The Mountain Journal, a journalistic watchdog of The Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, has recently engaged artist John Potter as an editorial cartoonist.The former cartoonist and illustrator for The Billings Gazette will contribute a weekly cartoon dedicated to preserving “the wildest landscape in the Lower 48.” The feature began with a February 3, 2021 issue.John spent 20 […]
Henry Martin A little drawing appeared around Reunions in 1983. It showed a smiling tiger strolling into Murray-Dodge Hall to the new AA Haven, set up to support alumni during Princeton’s annual alcohol-laden bash. “It was just a little vignette, but it was lighthearted and it made the whole thing seem unthreatening. And thoroughly Princetonian,” […]
It’s been a tough week for people who enjoy competition.Sunday night, the Super Bowl, predicted to be a high-scoring gunfight, turned into a one-sided, boring affair, and then yesterday, the opening of Trump’s second impeachment trial did the same.Michael Ramirez (Creators) sums it up: Trump’s legal team barely showed up, opening with empty, pointless blathering […]
Bill Holbrook has a new graphic novel coming soon, so Hogan’s Alley sat down with Bill and his collaborator daughter Haviland to discuss how the original book, as opposed to comic strip reprints, came about. HA: Can you talk about the genesis of Dethany in “On the Fastrack? You’ve never struck me […]
Comics and cartoons are finding new life outside of the Sunday funnies. As the art form becomes more accessible from artists posting their work online, offering artistic and creative breaks in people’s feeds, Pittsburgh cartoon artist Joe Wos wants to teach anyone, regardless of age, how to get started drawing, too. Cartoonist Joe Wos will […]
There are some good cartoons on the impending impeachment trial, and we’ll start with Dan Wasserman (Tribune) because he sets the scene: It’s going to require at least 17 Republicans to vote guilty in order to convict.Watergate was different in that the actions being investigated were contained within the Executive and there was little Congressional […]
Sam Viviano has devised a wonderful project for the world.Next month (March 13) is Al Jaffee‘s 100th birthday and Sam has an idea that involves very little effort on our part:In normal times, we’d throw a huge party, and invite all fifty billion of Al’s closest friends to attend. Unfortunately, this is not a normal […]
Underground comix creator S. Clay Wilson has passed away. Steven Clay (S. Clay) Wilson July 25, 1941 – February 7, 2021cartoonist, artistLorraine let the world know of the sad news today: S. Clay Wilson 7/25/1941 – 2/7/2021. He’s gone. At 4pm yesterday. I sat next to him all day yesterday, telling him stories…one of arriving […]
Jen Sorenson, new President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, introduces herself to the membership. Dear colleagues, I’m not sure how it happened, but it seems I am now somehow president of this organization. Between the pandemic, a tough economy, the ongoing collapse of the newspaper industry, a violent insurrection, and a war on […]
According to Michael Ramirez (Creators), the fact that Marjorie Taylor Greene lost her committee assignments means that declaring an anti-semitic belief in space lasers, thinking that mass murders of school children were staged and advocating the assassination of legislators is “nutty.”And equally as “nutty” as believing that people who work two jobs should be able […]
The Right Wing Media Research Center was apoplectic over a recent NBC Today show where Left Wing hosts praised Garry Trudeau and his Doonesbury comic strip. After [Al Roker] noted some newspapers placed Doonesbury on the editorial page, [Harry] Smith added: “And sometimes when the subject was particularly volatile, these papers would just black out […]
UpcomingAn Evening with Gene Luen Yang Thursday, March 11, 2021 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. MTJoin the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program for an evening with Gene Luen Yang, the bestselling writer and artist behind American Born Chinese, Boxers & Saints, the Avatar: the Last Airbender comics, and many other iconic works. © Gene Luen YangBestselling […]
Clay Bennett (CTFP)‘s latest inspires a couple of reactions.One is to take it at face value, because it does feel that we’ve put a lot of bad vibes and hard feelings behind us. I’ve said before that I don’t expect a lot from Joe Biden, but a simple Jerry-Ford-like chance to exhale is good enough […]
Who?Now let’s get up-to-date. Last week:Bringing us to February 7, 2021 and #500.From June 5, 2011 – the first strip:© Chester Lauck, Jr. & Donnie PitchfordIf you don’t subscribe to The Mena Star, which runs the weekly strip, you will find Lum and Abner at Webtoons where the latest episodes can be read along with […]
I realize it’s Super Bowl Eve and we’ll get into that later, but it’s also the 11th anniversary of the start of this blog, which, as you see, began with a favorite strip and a single sentence inviting people to enjoy it.Comic Strip of the Day has evolved quite a bit since then, but the […]