Marc Murphy warns that it is late, though perhaps not too late.But it is certainly too late to sit and watch and wonder and hope.Like the man in the joke, God has sent us a canoe, a rowboat and even a helicopter, yet here we are, sitting on the roof watching the waters rise and […]
Pat Bagley has been sketching political cartoons at the Salt Lake Tribune since 1979. That makes him… “the longest continuously employed full-time editorial cartoonist in America” (beating out Steve Sack of The Minneapolis Star Tribune).Jeff Tiberii of North Carolina Public Radio station WUNC goes long distance to talk with Utah’s Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist […]
After charges of antisemitism from the Anti-Defamation League Fox News deleted an A. F. Branco cartoon from its social media platforms.From The Daily Beast: After the Anti-Defamation League called out Fox News on Wednesday, the cable giant deleted its social-media posts portraying Jewish philanthropist George Soros as a “puppet master”—a common antisemitic trope. Posted to […]
To celebrate the 230th anniversary of The Bill of Rights we travel back thirty years when cartoonists and syndicates collaborated with The Newspaper Features Council to mark the bicentennial of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. So, from The Iola Register of 1991, we present The Art of Democracy. Charles M. Schulz […]
The misadventures of Big Nate are coming to Paramount+. The all-new animated series from Nickelodeon Animation Studio is based on the best-selling children’s books and comic strip written and drawn by acclaimed author and cartoonist Lincoln Peirce. Big Nate © Lincoln Peirce The show will feature a brand new story set in the ‘Big Nate’ […]
Frazz (AMS) brings back one of the more delightful memories of college this time of year: The first wisps of snow that brought out the freshmen from Florida and California decked in every stitch of winter parkas, hats and mittens they had brought to Indiana.At which those of us who had, perhaps, put on a […]
Ellwood Atfield, the communications and advocacy headhunter, was delighted to host again the Political Cartoon of the Year Awards. We are delighted to announce the 2021 winning Political, Pocket and COVID Cartoons and Cartoonist’s. The winners for this British award were announced December 9, 2021. The Low Trophy for the Political Cartoonist of the YearBen Jennings […]
A few of the delightful comics today.Occasional daily cartoonist Ron Ferdinand, he’s the regular Sunday comic strip artist, drew Dennis the Menace creator Hank Ketcham in today’s panel as Henry Mitchell’s boss. © North America Syndicate Liniers pays tribute to another classic cartoonist in Macanudo. © LiniersPerhaps Winsor McCay‘s most famous Little Nemo episode. As Richard […]
Tom Tomorrow lays out the State of the Union, and it’s good that he goes into such detail, because a large number of cartoonists are either going into end-of-the-year round-up holiday mode or else pointing out that tornadoes are sad, leaving a reduced number of watchdogs at the gates.The destruction in Kentucky is indeed unfortunate, […]
Cartoonist and children’s book author/illustrator Sharon Smith Kane has passed away.Sharon Kane (neé Smith)February 18, 1932 – November 3, 2021 From Andrew Farago’s obituary at The Comics Journal: Children’s book author and cartoonist Sharon Kane (née Smith) passed away on November 3, 2021 at the age of 89. Her newspaper panel Buttons an’ Beaux, launched […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Tom the Dancing Bug Awakens Tom the Dancing Bug, Without the Bad Ones On The One Hand / On The Other Hand The Life and Comics […]
As we pull within two weeks of Christmas, Ben (MWAM) threatens his wife, and us, with a series of excruciating puns to fill the days, and I hope he follows through. The funny pages are so flooded with bad takeoffs on Christmas carols each year that it’s a relief when one of them confesses to […]
Big Nate gets into a creative discussion with his creator.© Lincoln Peirce Guess who comes out the worse for wear. Elsewhere Weenus has a few words about comics creators.© Jonathan Lemon Rabbits Against Magic gets a new cast member? For old times sake. © Bill HindsTank McNamara brings back memories. It happened to me once.© Tribune Content Agency Animal […]
A laugh from Mr. Boffo to start the day. Joe Martin’s sense of humor is based on the loveable loser, and a formula in which a sensible opening tumbles into bathos, and it certainly works for me, particularly since, before going through the day’s cartoons, I begin with a stroll through social media to catch […]
From The San Francisco Chronicle: Editor’s note: Longtime Chronicle cartoonist Don Asmussen was never conventional. So it was not entirely surprising that just before he died on Thursday, Dec. 9, he decided to dictate his own obituary. He requested that it be published just as he told it. Hi, this Don Asmussen’s obit. I’ve spent […]