In this Non Sequitur (AMS), Wiley Miller longs for the world before social media, and whether this would be a lame amusement park or the basis for culture war is open to debate. If it would be war, we could hope enough people would sit around whining about how lame it was that the shock […]
Outdoor sports cartoonist Jim Snook has passed away.James Franklin (Jim) Snook February 14, 1936 – September 13, 2021 From the obituary: Jim was a lifelong artist. He told stories about how his mom would iron paper grocery bags for him to use as drawing paper when he was a kid. One of his first paying […]
From Oklahoman Opinion Page Editor Clytie Bunyan: It takes talent to capture the essence of an issue or a moment in time, in a few words, if any. Yet that’s exactly what cartoonists do each week in this country and around the world. It’s an art form, a form of journalism produced by illustrators who […]
Stan’s probably right in this Pros & Cons (KFS). I hope that everyone is watching the world crumble, but I suppose I take the role of the optimist, thinking realistically that people don’t generally change until they hit rock bottom.And hoping they hit bottom is probably a pessimist’s most optimistic take. But Paul Fell is perhaps […]
In this timely presentation, nationally-syndicated cartoonist Keith Knight (the Knight Life, the K Chronicles, (th)ink) combines comics, storytelling, statistics, and facts, to make the case that one of this country’s biggest problems is its inability to have a frank and honest discussion about race. Event Bright has details and ticket source. “Keith Knight’s presentation was […]
Pat Bagley borrows a well-known line from “1984” to point out the unspeakable lies being put forth by the Republicans, and, while he specifies his home-state Utah’s branch, it was the text from the Republican National Committee that classified trespassing, assaulting police officers, theft, vandalism and crapping on the floor as “legitimate political discourse.”It’s appalling […]
I was in disbelief when I saw the printed cartoon mocking the nomination of a Black woman to the Supreme Court of the United States. In disbelief that a publication could be so ignorant and tone-deaf during Black History Month. In disbelief that any editor with an ounce of journalistic integrity would run this cartoon […]
John Deering (Creators) starts us off with a puzzler: How long do people think they’re going to be snowed in?I knew people who were without power for two weeks following the Ice Storm of 1998, but that was a major disaster and most of them were able to get out of their houses after a […]
Western Carolina University students write, edit, and produce The Western Carolinian as a bi-monthly printed publication and as an online Internet site to serve the information needs of WCU students and others interested in or involved with campus activities. After a winter break cartoons by Tori Melvin have returned to The Western Carolinian.“I love drawing […]
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 […]