Existential Comics gave me a laugh this morning when most quasi-political attempts at humor have failed, and I suspect this one was in the works before last week’s upheaval anyway.We read “Das Kapital” in college, but I don’t remember much about Marx’s personal life. On the other hand, I have encountered this monomoniacal True Believer […]
Today is the last Half Full panel to be distributed by Tribune Content Agency, tomorrow, January 12, 2021, Maria Scrivan‘s panel will come from Andrews McMeel Syndication. Andrews McMeel has issued a press release:© Maria ScrivanMaria started Half Full as a webcomic appearing at the GoComics site on September 16, 2013. Before 2013 was over the […]
Mike Marland (Ind) asks the questions I’d also like an answer to.The least of them, I would say, is in the bottom left-hand corner: “Why are you so hateful, gullible and in many cases, so downright stupid?”It’s not an interesting question, because it’s about a factor we should have known about all along. The interesting […]
Smokey Bear, the anthropomorphic symbol of the United States Forest Service, was created during World War Two. Not long after that conflict ended Smokey was appearing in one column panel cartoons as public service announcements illustrated by Harry Rossoll.These advisories would run at least into the 1970s. For a few years during that run a […]
Leading off with a graphic summary by Graeme Bandeira (Yorkshire Post).A slight criticism: I think the caption detracts from the impact, but, then again, viewing us from across the Atlantic likely makes our willingness to execute people seem part and parcel of an uncivilized character. Paul Thomas (Daily Mail) being perhaps a bit more direct in […]
The Wenatchee (Wash.) World has slashed their comic strip content by half.Publisher Sean Flaherty is “excited” about the “improvements”: Changes are coming to some of our regular features beginning today, with this Saturday, Jan. 9 Weekend Wenatchee World. I am excited that many of these changes will be improvements to the content we are providing. […]
Twitter and Facebook has taken down one of the most voracious supporters of President Trump – cartoonist Ben Garrison.And not long after that Twitter action came Facebook.The final straw seems to be his cartoon released after Wednesday’s attack on The Capitol:Ben protested on his Parler account that he had included the word “peaceful” in the […]
I’ll admit to spending a fair amount of time going through my memories, which is okay because I’ve got a fair amount of them, both significant and very, very trivial.This Bizarro (KFS) sparked one of the latter.My freshman year phys ed instructor in college was one of those profs who sets himself as the universal […]
Cartoonist and illustrator W. B. Park has passed away. William Bryan (W.B.) Park June 12, 1936 – January 2, 2021author, journalist, illustrator, cartoonistFrom the obituary:Bill was a well-known international cartoonist, writer and illustrator. He opened his Park-Art Studio in Orlando in 1963. He had over 60 cartoons published in The New Yorker magazine, and his […]
Oliphant, 85, is calm and good-humored. Over the course of his career, he resisted making friends with politicians and his non-nonchalance is still evident. A resident of Santa Fe since 2004, Oliphant retired six years ago because of his deteriorating eyesight. In 1964, Oliphant accepted a job with The Denver Post. Within three years, he […]
Some articles about the past history of cartooning.In Search of … Tony BarlowThis little tale begins, as so many do on the Spill, with an inadvertent discovery. While thumbing through the The New Yorker War Cartoons (Special Edition For the Armed Services, published 1945), I noticed, amidst familiar work … a cartoonist’s name I realized […]
It’s Friday, but we’ll do funnies tomorrow. I’m actually hoping to go back to a random mix, with days of humor interspersed with days of politics and no particular pattern. It used to be like that here.Which brings to mind this graphic the Onion ran in the wake of 9/11, when they finally rang down […]
Sometimes, when you work six weeks ahead, a note has to be issued.Go to the Stephan Pastis Twitter feed to read the thread. Jimmy Delach
A number of comic strips debuted on January 7.1900 (not the first strip) 1929© Dille Co. 1929© ERB Inc. 1934© King Features Syndicate 1990© Baby Blues Bros. 1991© Lincoln Peirce
The National Cartoonists Society has begun its annual call for entries for consideration for the NCS Divisional Reuben Awards recognizing excellence in professional cartooning. As always, you DO NOT have to be a member of the NCS to have your work considered for a divisional award. All that is required is that the work be […]