The Milwaukee Journal served notice that Steve McGarry’s KidTown will replace 4Kids: It’s time to take a trip to “KidTown.” The latest addition to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Sunday Comics section, “KidTown” replaces “www.4Kids” starting Dec. 26. The comic strip, aimed at readers ages 6 to 12, is a mix of word searches and other word […]
Graphic artist and cartoonist Lou Brooks has passed away. Louis (Lou) Brooks September 5, 1944 – November 21, 2021 From the obituary: Known to some as “The World’s Oldest Kid”, Lou began his career as a self-taught commercial illustrator, but over 50 years expanded his talents into other creative realms as writer, graphic designer, historian, […]
Enquirer editorial cartoonist Kevin Necessary has been named the next president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. The Cincinnati native will take over in January for current president Jen Sorensen who is stepping down at the end of the year. The Cincinnati Enquirer interviewed Kevin Necessary about his new position, about recent changes with […]
Columnist Jim Hightower admits to some jealousy: As a tyke, I never dreamed of growing up to be a political activist/ commentator, but here I am, and it’s worked out pretty well for me. I’ve been lucky enough to have a voice in public matters and eke out a modest living running my mouth as […]
We’ll start out with some good news, via Steve Brodner: Not only did the Kellogg’s workers ratify a new contract, but it seems like they got pretty much what they wanted and that management — who had threatened to replace them with scabs — got pretty much not a whole lot except several months of […]
Lists and Best-Ofs will be coming fast and furious. Here’s a few before the rush.Instagram’s Favorite New Yorker Cartoons of 2021Do you use Instagram? Or does Instagram use you? Whatever the answer is, let’s hope that it results in personal gain for Mark Zuckerberg—he’s had a tough time recently and really deserves a win. cartoon […]
Chicago cartoonist Keith J. Taylor has passed away. Keith J. Taylor October 21, 1949 – December 16, 2021From Chicago Public Square (Keith’s recent home for his cartoons):R.I.P., Keith J. Taylor. Chicago Public Square’s award-winning breaking-news cartoonist died at 6:33 this morning, ending a long run with oral cancer and, more recently, COVID-19. From his first […]
Clay Jones takes a poke at cartoonists who have drawn Joe Manchin as the Grinch, and I’m happy to pass it on because I didn’t really want to do an entire posting of Grinch/Manchin cartoons.Several Grinch cartoons had appeared before the current flood of Manchin cartoons, and it’s not surprising, given how the Grinch — […]
Due to the holiday weekend, our Thursday edition will serve as a combined edition for Thursday, Dec. 23, Friday, Dec. 24, and Saturday, Dec. 25. No newspaper will be delivered Friday or Saturday. Seems Gannett/Gatehouse newspapers across the chain will be giving their employees a couple days off to celebrate Christmas and the rollover to […]
Celebrated cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz is partnering with the California Department of Public Health to develop artwork for social media encouraging Latinos to get vaccinated against COVID-19 this holiday season. During the pandemic, Alcaraz has used his talents to reach the Latino community by blending humor and culturally relevant themes to deliver facts about COVID-19 and vaccines. […]
Jen Sorensen has announced that she is turning over the leadership role of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists to Kevin Necessary who has accepted the responsibility of taking on the presidency of the organization. Jen informed the members: I wanted to let you know about a decision […]
There have been a lot of cartoons about Joe Manchin and coal this holiday season, including this piece from Jeff Danziger (WPWG), which dropped on Friday, before he made his stunning announcement that he would not support the Build Back Better proposal.The “lump of coal” motif is so common this time of year that it […]
It is being reported that comic artist Gérald Forton has passed away. Gérald Marcel Forton April 10, 1931 – December 18 (16?), 2021 From the JN notice (via Google Translate): Born in Brussels on April 10, 1931, Gérald Forton died Saturday 18 at the age of 90 in Apple Valley, California. He was one of […]
Comic Book Resources offers up Star Wars: 10 Things You Never Knew About The 1979-1984 Newspaper Strips.The countdown starts with the little known fact that:Archie Goodwin and Al Williamson first proposed the idea for a newspaper strip. With Goodwin as the writer and Williamson on art, the two had worked on the newspaper strip Secret […]
I don’t know how far ahead Jef Mallett works on Frazz (AMS), but he hit this one squarely: Michigan, where he lives, looks to be hovering around freezing for the next week but in no particular danger of snow before Christmas.Here in New Hampshire, we got just under a foot yesterday and it seems likely […]