And isn’t that an enticing headline?Alex made me laugh but, as it often does, also made me ponder, which isn’t the same as making me think.That is, nothing cosmic, but, rather, a question of how much job-hunting and head-hunting happens over the phone these days?In 1999, when I was aching to get out of a […]
A letter in today’s Columbus Dispatch: “While I am sometimes puzzled or not amused by the humor in the comics pages of The Dispatch, on Tuesday I was both shocked and offended by Bianca Xunise’s Six Chix cartoon. In her drawing, a white woman with a shopping cart is standing next to a woman of […]
I’ve held this Mike Thompson piece longer than I like to, but I’m going to use it now because it illustrates, perhaps by what it isn’t, a factor in much of what’s going on.Which is to say that I like it because of its depiction of AOC’s cheerful, stress-free, total obliteration of a bullying caveman, […]
Famed comics publisher James Warren turns 90 today – born July 29, 1930.I guess technically he should be an Honorary Senior Stripper since Jim didn’t write or draw comics. But he certainly was a major supporter and influencer of comic books with his black and white magazines.During The Sixties and into The Seventies Jim was […]
On Monday the United States Postal Service issued a set of ‘Forever’ stamps paying tribute to Bugs Bunny on the occasion of his 80th (82nd?) anniversary.Not the first time Bugs was so honored. In 1997 Bugs was the first of a five year project putting Warner Bros. cartoon characters on United States postage stamps.But this […]
Back in our younger days we would enjoy the Where I’m Coming From comic strip in The Sunday Oakland Tribune by the younger still Barbara Brandon-Croft.So it brings a smile when Barbara is in the news. Today courtesy the Post News Group: Historically, Black cartoonists have never enjoyed the same representation as their white counterparts. […]
Jimmy Johnson celebrates 35 years of his Arlo and Janis comic strip by reproducing the very first strip as today’s issue:This week’s strip have been celebrating the anniversary, now he is extending the hoopla to his blog: The comic strip Arlo & Janis began life when it first appeared in newspapers 35 years ago today. […]
Kal Kallaugher captures the current situation, in which Dear Leader feigns bravery by boldly confronting a strawman to the applause of his followers.It does little good to argue whether his accusations are right or wrong or if they make any sense at all, because we’ve shot past the phase where Big Lies were challengeable.Now we’re […]
Smash Pages Q&A: Steenz The cartoonist who took over ‘Heart of the City’ this year discusses the comic strip process, her focus on the characters, her other projects and more.Smash Pages covers Steenz‘s career with the focus on her new gig as Heart of the City cartoonist.On getting the job:We started an audition process. I […]
It appears that the end of this month will also see the end of the Nest Heads comic strip.A Reed Brennan Customer Advisory note posted today: We have just been informed by Creators Syndicate that Nest Heads ends syndication with the 7/31 strip. If you have that comic on the page we layout for you, […]
The Coronavirus-delayed 2020 Reuben Awards Weekend now has a date: September 12. The ceremony will be an online presentation, where awards for 2019 creativity will be announced.From National Cartoonists Society President Jason Chatfield: The [Reubens] team have now figured out the complicated logistical and technical aspects of staging an online Reubens event and have settled […]
In his column today Daryl Cagle notes that newspaper editors are, on the whole, no longer picking cartoons that feature President Trump to run on their opinion pages. Trump appears in editorial cartoons more than any other president, or anything else, has ever appeared in cartoons before. Just as Trump dominates the news on TV […]
Jim Davis was born July 28, 1945.Creator of the most widely syndicated comic strip, the extremely popular Garfield.To celebrate here’s a few of the 70 Garfield book titles that Jim might find relatable: Jim made it all look…Wishing Jim All the Best on His Birthday!
I have a fascination with comics history, and a deep a appreciation of comics historians. My meager knowledge is buttressed by the writings of some great researchers. Following are a few of the wonderful teachers that inform us about comics past and present by way of some go-to blogs. American Newspaper Comics by Allan Holtz is […]
Based on Sunday’s Wallace the Brave, Will Henry is apparently the only cartoonist who knows that tin-can telephones require a taut line.He’s too young to remember when comic books were for kids (rather than perennial adolescents — we’ll get back to that) and used to have filler pages with jokes, riddles and craft projects, one […]