Joe Heller manages to capture the two major topics this year: A divided country and fireworks.I know which one bothers me more, but I’m capable of considering two things at a time. Juxtaposition of the Day(Jeff Koterba)(Edison Lee – KFS)Not sure why Edison finds his results disappointing. I think purple is a lovely color and obviously […]
Yesterday’s notice of Speedy Zawistowski‘s passing got me searching.I did find a couple references to Speedy in the Google Books preview of What Are You Nuts?, Gag Recap editor Bill Keough‘s collection of some of his columns from that trade publication.For instance Bill recounts how he and Speedy first met. Later Speedy’s name came up […]
When Randy Milholland’s first-grade teacher asked what he wanted to do when he grew up, he said, “I want to draw Popeye,” the comic hero he loved with from the newspaper and TV. “Maybe you should choose a more obtainable goal,” the teacher responded. The 46-year-old San Antonio cartoonist had the last laugh. As the […]
The Founders in Christopher Weyant‘s cartoon ask a very good question, though I might like it better if he’d left out the elephant and allowed the question to hang in the air.It’s his fantasy, mind you, but, of course, the Republicans weren’t around in those days, and we know how people who have never studied […]
Author/attorney, former journalist/publisher Dennis Shere: When the Pulitzer Prize committee announced the 2022 winners in early May, one category was missing: There no longer is a prize for editorial cartooning. The entries will now be considered alongside “illustrated reporting and commentary.” As a former editor for the Journal Herald in Dayton, Ohio, with ties to […]
The turning of the calendar page saw Pickles by Brian Crane switch distributors.On June 30, 2022 (above) it was part of the Washington Post Writers Group, on July 1, 2022 (below) it became an Andrews McMeel Syndication comic strip.© Brian CraneThe only giveaway is the miniature syndication slug in the first gutter of the strips.As […]
Gag writer Speedy Zawistowski has passed away. Rollin William (Speedy) Zawistowski March 31, 1926 – June 26, 2022 From the obituary: He owned a green rowboat named the Alfred E. Neuman.In 2005, he moved to Philadelphia and then State College, and married Dr. Mary McCubbin. In State College, he attended Christian Science Bible Study and continued […]
Wallace the Brave (AMS) and his buddies are off for the summer, and the last day of school provided an example of why this comic strip stands out.To begin with, Mrs. Macintosh likes her job, she likes the kids and the kids like her. The affection in that first panel is, if not entirely unique […]
Cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq Honors The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will highlight the career and accomplishments of the renowned cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq during a ceremony at Belmont Park on Saturday, July 9 as part of the Stars and Stripes Racing Festival.In 2020, Bellocq […]
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but he’s not entitled to his own facts,” a custom more honour’d in the breach than the observance.So we’ll start today with Gary Varvel (Creators)’s cartoon, an attack that has also started popping up on social media, so not simply Varvel’s take […]
The July 1st deadline for the Locher Award has been changed to July 15, 2022. The AAEC’s John Locher Memorial Award is now accepting submissions from aspiring editorial cartoonists for 2022. Single panel, multi-panel, and animated editorial cartoons and comics will be accepted from cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates both clear opinions and strong […]
In 1996 Neal Rubin reported on the death of cartoonist Jack Berrill and the fate of Gil Thorp. Neal had no idea that eight years later he would be plotting and scripting the comic strip. Now, after 18 years writing stories for the iconic high school coach, no more playdowns for Neal.The Daily Cartoonist reached […]
Despite their vast impact, the whole story of the underground comix movement has never been fully told in a coherent, systematic way. Sure, over the years we’ve seen some good work focus on individual creators or publishers, and some good bibliographic work tracking down the titles and print histories from a collectors’ perspective, but nothing […]
This piece by Barry Blitt has been all over social media lately, though he actually produced it May 14, after the leak but before the formal announcement of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v Wade.It’s an encouraging idea, that women (and the rest of us) should stand up to the court, but, in my […]
“Vermont’s only free femme Alt Comics newspaper!” Each time Teppi Zuppo taught a workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, the Vermont cartoonist and CCS grad told students about the Ladybroad Ledger. Zuppo hoped someone might express interest in taking the reins of the comic newspaper for femme- and nonbinary-identifying cartoonists […]