After 13 years Matt Bors has decided to part from his syndicate.From Matt’s Twitter feed:Matt continues:Matt’s page at Tinyview. At Daily Kos.And no worries about him abandoning The Nib:Don’t know if Matt’s 13 year archive will remain at GoComics.
The blowback from the revelation of Russian bounties on American servicemembers continues, with a flood of cartoons on the topic. Glad it’s early in the week, because there’s also a flood of other topics cresting.I’m leading with Nick Anderson‘s because it not only riffs on the President’s arrogant assertion that his behavior doesn’t matter to […]
When you worked for Eisner and then when you got out of the service and worked for Stan Lee, were all of your colleagues obsessed with comics? Did you talk a lot about comics and the artists in the field. I think in the back of the minds of everybody who could draw straight figures […]
Cartoonist James Allen disclosed today that he will be leaving the Mark Trail comic strip.On his Adventures Group Facebook page James revealed: “Tis true – Mark Trail and I have parted ways. The strip will continue with a bit of a new direction! For the most part, I had a good time doing it, it […]
GoComics has announced that “new stuff” is coming from cartoonist Gary Larson.When The Far Side website premiered last Winter Fall there were hints that Gary would not only present the old cartoons but also publish new creations. It seems that will be the case in July.As for what the “new stuff” will be and how […]
Our leadoff today is Jack Ohman‘s take, which is so stark, simple and provocative that it might — might — get through to some of the Deplorables.It could, at least, pry a few more of the semi-faithful away from Dear Leader, as the news spreads that we knew about a Russian offer of bounties on […]
The Society of Professional Journalists has announced that Clay Bennett and Alexander Hunter are the recipients of the 2019 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism in the Editorial Cartooning category. Editorial Cartooning (Newspaper Circulation 100,001+, Affiliated Website, National Magazine) Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press View online: Link 1 • Link 2 • Link […]
Cartoonist and social media maven (he’s been retweeted by President Trump) Scott Adams has created a twitterstorm in responding to a tweet and claiming reverse racism. “I lost my TV show for being white when UPN decided it would focus on an African-American audience. That was the third job I lost for being white. The […]
Drawing cartoons on dicey political topics without being ugly just comes naturally, says Daniel, who was born in Richmond, Virginia. But he’s uncomfortable attributing it to piety, as some others do. “Faith is my foundation, but I never went into drawing a cartoon saying, ‘how’s that going to balance with my belief in Jesus?’ and […]
Warning: The following item deals with racial insensitivity and contains slurs that are offensive.The West Australian newspaper, located in Perth, reran a 1971 Modesty Blaise comic strip in its Monday, June 29, 2020 edition and is now taking heat for printing a strip that is seen as outrageously insensitive.From Pedestrian TV: The West Australian newspaper […]
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) and Lalo Alcaraz are conducting a virtual discussion tonight (6/29) entitled “Art is Power.” From the Facebook page for the event:WHAT: IMMI’ARTivism – a conversation about art imitating life with three influential artists and how their work relates to activism and social justice.WHO: Chicano Cartoonist, Lalo […]
The Charles M. Schulz Museum is hosting a July 27th virtual discussion with cartoonists on “how their work explores marginalized identities and self-discovery.” Participants include Maia Kobabe, Ajuan Mance, and Bishakh Som.Maia Kobabe: Kobabe’s autobiography, Gender Queer, is a 2020 ALA Alex Award winner and Stonewall-Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award Honor Book.Ajuan Mance: Mance is a professor of African […]
Clay Bennett proves that less is more with this simple statement of where we’re at.The Republican Party has decided their future lies not simply in ignoring the pandemic or even in denying it, but in weaponizing its spread as an article of libertarian purity.Which might benefit the country if they would simply stay amongst themselves, […]
Last night, while I lay thinking here,Some Whatifs crawled inside my earAnd pranced and partied all night longAnd sang their same old Whatif song:Whatif I flunk that test?Whatif green hair grows on my chest?Whatif nobody likes me?Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?…from A Light in the Attic When asked many years ago what he […]
Cartoonist Carl Granath has passed away.Carl Robert GranathSeptember 30, 1930 – May 28, 2020 From the obituary: He was in demand as a writer, art director and voice talent during his long career with major advertising agencies in Chicago but hated watching commercials. He was an animator and cartoonist who grew up idolizing Walt Disney and […]