I’m writing this a few hours before the second of the Jan 6 Committee public hearings goes on the air, but there’s already plenty to be said, and Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sets things up nicely.The Watergate Hearings happened during the day but managed to gain a wide viewership in large part because, back then, […]
History of the Comic Strip (in a nutshell) Through 1960 Rudolphe Töpffer – Primitive comic book creator. His books were known as “Graphic Literature”. He developed the concept of the cartoon face more than anyone previous. With a jump from Töpffer to Hearst/Pulitzer/Outcault and with short blurbs listing some of the more important comics up […]
Today’s F-Minus (AMS) touched off an odd bit of nostalgia, because when I was a small lad, we had a mother-and-daughter teacher team — Mom was music, daughter was art — who were reportedly convinced that the poles were about to swap any minute, at which point the land would be flooded, and so kept […]
The past week starts with today’s future Zippy where Griffy refuses to modernize. © Bill GriffithCheck earlier in the week for more comic characters mentioned. As long as we have comics featuring cartoonists, Thursday’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not, where Kieran continues to delight with the fun he is having drawing (and writing?) the panel. © […]
Like most of us in the world of journalism, Citizen Times cartoonist David Cohen has developed a pretty thick skin over the years. More like a hide, you could call it. When you skewer politicians, public officials and other prominent folks in your editorial cartoons for 17 years, you’re going to ruffle some feathers, irritate some […]
I think we have to assume that Jeremy, in Zits (KFS), has just concluded his junior year (again), since he has a drivers’ license and has recently gone to prom.The humor here is in the “Gather ye rosebuds” element, though many of my friends worked construction that summer, even if they weren’t putting money aside […]
The National Cartoonists Society, whose first President was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, has, in solidarity with the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, written a letter to the Pulitzer Prize Board seeking a return of Editorial Cartooning as its own, distinct, category. As an organization representing cartoonists, we are deeply concerned about the decision to […]
My intention this morning was to hold off on last night’s hearing until cartoonists had a chance to comment, and I’m not sure how many of today’s featured pieces were done beforehand — clearly several were — and how many were done in the wake of the broadcast. Whatever the count, there’s plenty to consider.And […]
Editorial cartoonist and political caricaturist Ranan Lurie has passed away. AP Photo/Richard Freeda Ranan Raymond Lurie May 26, 1932 – June 8, 2022 From The New York Times: Ranan Lurie, an Israeli war hero and world peacemaker who set records as the world’s most widely […]
The National Cartoonists Society has released the art for 76th Annual Reuben Awards brochures, posters, and other applications. It is by Reuben Award-winning caricaturist Tom Richmond. Match the cartoonist with their caricatures.Yes, there are a few in the poster that are not in the photo collage. Read about the guests to find them if you don’t […]
So ol’ acquaintance Marc Lutz pops up on my radar again, this time on an island in South Alaska.To be sure we have never met and Marc doesn’t know me from Adam, but I’ve followed his career for a few decades now.Journalist Marc Lutz gets a job with a newspaper and then convinces them to […]
Pat Byrnes sets the scene for tonight’s broadcast of the Jan 6 Committee hearing, and it does indeed promise to be a delightful, infuriating production, at least for those who (A) tune in and (B) tune in expecting to see what happened and hear why.Today’s headline comes from a fellow who worked at an amusement […]
Thirty years ago (give or take) new Sunday Popeye cartoonist Randy Milholland had his dreams bashed by his first grade teacher.And then…© Randy Milholland New York magazine audio editorial director Hanna Rosin tweeted about a new movie.And then…And then…After deleting the tweet, Rosin issued an apology.Vanity Fair carries the story. Alison Bechdel has spoken. The cartoonist […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio, — Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC), the international showcase for cartoon art, is excited to announce its featured guests for the 2022 festival running October 6th to 9th, the organization’s first fully in-person festival since 2019. CXC brings the global family of cartoon storytellers, comic makers, and animators together with the people who […]
John Kelly and The Comics Journal has collected reminiscences of Justin Green by cartoonists, editors, historians, friends, and family of the creator of Binky Brown. Carol Tyler and Justin Green. Photo by John KinhartFrom Bill Griffith who knew Justin from early in the underground movement: I first met Justin in New York in 1969 or ’70. […]