defines the term, if […]
Fox Sports NASCAR coverage will have one thing in common with their NFL games. If you view your favorite race car driver as a superhero, you’re in luck. So does Fox Sports. When the network begins its live coverage of the new NASCAR season, its program design will incorporate graphics that will cast drivers as […]