Whoops. Accidentally said something we aren’t supposed to. But as long as we’re on the subject: I guess the reason we aren’t supposed to say “Watch out for ice” is that ICE will watch out for you, whether you want them to or not. I said the other day that it’s hard for cartoonists to […]
Martin Rowson and Ella Baron – Processes The Guardian charges two of their cartoonists with the idea of “Trump and a world in turmoil” and then followed them as they transformed that into an editorial cartoon along with their thought process along the way. This week, we challenged the pair to draw on the same […]
Where we bounce from one comic strip topic to another in a helter skelter fashion as we visit Gil Thorp, Mark Trail, Crankshaft, Legend of Bill, Dick Tracy, Rabbits Against Magic, and Beware of Toddler, with special appearances by Defenders of the Earth, Richard Sherry, Broom-Hilda, Thatababy, and Goat-Daughter. Congratulations Rachel! For some reason I […]
I hope we’re done with the Peace Prize foolishness, but I got a laugh out of Sheneman’s take, and, while we don’t grade on quality of art so much as on quality of thought, he did a nice job of both.But it’s not the only thing happening, so let’s have aJuxtaposition of the DayA mountain […]
Famed American political scientist and political cartoon historian Stephen Hess has passed away. Stephen Henry Hess April 20, 1933 – January 18, 2026 From the obituary: Stephen H. Hess, a distinguished political scientist and prolific author whose insightful analyses shaped understanding of the American presidency, media, and bureaucracy for decades, passed away on January 18, […]
In the Denis Kitchen, the MADness of Tom Richmond, a Jules Feiffer rarity, the last Scott Adams obituary, and Stephan Pastis as prophet. Publisher, Editor, Free Speech Advocate, and Cartoonist Ruben Bolling reviews Denis Kitchen‘s interview with Kim Munson at The Society of Illustrators. Kitchen has had a fascinating and extensively influential career. He started […]
Chappatte had the home field advantage in Davos and anticipated Trump’s disruptive arrival with this cartoon for Le Temps of Geneva, and, though it ran Wednesday morning, he included specific elements — in particular the NATO emblem — that came up in Trump’s speech.I use the term “speech” guardedly. I got in the car yesterday […]
Two Cuban cartoonist, illustrators: Mary Esther Lemus and Camila Ramírez Lobón, are two of the ten recipients of the Cuban Migrant Arts Resilience Fellowship by the Artists at Risk Connection (ARC). The fellowship supports exiled Cuban artists with a financial grant, mentorship, and networking to help artists rebuilding their professional lives abroad. This is ARC’s […]
Today’s cartoonists paying homage to the cartoonists of yesteryear. Bushmiller and Cash, Nancy and Sluggo On Monday Caroline Cash celebrated the debut appearances of Nancy and Sluggo down to the minute. Not sure about that last measurement being accurate but the years and days were right on.By the time Sluggo showed up Nancy was the […]
It’s getting really hard to avoid politics on Hump Day, but, then again, everything Roz Chast does is political in the wider, sociopolitical sense. It’s generally true anyway, because even a Three Stooges pie fight is based on working class hatred of the wealthy and privileged.There’s a kind of John Oliver/Jimmy Kimmel penetrative insight going […]
Italian cartoonist Sergio Tarquinio, another of our Senior Strippers, has passed away. Sergio Tarquinio October 13, 1925 – January 12, 2026 Another Senior Stripper who had reached the age of 100 has passed away this month. From JiJi Press: Rome, Jan 12. – (Adnkronos) – From the immediate post-World War II period to the mid-1980s, […]
Italian-Belgium cartoonist Dino Attanasio, one of our Senior Strippers, has passed away. Dino Attanasio Eduardo (Dino) Attanasio May 8, 1925 – January 17, 2026 From rtbf (via Google): Dino Attanasio passed away on January 17, 2026, in his hundredth year. A major figure in Franco-Belgium comics, he was one of the architects of the golden […]
Other cartoonists have suggested a “What would you say?” scenario over how Americans would be outraged if another country were to seize our president the way we grabbed Maduro, but Prickly City, as a strip, has the real estate to ask the question and propose a possible answer.And, as a strip, it has the ability […]
“The canaries in the coal mine are not dead yet, but they’re twitching on the ground.” Jack Ohman, being an editorial cartoonist and columnist, has opinions which he expresses in a 45 minute interview with Rich Ehisen and Tim Foster posted at the Capitol Weekly Podcast today. Prompted by the interviewers Jack touches on a […]
Alarmed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement impact in their communities, Minnesota cartoonists have launched an effort to spread the word about ICE’s abuses and to call on other artists to share what they are witnessing in their own communities.The seed of this movement came from graphic novelist K. Woodman-Maynard after she created an editorial for […]