Anderson nails our current situation well in his latest piece, and addresses a matter that has bothered me for several years.As you can see from his sig, Ratt introduced the concept six years ago. I liked it then, but I couldn’t take the warning literally. It’s an oversimplification to say our Civil War was fought […]
Author and TCJ comics reviewer Frank M. Young looks at the new Nancy by Caroline Cash, with a hat tip to Ernie Bushmiller‘s original and the Olivia Jaimes‘ reboot, at Prospect Magazine. Comics characters often outlive their creators. Some have carried on for decades, others more than a century, picked up by new artists and […]
Long time Midwest editorial cartoonist Ed Fischer has passed away. Edward Vincent (Ed) Fischer August 10, 1937 – January 24, 2026 From the obituary: Ed Fischer, born August 10, 1937, was a celebrated professional editorial cartoonist whose career spanned more than 70 years and brought laughter, insight, and warmth to audiences of all ages. Beginning […]
A change is as good as a rest, and we’ve seen significant change in the past few days. But, as Bramhall notes, we’re still digging out and far from any resolution. However, we’re starting to see where the lines are drawn, which is a good first step, though it seems silly to suggest “first steps” […]
The return of Ming and Merrill. now (or soon) appearing is Nancy Beiman and Looney Tunes, playing games with Rosebuds and Lum and Abner.The Return of Ming the Merciless When last we saw the Master/Monster of Mongo. After seeing a hologram image of Ming earlier, which may or may not have been manipulated by Ming […]
Soon after Doonesbury began syndication there arose a false accusation that Garry Trudeau was no longer drawing the comic strip only writing it, having handed off the art chores to others. Even as recently as 2023 that myth was voiced by some on the death of Doonesbury inker Don Carlton: Don Carlton the “Doonesbury Cartoon” […]
Neither, thanks. Given the semi-news out of Minneapolis and Washington, this seems like a good day to avoid political pontificating until we see what’s going on. It’s not time to celebrate and it’s certainly not time to relax. In the words of the master, Yogi Berra, it’s not over ’til it’s over. And it ain’t, […]
Just hours after The Daily Cartoonist and others celebrated the 90th birthday of Sal Buscema the family released the news that Sal had passed away a few days ago.Silvio (Sal) Buscema January 26, 1936 – January 24, 2026From the funeral home obituary: Silvio “Sal” Buscema, 89, of Gainesville, Virginia, went to be with Jesus on […]
Marvel comic book artist Sal Buscema, born January 26, 1936, joins our Senior Strippers club today.Sal is one of a few remaining creators from The Silver Age (1960s) of Marvel comic books. With the help of big brother John Sal started his Marvel career in 1968 by inking but was soon laying out and pencilling […]
Morland summed up the World Economic Forum in Davos by showing totally knackered leaders and one little fellow blissfully tucked in and sleeping, with his toys scattered around to suggest who was responsible for the chaos.On the other hand, Pope narrows in on the two highlights of the meeting: Canadian PM Mark Carney’s stirring speech […]
Roger Dahl has decided to retire from his The Japan Times cartooning career after 35 years. Gebdel Gento writes of Roger Dahl leaving Tokyo’s The Japan Times, Japan’s largest English language newspaper: Longtime readers of this paper will be familiar with the artwork of Roger Dahl, whose contributions have been an integral part of The […]
Fran Krause, Nate Fakes, Caroline Cash, Keith Knight, and Deon Parson from the Cartoonists File. Fran Krause’s Deep Dark Fears Comics has the wonderful ability to seamlessly flow between the imagined or metaphorical and the real…The quaint but macabre swipe comic Deep Dark Fears by Fran Krause is an excellent example of this singular power. […]
One of the issues in compiling cartoons about yesterday’s killing of Alex Pretti was that very few cartoonists were able to get their work posted on the official sites by this morning. Another, more disturbing, issue was that many cartoons, reposted on social media, were about the ongoing brutality of ICE, which made it hard […]
Editorial cartoonist Barry Rumple has passed away. Barry Townsend Rumple, Jr. January 31, 1947 – December 5, 2025 From the obituary: After high school he served in the US Army from 1965-1969 and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. After the war, Barry then attended and graduated from Scranton University and Spectrum Art Institute […]
A 64-Page Celebration of Comics, Chaos, and Questionable DecisionsFrom a DC press release: DC is proud (and slightly concerned) to announce MAD About DC, a 64-page one-shot arriving April 1, 2026. Yes, April 1. And no, this isn’t a prank—unless you count letting Chip Zdarsky run this thing as its Guest Editor a prank on […]