Magazine cartoonist Don Margolis has passed away.Donald Eugene (Don) Margolis September 1932 – August 3, 2021 “He spent his career drawing cartoons, and his retirement making faces at his grandchildren.”Don’s career as described by comics historian Ken Quattro: The story, “I Married A Teen-Age Fly,” [1959] was actually parodying contemporary movies, such as “The Fly” […]
(Clay Bennett – CTFP) (Michael Ramirez – Creators) (Gary Varvel – Creators)Clay Bennett best sums up yesterday’s unexpected resignation of Andrew Cuomo, though I got a chuckle out of Michael Ramirez’s take.Political cartoons aren’t required to be funny, but it’s a nice bonus if you can slip in a laugh without distracting from your point, which is […]
Did we mention that the Buffalo Newspaper Guild contract negotiations have been settled and with the byline strike now over The Buffalo News blacklisted editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis has returned to the pages and website of the paper?You may remember that the newspaper and the union were having differences related to a new contract. That […]
Peter Schrank comments on the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, specifically noting the wildfires raging in Greece (in case you thought only we here had them). And David Pope echoes the concern, with a slightly less grim cartoon overall but adding some lightning-bolt-hurling on the part of a god depicted not as angry […]
You and me both Rex. The long-running comic strip Rex Morgan, M.D. made references to Crunchyroll and Kirakira Precure a la Mode in its August 8 strip, which did not escape the notice of eagle-eyed Precure fans. In the comic, Rex receives a request from his daughter Sarah to buy a subscription to the Crunchyroll […]
Andrews McMeel Syndication has recently (this past week) dropped the English-language James Bond comic strip from their menu of offerings to newspapers. Like the Tarzan comic strip they dropped earlier this year, the James Bond adventure strip had been reruns. No new James Bond newspaper strip adventures have been created since around 1984.Screenshots show AMS […]
Wiley Miller hits a truth in today’s Non Sequitur (AMS): We’ve reached a level of solipsism where not only is everything about me, but everything is a conspiracy against me.My sister expressed it as “Everybody always be’s mean to me,” a cute toddler phrase that was promptly hung on her for the rest of her […]
Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist James Lileks reviews the comics.If you want to alienate people, talk about religion or politics. If you want to have a nice conversation, talk about breakfast cereal and newspaper comics. Could we discuss politics the way we discuss newspaper comics? Possibly, because everyone complains about both. There are people who read […]
August 8, 1961, give or take a few days, Fantastic Four #1 (dated Nov. 1961) hit the newsstands.While the issue hit the stands on various days on and surrounding that Tuesday most of the surviving copies with any date identification have August 8, 1961 stamped on them. So that is the date that many sources […]
Reality Check (AMS) serves a heapin’ helpin’ of “Tom Swifties,” based on cartoon characters, Tom Swifties being a fad of the early 60s.This Wikipedia article explains the phenomenon, which drew from a foible of the syndicated authors of the Tom Swift adventure series, who avoided the simple “said,” and gives examples both of the labored […]
We’ll start our look at the comic strips of the first week of August by going into the past. Not as far as Mike, only to the last week of July. © Gerry Rasmussen & Gary DelaineyBetty spent that last July week being peeved about a modern innovation, and people agreed:I sympathize with Betty in […]
Today’s Judge Parker (KFS) has set me thinking about continuity strips, and, since there are only a few left, that puts me in the somewhat uncomfortable position of criticizing this one, which isn’t my point.I think there should be more continuity strips, because, whether they would induce people to buy newspapers, they’d at least induce […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the second round of nominees for their 75th Annual Divisional Reuben Awards for work in 2020. (Earlier nominees announced here.)MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATION: Tom Chitty; Peter Kuper; Bob LizarragaADVERTISING/PRODUCT ILLUSTRATION: Chad Frye; Pat Higgins; Luke McGarry; Patrick Merrell; Dave WhammondCOMIC BOOKS: Brahm Revel; Stan Sakai; Walter SimonsonGRAPHIC NOVELS: Jared Cullum; […]
Bill Ruehlmann‘s column about Cathy Guisewite‘s last book is the only excuse needed to let all know that Cathy Guisewite’s next book is on the schedule. Previews at GoComics.© Cathy Guisewite © Oconee Enterprise/Chuck CunninghamThe Georgia Press Association honored the winners of the 2021 Better Newspaper Contest on Friday, July 30 at the Jekyll Island Club […]
I’ve criticized Steve Kelley (Creators) enough times for views I don’t share that it’s only fair I give him the lead-off position when he does one that nails the issue squarely.I’ve seen no defenses of Andrew Cuomo except, as Kelley suggests, from Andrew Cuomo, and I’m more than a little surprised that he hasn’t stepped […]