Once upon a time, before the world wide web, probably before most of you were born, we got our news from print publications – that included comics news. The internet put an end to that. Not that I can complain too much as it is getting me a few bucks a week by way of […]
A little late getting to this. The 2026 King Features Syndicate Directory was released last month. The syndicated to newspapers panels and strips number 53, two less than last year. Missing are Tina’s Groove and Mara Llave-Keeper of Time. (Tina’s Groove will appear below as a digital comic.) No new comics added. Changes include the […]
I was going to do politics today, but all the day-late Kristi Noem cartoons are flooding the zone, so we’ll have humor instead. Keyes wanders lonely as a clod, his flag to April’s breeze unfurled, and this is the first morning I’ve had to turn off the space heater because it was getting too warm […]
With Alexis E. Fajardo, Randy Glasbergen, Amy Kurzweil, Mikke Stratton, Brian Fies, and Tom Toro. Kid Beowulf moves from GoComics to Patreon Kid Beowulf has finished running Book Four on GoComics and creator Alexis E. Fajardo has decided Book Five will be featured on his Patreon site rather than GoComics. Rachel DeSchepper interviews the cartoonist […]
I start off with disappointment. I have mentioned before that I am not a big fan of John MacPherson‘s comic art but I keep reading Close to Home because of his mostly hilarious gag writing. Today he failed me. Yes, comics “borrowing” from others is nothing new, but this is one of Johnny Hart’s most […]
Kristi Noem’s sudden fall from grace called for some quick reactions from cartoonists and I think they acquitted themselves well as a group. Not every take was brilliant, but several were quite good, particularly from a cold start. I’m sure there will be some others landing in the next day or two, but you snooze, […]
From Jo Lawson-Tancred at artnet: Computer scientist Stephen Thaler‘s lengthy legal battle to see his A.I.-generated artwork granted copyright was dealt yet another blow on Monday when the Supreme Court declined to review a decision made by the U.S. Copyright Office in 2022. The office ruled that without “human authorship,” the artwork was not eligible […]
Sports cartoonist, and caricaturist and editorial cartoonist, Eddie Germano has passed away. Edward Patrick (Eddie) Germano November 15, 1924 – February 27, 2026 From the obituary: Edward Patrick Germano, a longtime resident of Westwood, died Friday, Feb 27, at his home in Westwood, in his 102nd year. When he was 16 years old he earned […]
Perhaps one reason Dear Leader never went to Congress to ask for a declaration of war or at least a positive War Powers ruling is that, as Telnaes suggests, he hasn’t got a rationale for the war, or, at least, one he can explain and is willing to stick with.He has said it was to […]
You Make Me Dizzy Miss Tizzy Magazine cartoonist Kate Osann created the Tizzy comic panel for Collier’s in the 1950s. Mike Lynch and Dick Buchanan present a score of Kate Osann‘s “Tizzy” 1953 – 1956. Kate Osann was born in St. Louis and grew up in New York City where she graduated from Hunter College. […]
A new 52-page report documents a troubling rise in threats against cartoonists worldwide has been published. The report finds threats are extending beyond arrests, imprisonment and censorship to include legal harassment and prolonged court battles. It also raises awareness that these threats are not longer confined to authoritarian regimes but are increasing in free-speech friendly […]
Kim is losing her column and we’ll see where that leaves her. But her editor’s comment about not touching the comics is timely, because with Zits going into Mon-Sat reruns, our local paper is down to two current strips, Baby Blues and Pearls Before Swine. It also has six zombie strips and four reruns.Some zombies […]
In 2017 the Laurel comic strip by Brian Nelson graduated from The Worcester Telegram & Gazette weekly off-shoot TelegramTowns, where it had been appearing since mid-2010, to the pages of The Sunday Telegram & Gazette. The year before that Brian started Laurel as a webcomic.Notice I said started in 2009, not created. The Laurel character […]
This isn’t a Juxtaposition of the Day because it’s a Juxtaposition of 23 Years. Bramhall’s is current, Englehart’s ran back when we went into Iraq in 2003 with the same goal of stopping terror. Both cartoons comment on the foolishness of the effort, but Bramhall focuses on the president who blundered into a hopeless maze, […]
Jim McCloskey began his newspaper career on staff with The News-Virginian advertising department from 1986 to 1988. In 1989 he moved to The News Leader art department a few miles away where he began drawing editorial cartoons. In 2012 Jim moved to Mississippi and The Sun Herald for a couple years. “I thought that I […]