From the National Cartoonists Society: We are excited to share that we have put together a fantastic schedule of virtual events alongside our awarding of the 2020 Divisional Reuben Awards to be held online on NCSFest.com on October 15 & 16. Mark your calendars and stay tuned to this NCS blog, email and social media […]
I would likely have placed this Jimmy Margulies (KFS) cartoon lower in the blog today, had events not likely had him tearing out his hair.I’m playing with timing myself.It’s a very good piece, because, while the infrastructure bill matters, the eviction issue was more pressing, and it would have led to a whole discussion of […]
A viral comic strip shows what would happen if Calvin and Hobbes were to test their worthiness at wielding Thor’s mighty hammer. Cartoonist Lar DeSouza took advantage of a recent viral question that had been all over social media last week about the relative worthiness of other fictional characters to wield Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, by […]
Sculptor and comic book cartoonist Louis Trakis has passed away. Louis James (Lou) Trakis June 22, 1927 – July 7, 2021 Sculptor, professor, printmaker, cartoonist who sought through art to “center the self via creation.” Taught at Manhattanville College, The New School, and in Greece. Designed iconic Marino’s Italian Ice and House of Weenies logos. […]
The joke being that, while some of us ran as fast as we could, some of us didn’t run at all, and so here we are in the same place as we started.I’d laugh, if I didn’t have a niece in Florida who tested positive despite being vaccinated. She’s okay; For nearly all vaccinated people […]
“Beginning: A pulse-pounding new chapter in the startling saga of the publisher called Tribune.” From Patch: BOWIE, MD — The Bowie Blade-News’ publication has come to an end after 41 years of business. The call to cut the newspaper was made just two months after Tribune Publishing, the parent company of The Baltimore Sun Media Group, […]
Rabbits Against Magic (AMS) establishes today’s theme with a joke that should make you weep rather than laugh.Facts are facts and opinions are opinions, but truth seems to waver somewhere in the middle, and saying “seems” only emphasizes the uncertainty.There are limits: When George Berkeley wrote that reality was only what our minds perceived it […]
Does a comic strip belong on a museum wall?Dmitry Samarov wonders about that as he wanders around the Chicago Comics exhibit.I ask this not to question the value of cartooning, but because I wonder whether a wall is the best place to experience what comics are designed to do. A comic strip is read as […]
Illustrator, graphic designer and artist Reynold Ruffins has passed away. Reynold Dash Ruffins August 5, 1930 – July 11, 2021 From the New York Times obituary: Reynold Ruffins, an illustrator, graphic designer and artist who was an early member of Push Pin Studios, the impish and buzzy design firm founded by his Cooper Union classmates […]
Timing is part of context, at least to the extent that, had this Rubes (Creators) run in December, it wouldn’t have taken me so long to get the joke.Not saying that’s a bad thing or a good thing. There’s nothing wrong with making an extra demand or two of your audience, and I probably laughed […]
June Brigman, former Brenda Starr and Power Pack cartoonist, is the current cartoonist of Mary Worth, and also, it seems, the current cartoonist of Power Pack:Power Pack creators Louise Simonson and June Brigman are working together on a new limited series for the adolescent team at Marvel Comics. Although not officially announced by Marvel, the […]
Clay Bennett (CTFP) starts our discussion of health issues.We’re awash in misinformation and disinformation, and this was quite the week, even for poor Baby Tuckoo, who specializes in purposefully spreading it. Not only did he get called a bad human being, but one of the few people willing to advertise on his show no longer […]
I joined Twitter about 9 months after it started. It was 2006, and I was working out of my Perth studio when I got an email invite to join the new app from a friend working at a startup in San Francisco. It all sounded very exciting. Fast forward 14 years: Twitter is now one […]
When the Pulitzer Prize Board announced in June that no one would receive its annual award for excellence in editorial cartooning, many political artists were outraged. The decision seemingly made no sense, especially since so many cartoonists thought they produced great work throughout a hectic year. The finalists themselves felt insulted. But elsewhere, there were […]
Jack Ohman (WPWG)’s phrasing differs slightly from Ron White’s classic bit, which is also a reflection on the current state of medical science. The nice thing about that video clip is that White, a veteran of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, cannot possibly be dismissed as a liberal.Which means even rock-ribbed rightwingers should listen when […]