Friday evening saw the National Cartoonists Society announce the winners of a half dozen of the 16 Divisional Awards for 2020 work. And the nominees and winners for those Divisional Awards: Nominees for Advertising/Product Illustration And the winner is… Luke McGarry Nominees for Greeting Cards And the winner is…Scott Nickel Nominees for Online Comics LongformAnd the winner […]
The National Cartoonists Society‘s celebratory weekend begins Friday October 15, 2021 at 11 a.m. (eastern). For information:Schedule details at https://ncsfest.com/Details at The 75th Annual Reuben Awards
Michael Ramirez (Creators) paints as good a picture of our current situation as anyone.He’s not the first political cartoonist to depict Moses coming down from Mt Sinai to find his people in a state of idolatry, but he is more explicit in labeling their idol as conspiracies and bull and tying the delusion into Q-Anon. […]
Old stuff.A London illustrator in 1898 looks ahead one hundred years and is not all that far off. ‘Cycle lane, Rollerblades (missed out on electric scooters), Lots of buses, Planes, St Pauls still visible, Raised walkways (Barbican only). That’s impressive,’ one history fan wrote. © respective copyright holdersArtist Hal Empie‘s sideline was cartoon postcards. “He […]
Herbert Block, born 112 years ago yesterday, had a long and successful career drawing a salary from newspapers and syndicates. Thousands of other editorial cartoonist did the same during the 20th century. These days maybe two dozen political cartoonists hold a staff position with the attendant security of salary and benefits.As […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2021 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Korean War Comic Books Our Artists At War Unicorn Playlist Inked Scenes from Isolation Definitely Nat: The Nat Enough Collection Die Laughing: The Biography of Bill Leak How Not to Get into […]
In Agnes (Creators), Trout is only pretending to be obsessed with uncertainty, but she’d do well on social media, where knee-jerk skepticism is generally mistaken for wisdom.It’s good to be skeptical. You should question everything.Howsoever, there is a level of fundamentalist disbelief which is every bit as irrational as fundamental belief. Also, equally arrogant and […]
Famed University of Tennessee alumna and former UT Daily Beacon contributor Paige Braddock will sit for a virtual Q & A session held by UT’s Pride Center on November 2, 2021. As a bit of a preview Paige recently answered some questions from current Daily Beacon Editor-in-Chief Sarah Rainey. Who are you, and what is […]
Cartoonist Matt Dent has passed away. Matthew Scott (Matt) Dent August 4, 1971 – September 20, 2021 artist, illustrator, cartoonistFrom the obituary: Matt graduated from TL Hanna High School in 1989 and went on to Kansas City Art Institute, where he graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He worked at WSPA TV […]
Academy Award-winning animation producer David DePatie has passed away. David Hudson DePatie December 24, 1929 – September 23, 2021 From cartoon historian Jerry Beck’s memoriam: There is much to say about DePatie, but I’ll start with the fact he was the last producer of the Warner Bros. Animation Division in 1961-62 – the department that […]
First Dog on the Moon touches on several points, beginning with how stories get assigned, but you’ll have to go here to read the whole thingMost newsroom people at daily papers work from just after lunch until roughly 9 pm or so, which means that, for the most part, they only know each other, since […]
(Reuters) – Dr. Seuss Enterprises LP and the makers of the Dr. Seuss/”Star Trek” mashup book “Oh, the Places You’ll Boldly Go!” have settled Seuss’ copyright infringement claims, according to a Tuesday filing in San Diego federal court. In an agreement filed with the court, the parties agreed that the book infringes Seuss’ copyrights and […]
El Paso Times front page via NewseumThe lift-off was planned for Tuesday, October 12 – that was cancelled. But Trekkie Darrin Bell had his Candorville timed for a flight to space today: © Darrin BellSo it goes.Captain Kirk will have to wait to boldly go where no man his age has gone before.
Thirty years ago, cartoonist reactions to Anita Hill’s testimony in Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings began to fill the editorial pages, and Tony Auth begins our flashback with this scene-setter.It was a different world, at least in Congress, where the vibe of the rest of the nation hadn’t quite arrived yet. As Jeff MacNelly explained, Congress was […]
Dan Dare comic artist Greta Tomlinson has passed away. Greta Edwards (neé Tomlinson)1927 – September 4, 2021 From The Times obituary: Greta Tomlinson’s diary gave an indication of how hard she had to work as an illustrator on the Eagle magazine from 1950. “Monday. Worked till 3am. Tuesday. Worked till 5am. Wednesday. Worked all night. […]