With First Amendment Essay and Editorial Cartoon Contest young winners; half a billion views for animated feature K Pop Demon Hunters; Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra on the cover of the 2026 New Yorker wall calendar; Scott Adams waiting for his “come to Jesus” moment; and praise for a retiring cartoonist Walt Handelsman.2025 WNAF Editorial […]

Jennings introduces today’s theme with what should be an obvious point, though perhaps it takes someone from outside the US (He’s British) to ask the question: Why all the surprise?To be fair, this is how history works. There have been all sorts of dubious figures who have come to power, but nobody who suddenly, like […]

Author, historian and biographer Michael Schumacher has passed away. Michael James Schumacher May 22, 1950 – December 29, 2025From the obituary: Michael was an accomplished author having published numerous articles in local and national magazines, newspapers, and publications. Michael had the opportunity to interview many national figures, artists, authors, politicians, and athletes over his career. […]

13 months ago Liniers delighted us with a weeklong adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Jabberwocky.” I expect to be as thoroughly enamored with his adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “A Dream Within a Dream” this week in Macanudo.Guest CreatorsDeeper in 2024 we saw the retro-stylings of Howie Noel as he drew the adventures of Dick Tracy […]

The Comic Art Museum in Brussels features an exhibit called “The nature of Wauter Mannaert” featuring the work of Wauter Mannaert. From the exhibit website: Enter the universe of Flemish comic book author Wauter Mannaert: a world where ancient myths are crossed with today’s problems, where the city really begins to live and the personal […]

Belgian cartoonist Descheemaeker has been busy and his page at Cartoon Movement is worth visiting to see his commentaries on the invasion of Venezuela. I particularly like this piece, first of all for the artistry, but also because “Pirates of the Caribbean” is an example of cultural hegemony, in that the phrase would not come […]

Have added Diamond Lil to our 2025 list of Departures and Rubes to the 2025 Deviations list. Diamond Lil has been in rerun status since the September 29 dailies and the October 12, Sundays.As for Rubes – In Spring of 2025 the panel went new for Monday Tuesday Wednesday and rerun for Thursday Friday Saturday […]

Walt Handelsman retired from editorial cartooning at the end of last year. He then compounded that affront by having the temerity not to do the traditional farewell cartoon. Despite those sins we celebrate Walt’s worthy career which began in the very late 70s and early 1980s when he returned to the Baltimore area after college […]

I said yesterday that I assumed cartoonists would leap to their drawing boards over the US strike into Venezuela and they didn’t disappoint, though their newspapers and syndicates didn’t match their pace. Nearly everything I found came from social media. But today’s headline, “The First 24,” relates to time. I have nearly 24 graphic responses […]

Editor & Publisher reports “Hoffmann Media seizes control at Lee Enterprises:” Lee Enterprises [link added] has entered a new era of financial and board leadership following a $50 million equity investment led by Hoffmann Media — a move that restructures governance, slashes borrowing costs, and signals aggressive plans for transformation. David Hoffmann, principal of Hoffmann […]

A month ago we noted some of the early editorial cartooning awards programs opening the window to submit your work for consideration – National Newspaper Awards, Overseas Press Club, RFK Human Rights, and Sigma Delta Chi. The deadlines for those are still in the future (though National Newspaper Award just barely). Now we have The […]

UPDATE: Things in Caracas changed quickly since this was written, but that hasn’t changed anything here. I assume cartoonists will leap to their drawing boards and we’ll catch up tomorrow.Another New Year’s cartoon as we get back to business, and Turner offers a menu of places where we could use a little hope in the […]

We were anticipating Caroline Cash taking over the Nancy comic strip for a few months before her New Year’s Day debut, unanticipated was Jonathan Lemon‘s takeover on that same New Year’s Day of Thatababy. Unexpected by those of us not paying close attention anyway.Thatababy by Jonathan Lemon – January 1, 2026 When The Daily Cartoonist […]

Was distracted by some other projects lately and fell behind on opining and reporting comic strip news.New Year New ArtCaroline Cash took on the Nancy comic strip on Thursday January 1, 2026 and in showing Nancy through the ages, or artists if you prefer, nailed her opening show.An Old Year’s Day AnniversaryDecember 31, 2025 marked […]

A random collection of cartoons and reactions today: Eddie, being a little kid, has an idealistic view of things and expects all the hoopla about the new year to mean that something is new. His mom has seen more years come and go, but at least remembers younger days.I’ve been seeing things online saying that […]