Paper’s Prohibition of Political Pogo
It is late October in The Year of Our Lord 1968, a Presidential Election year. The election is two weeks…
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CSotD: Knaves, Fools & the Servant of Two Masters
We’ll get to knaves and fools in a minute, but first a salute to unintentional genius, as The Brilliant Mind…
Going… Going… Sold!
Auctions featuring original comic and cartoon art and comic books. Occasionally a comic book collection of immense value goes public….
Cartoonists on a Scroll
Featuring Bianca Xunise, Chip Beck, Alan Hardman, Eli Valley, Patrick McDonnell, Herblock, Larry Todd, Matt Wuerker, Ann Telnaes, Michael Ramirez,…
CSotD: The Fourth Estate and the Fifth Column
I don’t know the lead time for Prickly City (AMS), but it’s been a very long time since Harris began…
Mahasen al-Khateeb – RIP
Palestinian artist/cartoonist Mahasen al-Khateeb died in an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia on October 18. She was 32. Mahasen was a…
Roz Chast Gets National Humanities Medal
President Joseph R. Biden presented the 2022 and 2023 National Humanities Medals, in conjunction with the National Medals of Arts,…
Wayback Whensday – Terry and Mary
Ninety years ago yesterday one of the greatest 1930s adventure strips debuted in the New York Daily News It would…
CSotD: The Actually Files
Pearls Before Swine (AMS) indulges in some theological speculation. It’s inappropriate to tell other people how to mourn, and while…
Cartoonists Top The Social Scale
Ripley’s Believe It or Not details the hierarchy of artists and Kieran Castaño shows, by drawing four claws, that cartoonists…
Russia Fakes Charlie Hebdo Cover To Smear Ukrainian Plan for Peace
Pro-Kremlin media outlets are circulating a fake cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in an effort to smear…
Aussie Senator Deletes Cartoon of Beheaded King Charles
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe is being criticized for a minute long tirade at King Charles who was seated after speaking…
CSotD: Tension and Contention
Brace yourself, Willie. Here comes a flood, and it’s not just special sauce. Granted, I posted a David Rowe version…
Steven Lait – From Editoons to Costco
Former editorial cartoonist Steven Lait got a couple paragraphs in a recent New York Times article about The Costco Connection,…
Missed: MAGA Memes and Momala Mimicry
There was a big cartooning event in Washington DC today I knew nothing about until it was over. The Institute…