On the sixth anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo tragedy Jack Reilly takes a look at the state of editorial cartooning. But in truth, political cartooning is in decline—and not simply because of the dramatic (and very real) threats posed by religious fanatics. Many nominally democratic political regimes practice de facto censorship in regard to material […]
The weekly Alexandria Times, based just a few miles from Capitol Hill, has decided it will no longer print editorial cartoons about national issues: The start of a new year brings new beginnings. Individuals make resolutions. Companies plan ahead. Changes are made… There are exciting new beginnings at the Times as well. The most immediately […]
I was almost tempted to simply post Marco De Angelis (Cartoon Movement)‘s cartoon and leave it at that.But I can’t demand cartoonists step up if I fail to.Cartoonists faced a challenge yesterday. The riots called for a quick response and the quick response was “stunned,” which is not an answer. The standard was set by — […]
Michael Jantze is rearranging the set up of his strips at GoComics.Michael’s announcement came from his The Norm 4.0 page:It may have something to do with The Norm Classics having three times the followers of The Norm 4.0.In other Jantze news is a new web panel from Michael.Studio Jantze debuted on the first of the […]
Take Your Daughter to Work Week in Hootin’ Holler © King Features SyndicateJohn Rose and Sarah Rose, inspired by the joint effort on their Popeye’s Cartoon Club contribution, have teamed up for a week of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith:…when I recently created the character of Spark Plug’s cute young grandson, Li’l Sparky, Tea and […]
Lalo Alcaraz (AMS) takes a leap of faith, given that Ossoff/Perdue remains too close to call as I write this and so was hardly a sure thing when he was creating this one.Of course, it can be argued that Warnock’s win and the closeness of this race is, in itself, enough to trouble, if not […]
Cartoonist and caricaturist Dick Kulpa has passed away. Richard Allen (Dick) Kulpa January 12, 1953 – January 3, 2020 Family and friends of Dick Kulpa are reporting his death.… a few days ago when a hospital visit about one thing turned into a deadly diagnosis of stage 4 cancer. Dick found a battle he couldn’t survive.From […]
Pros and Cons (KFS) has the funniest commentary on Trump’s phone call today, except that it’s not, having been drawn I dunno how long ago and Kieran Meehan not being, AFAIK, psychic.But I’m giving him credit for the laugh anyway, if only by default.We covered the phone call yesterday and if you’re going to chime […]
That young man above illustrated the 1929 Warren Harding High School Yearbook.Alex Jay presents all those yearbook illustrations from that young artist.Oh, and here is a later self-portrait of the cartoonist with his most famous creation:
David Rowe (Financial Review) offers a somewhat enigmatic response to yesterday’s release of the tape in which Dear Leader solicited a crime or suborned perjury or attempted to extort Georgia’s Secretary of State or whathaveyou.It is a tangled web, but, as he notes, it’s only one in a collection of damaging recordings that should have […]
The first new comic strip for 2021 is Mt. Pleasant by Rick McKee and Kent Sligh. Tribune Content Agency is pleased to announce the addition of comic strip Mt. Pleasant to its product line of premium content. Created by Pluggers cartoonist Rick McKee and comedy writer Kent Sligh, Mt. Pleasant will be available, daily or […]
I couldn’t decide where to start this morning until I had settled on the headline, at which point it made sense to start here: Put up or shut up, Steve Kelley (Creators.)Show your evidence of fraud and illegality. Seriously. Do it.While you’re at it, explain why experienced attorneys and professional politicians who wanted to challenge […]
Beginning the week of January 3, 2020 editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson will move the distribution of his syndicated work from the blowhard city’s Washington Post Writers Group to the windy city’s Tribune Content Agency. Pulitzer Prize winner Nick Anderson joins Tribune Content Agency’s Editorial Cartoon Service in January 2021. Anderson joins an esteemed collection of […]
As of January 1, 2021 most everything from 1925 entered public domain status. While that Duke University links focuses on some lesser works, we will turn our attention to more important literature that is now available after the Walt Disney Extension.Among the more well-known comics that started in 1925, and whose first year is now […]
If Ionesco or Becket were writing “The Comic Strip That Has A Finale Every Day,” this Frazz (AMS) would be the one to endlessly cycle, it being more absurd than dadaesque.Or, at least, it would become absurd if you simply kept cycling it. As it is, it speaks for the prevailing mood, which is that […]