Cartoonist (and teacher, author, etc) L. Bruce Holman has passed away. Loyd Bruce Holman January 30, 1939 – April 24, 2021 From the obituary: Dr. Holman held a PhD in fine arts, and before retirement was a tenured professor teaching drawing, painting and photography at Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri. He was also a filmmaker, […]
Oscar Edward Cesare – Cartoonist, Advocate for Humanity.From Prabook: After moving to New York, Cesare–he pronounced his name “See-sare”– served in succession on the staffs of the World, the Sun, and the Evening Post. He was influenced by Gustave Dore and Honore Daumier and, in the United States, by Boardman Robinson. During the Theodore Roosevelt […]
Cathy Wilcox sets the stage today, and, while in Australia this generally means soft-pedaling the treatment of aboriginal people, painting rosy pictures of a less-than-splendid past is a hot trend throughout the world, and certainly here.I clicked on a Facebook ad offering free curricula to help young people learn to identify fake news. It turned […]
You thought it couldn’t true. Get rich doing the thing you love? But if a young man from Marion, Indiana can do it, why not you? Wealthy Gorilla updates their Jim Davis profile.Jim Davis is an American cartoonist. … Davis grew up on a small cow […]
Photo: Tony Korody/Sygma (Getty Images)The AV Club has a short review of the Aack Cast by Jamie Loftus radio show. The series concluded a few weeks ago, but listening to all 12 installments of Aack Cast By Jamie Loftus in one marathon run is actually the superior experience—and if you think you don’t need several […]
Matt Wuerker (Politico) suggests that we’re so screwed up that the Taliban don’t have to attack us: They can just watch us attack each other.Which theory gains depth if you believe that the Taliban has some interest in attacking us in the first place, which — despite that fellow putting bombs in shoes — was […]
Dick Wright/Columbus Dispatch (2000)Michael Cavna, at the Washington Post, asked some cartoonists about the recently passed TX Senate Bill 8 in an article titled “How cartoonists are taking on the Texas abortion bill.”I have included some cartoons not included in Michael’s overview, weighing this representation pro-life as the WaPo article was heavier on pro-choice. Gary […]
Cartoonist Jeff Philcrantz has passed away.Jeffrey R. (Jeff) PhilcrantzJuly 26, 1946 – September 6, 2021 carpenter, musician, cartoonistFrom the obituary: Jeff graduated from Newburyport High School, class of 1964 and then went on to Northern Essex and then UMASS Amherst where he studied Physics and Astronomy. He then enlisted in the Air Force where he […]
As the 90th Anniversary of Dick Tracy nears (October 4, 1931) the current team of Mike Curtis and Joe Staton will take a few days reliving the past, beginning today. Looks like Samson is another cartoonist giving us our money’s worth on Sunday. Joining Andy Capp is Dark Side of the Horse with two gags in […]
Candorville (WPWG) reminds me of how much I miss the Olden Days. Not the medieval olden days evoked here, but the Olden Days when most on-line conversation happened on Usenet and most people recognized both the futility of responding to trolls and the wisdom of ignoring them.There was, in that bygone era, something called “Netiquette,” […]
Today saw the Doodles Sunday page go to rerun following the death of cartoonist Chris Foote.Doodles began on Sunday October 19, 1986 as a kid’s activity/gag page titled Professor Doodles – Just For Kids Corner created by Steve Sack and Craig MacIntosh.From a Daily Cartoonist article last year: In an early (1987) interview Craig MacIntosh […]
Westerns had always been a part of American popular culture, so when radio began turning over news and lecture time to dramatic storytelling around 1929 Westerns were among the programs offered. Most, like Death Valley Days and Bobby Benson, were original to radio, some, like Rin Tin Tin, were adapted from other media.When The […]
On the 20th Anniversary of the attacks of 9/11, Steve Breen (Creators) demonstrates that less is more.I’m surprised more cartoonists didn’t feel compelled to mark the day, but perhaps they realized how little they had to add to the conversation.It was hardly a banner day for the art form then, and the proportion of so-what […]
Congratulations to the winner of the 2021 AAEC John Locher Memorial Award, Sam Nakahira!The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced the Winner Sam Nakahira, the Runner-Up Katie Vuong, and Finalists Reilly Branson, Tom Coute, and Izzy Boyce-Blanchard for the 2021 John Locher Memorial Award. Sam Nakahira is a Japanese American comic artist. Her comics have […]
The Manchester (Conn) Journal Inquirer introduced a new comic strip today. For 20 years Somers resident Bob Raina had been sitting on the idea of doing a comic strip. With Mark Mancini, he fulfilled a longtime dream with his strip, “Nutz,” premiering today in the Journal Inquirer. The strip will be a weekly feature. He […]