Drew Sheneman shows the broken promise upon which the Republican members of the Senate Judicial Committee based their approach to the confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.It raises the classic question noted in Goldoni’s 1743 commedia, “The Servant of Two Masters”:Pantalone:. What are we to make of this fellow? Is he a knave or […]
Friday Event Liza Donnelly explores [the New Yorker women cartoonists] in her new book, Very Funny Ladies (with foreward by David Remnick and Emma Allen) that celebrates the increase in gender, racial and ethnic diversity among cartoonists today at The New Yorker. Female cartoonists Roz Chast, Amy Hwang, Emily Flake will talk — and laugh […]
In 1926 cartoonist George Storm adapted Johann Wyss’ The Swiss Family Robinson into a comic strip serial for the McClure Syndicate. The closed-end strip ran daily from October 18, 1926 to March 18, 1927 in most newspapers that carried it.Ron Goulart excerpts from Nemo, the Classic comics Library #4: While looking for something or other I […]
Ann Telnaes summarizes yesterday’s confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown-Jackson, which, as she notes, had nothing to do with assessing the judge’s qualification but were, instead, a chance for GOP politicians to compile sound bites.Chuck Grassley (R-Ia) asked her a for-real question about allowing cameras in the Supreme Court, and she properly replied that — assuming […]
Cartoonist John Kovalic is best known for Dork Tower and Apples to Apples.Recently John cartooned a Ukraine related drawing in support of that country. [W]hen Russia invaded Ukraine last month, Kovalic said he felt the need to do something to help. “Saturday night after the invasion, I was just sitting here at the desk and […]
This September, IDW Publishing will release Bloom County Library: Book One, the first of five editions collecting all the humor and all the characters of the original run of Breathed’s comic strips, published worldwide in over 1,200 newspapers on a daily basis from December 8, 1980 to August 6, 1989. The first volume features the […]
Due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control the syndicated newspaper debut of Crabgrass by Tauhid Bondia, originally scheduled for March 28, 2022, will be delayed three months.From Tauhid: So there’s been update on the Crabgrass newspaper launch, folks. Long story short: It’s been pushed back to June 27. Long story long: This comes after a lots […]
Matt Wuerker (Politico) cites the phrase “Fog of War,” which began, as he suggests, on the battlefield, but has spread markedly.According to Wikipedia (or whoever they copped it from):The first known use of the exact phrase in text dates to 1896 in a book titled The Fog of War by Sir Lonsdale Augustus Hale, where it is […]
[Keith] Davidson began working at The Valley Reporter in 1992, after seeing an ad published in the paper seeking a graphic artist. He began drawing comics and working on advertisements as well as a plethora of other tasks, including the weekly Chinese food run on Wednesdays. The (Waitsfield, Vt.) Valley Reporter profiles their editorial cartoonist […]
Since 2016, the strip has been in the hands of the younger Saunders’ replacement as writer, Karen Moy, and artist June Brigman. Mary Worth is therefore a prime example of what has been termed a legacy strip: a comic strip that has outlived (often literally) its original creators, and been passed along to new hands […]
WEBTOON continues its plan to take over the digital comics world. From Business Wire: WEBTOON will establish a new European corporation, expanding its presence in the region and solidifying its position as #1 in the European digital comics market and world’s largest digital comics platform. The new WEBTOON European corporation will be based in […]
We’ll start with something non-controversial: A compliment to Dave Whamond not because this particular Reality Check (AMS) put me on the floor but because it suggests he has actually played Wordle.There is an obligation, before you mock something or even simply riff on it, to understand it.Bob Hope told of going down Rodeo Drive one […]
I’ll let Shandra and Caulfield (and Mike Peterson) work out the logistics of when it started…Gil © Norm Feuti; Frazz © Jef Mallettmy calendar says Spring starts today and the Sunday Funnies brought Spring in with some smiles. Don’t know when it originally appeared but the Bob Weber Moose and Molly opening panel that showed up […]
That was then, this is now: above is David Willson’s first editorial cartoon for The Palm Beach Daily News; below is one of his more recent cartoons. David Willson Special to the Daily News It’s hard for me to believe, but this week represented my 30th anniversary as the editorial cartoonist for the Palm Beach […]
J. R. (James Robert) Williams’ Out Our Way panel first appeared in newspapers on March 20, 1922, 100 years ago today. It’s not-always-tender look at the travails of regular folk became hugely successful.Per Brian Walker: “In 1936, Williams had 700 daily and 242 Sunday clients, the most of any syndicated feature.” Here are the first […]