“In response to the Beinecke Library’s invitation to describe the work he is currently pursuing, Garry Trudeau—cartoonist, writer, and creator of ‘Doonesbury’—described the challenges of creating a ‘Complete Digital Doonesbury’ featuring some 15,000 comic strips in honor of the 50th anniversary of the beloved strip. In the process, Garry’s editor David Stanford identified what he […]
Couldn’t decide whether to start or end with Scott Stantis‘ take, but I don’t suppose it much matters.Martin Niemöller is often quoted, though generally in a kind of philosophical, theoretical manner.First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and […]
I guess Scott Adams believes in the old bromide “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.”From Scott’s Twitter feed:The Pop Times article (which cannot be linked to at this time) is, if I am understanding things, a repost of a three week old article from Meaww of July 1. The uproar is (was?) the result […]
There’s a whole lot of mental insufficiency out there, and this Clay Bennett cartoon was filed well before Chris Wallace’s astonishing, dismaying interview with the president (transcript here, video clips everywhere).The Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test is neither an IQ test nor a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory but basically a quick 10-minute test to see if […]
While I have personal reasons for caring about Joe Sacco’s “Paying the Land”, I don’t think they interfere with my saying that this is a stunning, important piece of work.In it, he travels to Canada’s NWT to report on the Dene people and the impact on them of the modern world and, specifically, the fracking […]
So there’s this Counterpoint site where, being fair and* balanced, they present first-run editorial cartoons, in equal measure, from the left side and from the right side of politics. For example here’s the recent cartoon by Scott Stantis, one of their conservative cartoonists:It is fair to say Scott is not enamored with the Republican choice […]
(Dave Granlund)(Tom Toles)(Clay Bennett)They don’t often cooperate like this.Dave Granlund offers a rejoinder to the conservative cartoonists who have accused Biden of refusing to come out and fight, and … … here are the torpedoes.There’s always been a kind of suspicion that submarines weren’t sporting.Before that, there was a suspicion that sharpshooters weren’t sporting — Nelson […]
Steve Bell joined The Guardian in 1981, next year the paper won’t renew the cartoonist’s contract. From The Jewish Chronicle: The controversial Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell is to leave the Guardian after 40 years with the newspaper. Mr Bell – who has repeatedly faced claims that some of his drawings where antisemitic and racist – […]
John Deering gets the Fortuitous Timing of the Month Award for dropping this Strange Brew from a distance of several weeks and having it land just as Rush Limbaugh was holding up the Donner Party as a model for how we all have to deal with Covid-19.To which I would add that, when you’re getting […]
The Associated Press is reporting that Darrin Bell and Henry Holt & Company have signed an agreement for two books by the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist.The first book, “The Talk,” will be published next year. Holt is calling it “a graphic memoir written as a deeply personal meditation on “the talk” Black parents must have with […]
above from Half Full by Maria ScrivanBelow are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2020 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. BREAKING LINES $5.00 plus $1.50 p&h. Canada $2.00 p&h to Ken Alvine, 1608 S. Dakota Ave., […]
Yesterday, I predicted that the memes about Ivanka’s Goya ad would come faster than the cartoons. I was wrong, and, while some were better than others, I was impressed with the rapidity with which the professional commentaries appeared.I don’t think that’s a trade-off. My experience is that the cartoonists who drift in a few days […]
John Rose introduced the interview at the Comics Kingdom blog: John Rose, cartoonist for King Features Barney Google And Snuffy Smith comic strip was recently interviewed by Buddy Roberts, the Special Projects Editor for Consolidated Publishing in Alabama. Roberts interviewed Rose for an article in the My Home Town section of The Daily Home newspaper […]
Intrepid Washington Post reporter Michael Cavna talks to cartoonist Garry Trudeau about the release of his third Trump-themed Doonesbury book.From Cavna’s piece:“There has been never the slightest danger of running out of inspiration — Trump serves up a banquet of lies, obfuscation and cruelty almost daily,” says Trudeau, whose new material runs every Sunday. “Steve […]
Ivanka Trump is out to destroy political cartoonists, though Pat Bagley is willing to rise to the job of bailing water with a pitchfork.Ivanka’s first move was to accept a job promoting the idea that, if you are unemployed, what you should do to solve your problem is get a job.And, if you don’t like […]