A graphic and comic book artist who was part of a group of insurrectionists who charged and attacked Capitol police officers on January 6 at the U.S. Capitol was arrested yesterday by the FBI. Robert Wayne Dennis, 61, of Garland, Texas, was caught on police body cameras fighting with police officers trying to control the […]
The official Twitter account of Connecticut Senate Democrats raised eyebrows after sharing a cartoon Thursday comparing parents angry with their school boards to horror movie villains. © Nick Anderson Liberal cartoonist Nick Anderson, whose recent cartoons include depicting Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., being sold at auction, produced the work. A Nick Anderson cartoon showing the […]
Hispanic Heritage Month wrapped up a few days ago, but it’s never too late to acknowledge the immense contributions that Mexican and Mexican-American artists have made to the development of American animation. When you start diving into American animation history, it’s actually surprising at first to discover the impact that artists of Mexican descent have […]
“The best art is not passive.” Even beyond their value on the planes of humor and inclusivity, it is important to remember that political cartoons are, at their core, an incredible form of art. They task the artist with a manifold mission, challenging them to at once make biting political critique, formulate this critique so […]
Famed illustrator Jerry Pinkney has passed away. Jerry Pinkney December 22, 1939 – October 21, 2021 From NPR: The celebrated illustrator Jerry Pinkney has died. According to his long-time agent Sheldon Fogelman, Pinkney suffered a heart attack today; he was 81. Pinkney was a legend in the world of children’s publishing. He won a […]
John Auchter states one of our major problems, though he’s being a bit unfair about it.He’s right that we have at best a tenuous grip on math and a firm prejudice towards believing what we want to believe.One of the more popular social media posts is when the poster states that they’ve never used algebra […]
Joe Dator puts a book together. © Joe DatorWhat do you wish you had known before making a book? I wish I’d known even one single thing about book publishing. It was a massive learning experience, and I started from scratch. For one thing, I found out that what goes in the book is […]
New Yorker cartoonist Barbara Smaller is now a regular contributor to the weekly New York City-based newspaper The Chief-Leader.© Barbara SmallerFrom The Chief-Leader’s proud proclamation: Ms. Smaller is joining The Chief-Leader as a regular contributor. Every week in these pages, her drawings and accompanying captions will take on lives of their own. “That’s part of […]
Mr. Boffo is a constant celebration of dumbasses, often, as in this case, accompanied by the side-glance of a woman who realizes what an idiot she married.Granted, whether this dork knows what the Magna Carta was, he clearly knows when it was signed.Which makes me wonder if he knows that, when the Constitution was written, […]
In 1935, Addams –always “Charlie” to his friends—was in love with a hometown girl, 22-year-old Jewell Valentine Bunnell. She was beautiful, bright, creative, and fun-loving – “I think the fondness we have in common for cemeteries is one of the many reasons I love you,” Charlie wrote. As Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life gets a […]
The National Cartoonists Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists have put videos of their virtual conventions online for easy viewing.AAEC’s Zoom Fest ’21 panels can be accessed here. If you missed any part of the NCSFest2021 the NCS has broken the festival into bite-sized chunks.(The missing Mike Mignola interview points to Hellboy being the […]
“What is it like to work at a small-market local newspaper in the United States?”Earlier this month the Columbia School of Journalism’s TOW Center in association with the Columbia Journalism Review published the results of a survey of small local newspapers. The observations in this report are based on an online survey conducted between Tuesday, […]
Jeff Stahler (AMS) wins the day for dissenting from the fulsome praise being ladled out for Colin Powell without going too far in the other direction.There is an absolute flood of cartoons mourning his death, and it is a death to be mourned. But let’s not be guilty of reversing Marc Antony’s dictum (okay, Shakespeare’s […]
Been distracted lately – so let’s take a look at the Funny Pages.The NCS isn’t the only organization handing out awards, so is the C.o.U. © Dana SimpsonThis Phoebe and Her Unicorn arc started way back on September 27. Ces and Jim promised some weirdness for October Sundays. © King Features SyndicateAnd […]
Reply All (WPWG) brings up internships, sparking my memories of interns who did more than collate.I placed two interns in the newsroom, one a high school student and the other a young teacher working on her masters in English. They both dug right in as full-blown reporters, and the high schooler was promptly hired for […]