On April 1, 2026 Dennis the Menace, the 75 year old five year old, is showing up in random comic strips as seen on the Comics Kingdom site (not in the strips and panels actually syndicated to newspapers). By my count he appeared in at least 30 Kingdom strips not counting his own.As seen in […]
Small Press Expo has opened up submissions for nominees for its Ignatz Award categories. Submissions will be open starting today through end of May. This year’s SPX will be September 12–13.Ignatz Award categories include:Nominees will be announced in Mid-August.
The Graphic Medicine International Collective has been announced for this year’s conference dates and keynote speakers. The annual conference will be July 23–25, and the keynote speakers will be Dr. Nathan Gray and Meredith Li-Vollmer. The theme this year is: Drawing Perspectives: Health Graphic Narratives Under Pressure.From their website: We will explore this theme broadly to include […]
Scribble Through the StruggleHat tip to John Freeman over at Down the Tubes for surfacing the Scribble through the Struggle Instagram campaign initiated by Young Comics Laureate Mollie Ray (Giant) to motivate young artists to push through challenges.From Mollie: “As part of my time in the role I’m asking artists to take part in the […]
A Nebraska high school news site was ordered by school administrators to remove an editorial cartoon. From Ben Schneider for the Student Press Law Center: In February, Gretna East administrators told editors for Gretna East Media to remove from their website an editorial cartoon by student Aidan McClaren that was critical of ICE. Administrators then […]
Dear Leader will address the nation this evening, and Garth German has picked up on the timing. Apparently, the address will be about Iran, though it might also be about Sharpies or about the judge telling him to stop tearing down the White House. During the Vietnam War, there were people who suggested we just […]
Chilean cartoonist José “Palomo” Fuentes has passed away in Mexico where he spent most of his adult life in exile. He was 82.Palomo, born in Santiago, Chile in 1943, began his professional life in Chile. He contributed cartoons to El Pingüino, and La Nación during the 1960s. The 1973 coup d’état that brought Augusto Pinochet to power […]
Doonesbury, Hot Rods and Drag Cartoons, Climate Change Panels, and a return to Sally Forth. Smithsonian Reviews G. B. Trudeau Biography From the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine Brandon Tensley reviews Trudeau & Doonesbury. Trudeau has long managed to stay out of the public eye. In Trudeau & Doonesbury: The Cartoonist Who Turned the News […]
The Sydney Morning Herald media writer Calum Jaspan is reporting recent leadership changes at The Guardian is affecting contract cartoonists—specifically First Dog on the Moon. The change places First Dog on “rolling six-month contract.” The last 12 years of First Dog’s contract terms have always been a rolling one-year contract.First Dog tells us he has […]
Ramirez captures the administration’s decision-making system, which is that there is no system and it all depends on how Dear Leader is feeling at the moment. It certainly seems like an odd way to run a country, but, then, it would be an odd way to run a casino or an airline or a university, […]
James Hillier, aka Nordacious, has been told to take down some of his political cartoons because they now break the law after the state of Queensland in Australia passed new laws earlier this month. From Catie McLeod at The Guardian: Brisbane artist contacted by police over works that allegedly violate new Queensland hate speech laws […]
British cartoonist Glen Baxter has passed away. Glen Baxter March 4, 1944 – March 29, 2026 From WePresent in 2020 comes a wonderful account of the life and times of Glen Baxter by Liv Sidall: Confusing us, forcing us to question our relationship with words, pictures, or even the format of books, makes him happy. […]
Can’t steal the pun without crediting the punster, and it’s also worth pointing out that Dan Thompson had to have drawn this before the court decision came down and extend him some kudos for that, as well, though the trial took five weeks, so there was plenty of time to jump aboard.The YouTube lawyer explained […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for March 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. A few more March releases before the month is gone and a couple special deals. The […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is embarking on a year long celebration of its founding in 1946. That includes the 80th annual presentation of The Reuben Award later this year at their convention. Kicking it off is a wonderful poster by Dee Fish featuring the silly humanoid creatures of the Reuben Award. From the NCS […]