Last Sunday’s Wizard of Id became the topic of an Arkansas Democrat Gazette editorial (or here): This past weekend, The Wizard of Id got political. Or not. You might have seen the strip Sunday–a whole strip dedicated to . . . We’re not sure. What was it trying to say? Epstein! … was some folks’ […]
A little late, dated four days after the Big Event, but if you remove the glands under their legs, they reportedly cook up like rabbit or chicken. However, don’t try to eat Phil. Nothing about sentiment, but he’s kind of old and would be pretty tough.Hey, they’re gonna eat your garden. What goes around comes […]
“Political cartoons are dying a slow death. The cartoonists who remain are doing what they can to keep them alive. Others have had to make what was once their job, a hobby.” Bill Day has been an editorial cartoonist for more than 40 years as a staff cartoonist for the Detroit Free Press (1985-1998) and […]
Two recent events brings about what should be the final Scott Adams –Dilbert posting here. First it has long been stated that [T]here are no surviving copies of the [1997 Dilbert live action TV] pilot. But there is at least one print of the Dilbert live action pilot and John Mohr for Defector reviews it. […]
As DD Degg reported the other day, the ridiculously deep cuts at the Washington Post are making most observers feel that either Jeff Bezos is a raving incompetent or he has lost interest in the toy he bought and never quite figured out. Goris is far from the only one to capitalize on the slogan […]
Comic Strip Roll Call: Dick Tracy, Molly and the Bear, Gil Thorp, Nancy, The Phantom, The New Adventures of Queen Vitoria, The Gumps, Mutt and Jeff, Gasoline Alley, Ignatz Mouse and Krazy Kat, Happy Hooligan, and The Yellow Kid in Hogan’s Alley.With Matthew K. Manning and Howie Noel‘s six week turn as guest creators on […]
John Darkow’s ICE cartoon bemoaned, Goofus and Gallant, #ComicsforLiam, #ICEOutComics, new NY Times Awards, Bill Suddick Speaks, and former Washington Post cartoonist Michael de Adder cartoons The WaPo. We start with…The Modern Schutzstaffel? There are columns, social media posts, and cartoons comparing the current ICE organization to the Schutzstaffel (SS) of Nazi Germany. A letter […]
As the Rock Man told Oblio, “You see what you want to see, and you hear what you want to hear.” The point — no pun intended — is that “You got to open your mind as well as your eyes. But first you got to get yourself together; Dig yourself.”Pett is right about the […]
Featuring Hägar the Horrible, Dick Tracy, Prince Valiant, The Amazing Spider-Man, Caspar Milquetoast, and Milt Gross; with a special appearance by Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Hägar the Horrible debuts above: A rare look at the Sunday color debut of Dik Browne’s Hägar the Horrible courtesy of Larry Levine. Dick Tracy Deaths Rare on the […]
With John “Front Page” Rose, New Yorker cartoonists Lynn Hsu and Brendan Loper, Ed Fischer, Jeff Koterba, Zander Cannon in Minneapolis, and Ron Coleman on pricing cartoons.John Rose is Up to SnuffSnuffy Smith and Barney Google cartoonist John Rose gets a page one, above the fold article in his local Ogden newspaper! John is profiled […]
Massive layoffs at The Washington Post, not so massive but still substantial layoffs at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the improving digital footprint at The New York Times and with print papers dying (see AJC) we have the top 25 digital local newspaper websites.From David Bauder of The Associated Press: The Washington Post laid off one-third of […]
Mike Mike Mike knows what day it is. And now so do you!I agree with Parisi: The distance and anonymity of the Internet lets people say things they’d never say face-to-face. You have to be a close relative or somewhat pitiable to get away with such behavior in person.The solution might be to do away […]
Jamar Nicholas, in his role as National Cartoonists Society vice-president, interviewed a trio of NCS members: Andrew Farago, Bill Hinds, and Milburn Taylor. Though the interviews were recorded a year and a half ago they were just recently uploaded to the NCS YouTube channel.NCS Studio Visits: Member Spotlight on Andrew Farago Andrew Farago is the […]
Before Nancy Beiman found worldwide fame and fortune with her FurBabies comic strip she had a brief (40 years) but renowned career in animation and as a teacher of same.It is for that last profession that Nancy is among a group being inducted into the Animation Educators’ Forum Hall of Fame for 2026. Jerry Beck […]
Original February 1 post:Cartoonist Terry Beatty, who both writes and draws the Rex Morgan, M.D. comic strip has had the good doctor and Rex and June’s son Johnny in for surgery these days. Now it is Terry Beatty himself headed for the operating room. From Terry’s Facebook page: Well, folks, I suppose it’s time to […]