I was looking for my favorite quote from the Analects of Confucius (the Lun Yu) and found it included in this more comprehensive discussion of Chinese philosophy from a 1952 book, “Bo Hu Tong; the comprehensive discussions in the White Tiger Hall.”The Hsiao ching (Xiaojing) , translated as “Classic of Filial Piety,” is also Confucian […]
Michael Ramirez was honored with the Overseas Press Club of America (OPC) Cartoon Award (formerly The Thomas Nast Award) for his efforts in 2021.Michael’s trophy case already contains two Pulitzer Prizes and the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award as Cartoonist of the Year.The Judges’ Statement: Michael Ramirez masterly employs the full arsenal available to the […]
Finalists for the 2021 National Newspaper Awards have been announced. For Editorial Cartooning/Caricature the nominees are Michael de Adder, Graeme MacKay, and Bruce MacKinnon.For the entire list of finalists, and a better look at the nominated cartoon portfolios, check out the announcement at the National Newspaper Awards website. Winners will be announced by webcast on […]
Is it better for a comic creator to sell out or remain creatively pure? That dilemma is embodied in two cartoonists who had radically different attitudes toward their creations. I’m talking about Charles Schulz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang, and one of his inheritors, Bill Watterson, the artist behind Calvin and […]
Last Summer the good news was that Gannett/Gatehouse was unloading the local weeklies they had accumulated back into the hands of local owners.This year sees a new approach to local weeklies:Boston.com reports: Starting in early May, at least 19 weekly newspapers across Massachusetts will shutter their print publications and go completely digital. Nine other weeklies […]
Note the interplay in this Wallace the Brave (AMS): First, Rose is the right character to have a turquoise necklace, or, at least, she’s the right character to show it off to her friends. Amelia might have one — heck, even Spud has had one — but Amelia wouldn’t make note of it.And, of course, […]
Disney Sketchbook Disney+’s new six-part original Series Sketchbook will give “an insider’s look into the animation process” as studio artists teach viewers how to draw Disney characters like Kuzco (Emperor’s New Groove), Olaf (Frozen), Genie (Aladdin), Captain Hook (Peter Pan), Mirabel (Encanto), and Simba (The Lion King). Disney describes it as “an intimate instructional documentary […]
St. Olga’s feast day is July 11, but given who she was and what she did, St. Patrick should yield his day to her this year.Ukraine’s patron saint is Josaphat, a Ukrainian monk who yielded himself up to be killed by a Russian mob, but we’re not celebrating meekness at the moment. Olga is patron […]
In 1970 Prince Valiant creator Hal Foster was nearing 80 years and decided to slow down. After interviewing a few comic artists to take on the task of drawing Prince Valiant’s Sunday page he settled on John Cullen Murphy. Hal would (mostly) continue to write and layout the comic through the 1970s.Nate D. Sanders Auctions […]
Taking a cue from those Countdown to Christmas newspaper front page comic panels Brett Koth has adapted the idea to a countdown to Spring. Get in on Jay Stephens‘ newest project. From Harvey and Eisner-Award nominated cartoonist Jay Stephens, Dwellings is an ongoing horror series set in the fictional small town of Elwich, Ontario. Lovingly drawn […]
Greg Kearney explains the US Senate’s move to put the United States out of sync with most of the rest of the world by making Daylight Saving Time permanent.As he notes, it simply shifts everything one hour forward which, as far as I can tell, accomplishes nothing except to make the concept of time even […]
Early last year Pab Sungenis ended his The New Adventures of Queen Victoria.Then very early this year Pab and Queen Victoria checked in on us.From Pab on that January 3, 2022 issue: Hi, gang. Just wanted to poke my head back in. I had no idea my upload links still worked. I was curious whether […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for March 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Women Cartoonists It’s a Pug’s Life Bandits, Misfits, and Superheroes Britain’s Best Ever Political Cartoons Comic […]
We’ll start the day with a quick, unexpected history lesson, courtesy of Jeff Danziger (WPWG).I went to look up Vyacheslav Molotov to confirm that he was Stalin’s Minister of Defense during the Hungarian uprising, and discovered that he wasn’t: He was Foreign Minister.More important, I discovered that the Molotov cocktail, though used to good effect […]
Mike Rhode writes: Since I first saw his cartoons about books and reading on the next-to-last page of the New York Times Book Review, Grant Snider has been one of my favorite cartoonists. His new book, The Art of Living: Reflections onMindfulness and the Overexamined Life (Abrams Comic Arts, $19) is full of his delightful […]