F-Minus (AMS) offers a cartoon that took me back to the days of the Soviet Union, when people stood in long lines for groceries and other basics. This same gag was told there as part of the grim humor Russians enjoy, as well as part of a reality in which people really did get into […]
Editorial Cartoonist Clyde Wells has passed away. Clyde Stokes Wells May 18, 1934 – December 27, 2021 The Augusta Chronicle notice:Clyde Wells – the longtime Augusta Chronicle editorial cartoonist who used his deft pen and keen wit to render unwavering opinions from caustic to caring – died Monday morning at his home in Martinez. He was 87. A self-described “attack cartoonist,” […]
As the calendar flipped from 2020 to 2021, the world was optimistic. That optimism lasted a solid six days. A couple dozen Phil Hands cartoons with a Phil Hands introduction.
USA Today cartoonist Mike Thompson’s 2021 in review. Gannett, by way of The State Journal-Register, presents over two dozen Mike Thompson editoons.
Ray Billingsley present an original tale to celebrate Kwanzaa. © KFSThe story begins today in the Curtis comic strip.
Our picks of editorial cartoons posted by national syndicates. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch selects a mix of local and national cartoons.
The election of Joe Biden was supposed to usher in a return to normal, an end to the pandemic, a calming of the waters. Instead 2021 was a year of surprises — an attempted coup, a new spike in Covid, a deepening of the culture wars. Matt Wuerker did his best to keep up with […]
Nobody, I said, as I slid down the bannister, could call me a fussy man, but I’m not eating at a place — as demonstrated in today’s Zits (KFS) — where they go out of their way to prevent the dishwasher from cleaning the silverware.I assume putting the saucers together is to make unloading easier, […]
Realist-with-a-pop-twist painter Wayne Thiebaud has passed away.Morton Wayne Thiebaud November 15, 1920 – December 25, 2021From Acquavella Galleries: It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of a truly remarkable man, Wayne Thiebaud. An American icon, Wayne led his life with passion and determination, inspired by his love for teaching, tennis, and above […]
Sherman the overweight shark took a right at the Columbia River and ended up in Lake Pend Oreille. True story — at least on the Funnies Page. The Coeur d’Alene Press, a dozen miles from the lake, breaks the story: Starting Monday, the comic strip Sherman’s Lagoon plumbs the depths of a poorly kept Idaho […]
As Rex Morgan M.D. above shows it’s a good day to read The Funnies. The comics section Rex is reading carries what looks to be one of the many Blondie knock-offs that showed up over the years. And the purple of the other strip makes me think Terry Beatty had an itch to draw an […]
I was surprised at how many cartoons were about Christmas this morning. I’d expected some Boxing Day gags and Returning Things gags, but not so many actual Christmas gags.Maybe I compartmentalize too much, or maybe I’m dreading the dead space between now and New Years, when everyone takes off and there’s nothing to comment on.But […]
Ted Rall pulls no punches. He’s a patented political pugilist, landing haymaker after haymaker, week after week. Rall’s cartoons may not float like a butterfly, but they certainly sting like a bee. Here are some of our favorites from 2021. WhoWhatWhy presents a gallery of their favorite Ted Rall cartoons. cartoon © Ted Rall
From The Globe and Mail: Cartoonist Seth presents A Garden in Winter, reflecting on a season that defines Canada. © Seth
Mike is far more industrious than I am, I’ll just link to some favorite sites that have gathered Christmas comic and cartoonist art through the years. Yesterday’s Papers posts Christmas comic art from then to now. Hogan’s Alley specializes in giving us Christmas cards from cartoonists. And here. Who’s Out There present a half […]