The news agency Associated Press was founded 175 years ago in May 1846.According to Wikipedia, which takes the date from New York Natives, the prime date is May 22, 1846, so we missed the anniversary by a couple days.More from Wikipedia: The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York […]
Brian Anderson is now running his Dog Eat Doug comic strip on the Webtoons site. So far the strips seem to be reruns but there is the chance of new strips appearing: Thrilled to announce Dog eat Doug will run on Webtoons with new comics every Monday, Wednesday and Friday! Best part, Webtoons is free! […]
Rising to a point of personal privilege, I’m dealing today with Jeff Danziger’s memoir of his time in Vietnam despite the one disappointment, that it is only minimally illustrated by one of my favorite political cartoonists.I have been spoiled by the in-depth WWII artwork featured in “Yank, the Army Weekly,” but those illustrators were sent […]
Cartoonist, editorial and otherwise, Tim Campbell created a tutorial of sorts to help middle school students and their teachers and parents understand the effects the Covid pandemic has had on Junior High School kids and their education, both in person and distance learning. Current Publishing cartoonist Tim Campbell seeks … to help readers understand how […]
The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest is certainly the most famous and popular of the current You-Write-the-Gag exercises. So popular it has birthed a book, a game, and winners become news stories for their local newspapers.Cartoon Collections runs the similar idea. So similar it uses New Yorker cartoonists to supply the drawings. This is a […]
Ward Sutton admits he drew this some time ago and it languished in the files at the NYTimes Review of Books until this week, but even if the concept is evergreen, I’d call the application of it now timely.Not that I look to the NYTimes for intelligent analysis of graphic commentary. I don’t boycott the […]
The Metter (Georgia) Advertiser welcomed back editorial cartoonist Gary Jarrell after Gary was wandering the world outside the newspaper for nearly 40 years. Well, not really wandering. This week, we welcome back former editorial cartoonist Gary Jarrell, who served The Metter Advertiser in this capacity from 1979 to 1984. Jarrell worked for Piggly Wiggly in […]
© Rick McKee and Kent SlighGoComics has been running the Mt. Pleasant comic strip for at least a month. Recently they ran an introductory post on their blog by interviewing the creators. How did the two of you meet and hatch the idea for Mt. Pleasant? Kent [Sligh]: In May 2019 I received an email […]
We’ll end the week with a bit of politics, as Gary Clement (Cartoon Arts) hits with one of the first cartoons to shift from war to cease-fire in the Middle East.I found it particularly interesting because I stumbled onto the press conference the White House scheduled with the President Biden and South Korean President Moon […]
From Poynter: May 21, 2021 Tribune Publishing said that hedge fund Alden Global Capital’s bid for the company, valued at $630 million, was approved Friday at a virtual shareholders meeting, as had been expected. The merger of Tribune’s nine metros with Alden’s MediaNews Group and its roughly 60 dailies, to be completed by June 30, […]
Last month John Rose celebrated being hired by King Features Syndicate to succeed Fred Lasswell as the cartoonist for the Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comic strip.But it wasn’t until May 21, 2001 that the first strip carrying the John Rose signature appeared.© King Feature SyndicateHappy Anniversary John! Another Twenty?
If mockery could solve our problems, we’d have no problems at all. And then the political cartoonists would all be out of business.I suppose this Rob Rogers piece won’t change the minds of the nincompoops who nod along with Rep. Andrew Clyde’s claim that the January 6 rioters were simply a group of peaceful tourists.But […]
Announcing the 2021 Davenport International Cartoon Contest! Anyone may enter the contest. Grand Prize: $750 * First: $500 * Second: $300 * Third: $200 * (5) People’s Choice: Ribbon The entry fee is $25.00 (US Dollars), for each cartoon entered. Subject: Contemporary political, economic and social ideas of interest; an “Editorial Cartoon.” Your entry must […]
Edison Lee (KFS) doesn’t say everything I’ve been thinking about this, but he says enough.One of the things popping up on my social media feed again lately has been calls for term limits.We’ve got term limits. They’re called “elections.”If they don’t work, the answer is in this comic strip, because Congressmembers spend way too much […]
I don’t remember the characters of The Wizard of Id and B.C. comic strips mingling except in promotional material like the above. That changed Monday.I liked this. There is an internal logic that a potion or incantation of the Wizard’s went wrong and he ended up where he did. Also both the characters meeting are […]