Ralph Steadman, born on May 15, 1936, becomes a member of The Daily Cartoonist’s Senior Strippers Club.As Mr. Steadman notes in his website’s biography his cartoon and illustrating career began in 1956 in a style that was not unusual for the time. A style he soon became frustrated with. ‘Cartooning wasn’t just making a little […]
The general opinion around the world seems to be that Dear Leader is in way over his head in attempting to pull “The Art of the Deal” on Xi Jinping, and that, as MacKay illustrates, Xi is playing with him as a cat plays with a mouse, before eating it.Trump has said he and Xi […]
There are many history books detailing the comic strip or comic book industry. A lesser amount of books are devoted to dissecting one particular series, or even a single comic book issue. Some have gone so far as to expand an essay deconstructing a three panel comic strip into 276 page book. Now they are […]
Fifteen years since Steven Spielberg‘s “The Adventures of Tintin,” Peter Jackson has confirmed that we may finally get his promised sequel. During a Q&A at Cannes, he told the audience he’s “currently writing the script and plans to direct the movie himself.”From the Q&A session: “The deal was that Steven directs one and I direct […]
A couple months ago the Dubuque, Iowa Telegraph Herald cut its comics pages from one and a half down to one, dropping eight comic strips and panels in the process. Executive Editor Amy Gilligan explained (or here): As I observe other papers, I don’t see a lot of them running more than a page of […]
Lee Lai’s graphic novel Cannon has become the first graphic novel to win the Stella Prize given to women and nonbinary Australian authors. The prize amount is $60,000. She is also the first trans person to win the award.Here’s how Lee describes her book (per ABC): “[Cannon] is a story about small-scale human follies and […]
Roy Lichtenstein’s long-lost Anxious Girl (1964) is up for auction this weekend and is rumored to go for $60 million. Roy was a leading artist in the Pop Art movement. Some of his best known pieces were large stylized pieces that looked like cut-outs from a newspaper or comic book. Anxious Girl was derived by DC […]
This year’s Glyph Award Winners were announced at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC). The awards “honors outstanding achievements in comics made by, for, and about people of color, celebrating the creativity, vision, and storytelling excellence of writers, artists, and creators from across the industry.”This year’s winners:Story of the YearOrí: Holder of […]
Constant Readers know my feelings about leaf blowers, which I have often said should have governors in them so they can only run for 20 minutes a day. I’m adding another gripe, which is that I don’t know why “leaf blower” is two words when “lawnmower” is one. However, given that I refuse to accept […]
Featuring George Gant, Gerald Vreden and Hakim Rafai, Mason Mastroianni, Howie Noel, Kieran Castaño, Paul Noth, and Bill Schorr.The Glyph AwardsThe East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC) has announced the winners of their Glyph Awards, honoring “outstanding achievements in comics made by, for, and about people of color.” George Gant, the Beware of […]
Kickstarter has updated its rules on the types of mature content that comic creators (or anyone) can post to fundraise using the social platform. The new update is causing worry and anger for some comic creators who rely on the platform to fund their comics.Prior to this update the only rule regarding prohibited fundraising for […]
I’m not nearly as worried about mice and rats as I am of the looney in charge of Health and Human Services.Hantaviruses are spread in rodent droppings, which is why they’re a greater threat out West where desert climates suit rodent life and their droppings don’t return to the earth quickly. And how better could […]
It is one thing that we comic strip fans are aware of the situation, but when newspaper editors, who are on the whole no more knowledgeable than the general newspaper reading public about comic strips, are taking notice it is a warning sign to the short form sequential art. Last week The Gloucester Daily Times […]
Last week, on May 4, 2026, The Gloucester Daily Times informed their readers why they could no longer find the newspaper’s comics page. From the unsigned editorial (or here): In today’s paper, you’ll notice that while all your favorite puzzles are available, we’ve decided to eliminate the comics in our weekday print editions. This is […]
The nominees for the 2026 Doug Wright Awards and Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame inductees have been announced.The nominees are:Best Book The Nipper (Emerging Talent)The Pigskin Peters Best Small or Micro-Press BookThe Egghead (Best Kids’ Book)Additionally Emily Hearn (1925–2015) and Mark Thurman, the co-creators of The Mighty Mites, which appeared for many years in Owl magazine; and Arch Dale (1882–1962), an editorial cartoonist […]