The Vancouver Sun recently talked to cartoonist Lynn Johnston about her “retirement.” Q: For Better or For Worse still runs in about 1,600 newspapers worldwide. Do you oversee the reprints? A: Yes. We have to do some editing. We have to put helmets on the skiers, we have to put seatbelts on people in cars, […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for June 2021 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. Scoop Scuttle and His Pals Charlie Brown’s America review Squiggles by Sharon Coping Skills by John Cuneo It’s Life as I See […]
The Big Three Comic Syndicates have released a joint statement on the Pulitzer Board’s decision to not award a Prize for the Editorial Cartooning category in 2021. June 16, 2021: Statement Regarding Pulitzer Committee’s Decision on 2020 Editorial Cartooning Award A joint statement from Andrews McMeel Syndication, King Features and Creators Syndicate: Andrews McMeel Syndication, King […]
There are a lot of things I don’t understand, but this Non Sequitur (AMS) brings up the most fascinating, at least at the moment.I kind of understand that, since we went off the gold standard, we’ve moved into an element of currency in which we all have to agree upon the value of a $20 […]
Ruben Bolling was at his daughter’s high school graduation ceremony in Manhattan when he got word. Out in Santa Fe, Marty Two Bulls Sr. was driving to get coffee when his Instagram alerts poured in. And in Southern California, Lalo Alcaraz was preparing for a Zoom meeting at his Hollywood job when he got a […]
Virgil Partch’s Big George panel began on May 23, 1960.It last ran 30 years and one week ago on June 8, 1991:hat tip to Charles Brubaker for the last Big George panelThat last panel appeared nearly seven years after Vip’s death, Partch being one of very few cartoonists who worked so far ahead in case […]
Dave Granlund posted this, appropriately, on Flag Day, which meant I’d already filed by the time I saw it. But it applies throughout the year, so here it is on Day After Flag Day.There is no law against wearing apparel that looks like the flag, according to the American Legion, as long as it wasn’t […]
Reed Brennan has notified newspapers carrying the Mutts comic strip: Attention MUTTS Clients: MUTTS creator Patrick McDonnell will be on a six-month sabbatical to collaborate with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on a special project beginning on Monday, July 5, 2021, and continuing through January 1, 2022. During this time, classic favorites specially selected by […]
The Society of Professional Journalists announced the recipients of the 2020 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism on Saturday, among them are awards for editorial cartoons created in 2020. Matt Davies won for newspapers with a circulation of 100,000+ (Newsday).Judges statement: Davies makes his point with a whisper rather than a shout and thus […]
Rob Rogers (Counterpoint) went there, and it’s courageous and effective. But how many people know where he went?Again, it’s that darned median age: Half of Americans are under 38, and it’s been 66 years since 14-year-old Emmett Till was murdered for (allegedly) insulting a white woman.His lynching was one of the major catalysts for the […]
These days Red Ryder is less known for the comic strip than for the BB Gun. Even the upcoming Rodeo, now in its 71st year, is more famous than the comic.© Red Ryder Enterprises, Inc Comic strip (and comic book) writer Stan Lee was honored with a NYC street. © R. L. CrabbSpeaking of streets – […]
Play Ball!© Peanuts WorldwideConcurrent with today’s Peanuts rerun is a similar Heritage Auctions drawing by Charles Schulz, currently going for $5,000.00 with four days left. Ted and Sally and Arlo and Janis © King Features SyndicateToday’s Sally Forth makes me think it would have been a completely different strip if the scene was taking place in Arlo […]
Since DDDegg has done an excellent mop-up of the Pulitzer fiasco, I’m going purely for comedy today, leading off with this Super-Fun-Comix-Pak (AMS) strip, by Ken Fisher or Ruben Bolling or somebody.Irving Kristol — Bill’s dad — defined a neoconservative as a liberal who got mugged, and now Bolling certainly understands what it’s like to […]
Mike Peterson has weighed in with his and a few others opinions, but the outrage is large and justifiable.The major slight is to the nominated cartoonists of course, and we’ll return to them in a moment. But let’s not forget the affront shown to this year’s jury.Two Pulitzer Prize-winning Cartoonists, two Editorial Page Editors, and […]
Well, I stand by yesterday’s post, and I’m glad that it — and JP Trostle’s “epic rant” — got said before Columbia University and their Pulitzer Committee delivered that stunning mean-girl snub because otherwise it might sound like sour grapes.As I wrote thenThe Pulitzers do reward good work. But they’re still just plaques, and the […]