Editorial and sports cartoonist and sports reporter Tom Bone has passed away. William Thomas (Tom) Bone III September 11, 1954 – October 20, 2025From the obituary: William Thomas (Tom) Bone III, cartoonist and writer, died on October 20, 2025 at Roanoke Memorial Carilion Hospital in Roanoke, Va. He graduated from Union High School in 1972, […]
From rubbercat (“the world’s #1 Simpsons fansite”) In The News: [A]t San Diego Comic-Con, Simpsons producers announced the opening segment of this Halloween’s annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode will be guest animated by The Onion‘s legendary editorial cartoonist Stan Kelly. A recent South Park episode making fun of President Trump caused a quite a stir, […]
Sorensen sets today’s mood, and I’d say she sets the agenda, but I’m not sure we’ll get to all this in a single day. But she captures the sense of everything being not just out of control but insanely so. Things are so beyond logic and expectations that it’s hard to know where to start.That […]
KAL on “Cartoonists Under Siege” Profs and Pints DC will feature an evening with Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher. Profs and Pints DC presents: “Cartoonists Under Siege,” on the rich history and uncertain future of political cartooning, with Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Economist, former artist in residence at the University of Maryland, Baltimore […]
Staten Island Advance editorial cartoonist, reporter and columnist Tom Flannagan has passed away.Thomas R. (Tom) Flannagan March 31, 1932 – October 19, 2025From the obituary: After graduating from Curtis High School, he completed correspondence courses with the Famous Artists School and Cartoonerama in pursuit of his passion for illustration. He joined the Advance as a […]
Today’s Bliss brought about a flashback. The kids were about 3 and 7 and we’d all been East to visit my family. This was before computerization and reserving your seats ahead of time, and somehow the airline broke up our party into three and one.We explained to someone or other that this wasn’t going to […]
With Cathy by Cathy Guisewite; a Dick Tracy Halloween and cosplay; the quasquicentennial anniversary of The Weatherbird; a peek at the future of funnies and coming cartoonists; Dean Haspiel’s Comix Block comic strip section; and a brand new Gary Larson The Far Side paying tribute to Jane Goodall!“It was born out of that confusion” Timed […]
After a two year absence from the Southern California newspaper Steve Breen is once more appearing in The San Diego Union-Tribune where he had been the staff cartoonist for 22 years.In the Summer of 2023 Steve Breen left The Union-Tribune after it was taken over by Alden Capital. Later that same year he signed with […]
I went to a costume party Saturday and a demonstration broke out.And, in case you thought “One riot, one Ranger” was a law-enforcement philosophy confined to Texas, it seems to apply in Vermont as well. We had an estimated 5,000 people turn out, which is not bad for a town of 10,713, though there were […]
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, in Sonoma County north of San Francisco and the hometown to the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, is asking readers for advice on adding two comic strips: The Press Democrat is excited to announce that we will be moving to a new print press in early November. The […]
We’ve been showcasing some Australian cartoonists lately. Last week Friday, which is something like next week Tuesday in Down Under time, we celebrated the three Walkley Award finalists for Cartoon of the Year. Then this past weekend we reported on David Rowe and the other winners and honorees from the ACA’s Stanley Awards. Today we’re […]
European Cartoon Award has announced their long list of 30 cartoonists who are in the running for their annual award to “honor the most provocative, insightful, and impactful cartoons of the year.” The contest received over 400 entries from 30 different countries. They will announce the short list prior to their annual ECA Cartoons Day that […]
A good day to clean out the files, since the No Kings rallies are over and we’re just sweeping up the rest of our crises. Mondays are always a little quiet, since most political cartoonists seem to take Sunday off, but Ramirez had this puzzler to offer.He seems to think, near as I can tell, […]
News stuff about old stuff and vice versa. Harvey Kurtzman MAD Logo Illustration Original ArtHeritage Auctions is previewing a coming item they will be putting up for bid: When Harvey Kurtzman created this MAD logo art for the new magazine format that started with issue #24 [link added], he gave visual form to the comic’s […]
Featuring Crabgrass, Pogo, The Saga of Brann Bjornson, Macanudo, Blondie, Broom-Hilda, Garfield, Mark Trail, Cornered, Shrimp & Grits, and more, including Flash Gordon and Ming the Merciless!Batty SquirrelsThe second row of today’s two-tiered Crabgrass introduced new characters who I would like to see return. Matt, the unseen Jeff, Pam, and the unnamed Pam’s husband should […]