Yeah, let’s start with Flash Gordon flashing forward to his skivvies. © King Features SyndicateBased on the August 26, 1934 paper doll by Alex Raymond. Fun and Games When I saw these this morning I thought, “That art is outside the norm for these strips.” (Well, that last one not so much.) But can you […]
Michael de Adder (Lincoln Project) provides a ridiculous look at a ridiculous effort, and he’s not the first cartoonist to invoke the “clown car” analogy in the current storm of preposterous appeals against mathematics, logic and law.But I like his use of state flags, because, while the drawing itself is silly, what isn’t funny is […]
Dan Spiegle was born 100 years ago today (and passed on in 2017) © William Boyd Ent.(?)Dan Spiegle was born on December 12, 1920. He got his start on the Hopalong Cassidy comic strip. After that he went on to a very productive career as a comic book artist. An attempt at a sea-faring comic […]
Oddly enough, I had just been thinking about the term “grasping at straws” before I saw this Ed Hall (Ind) cartoon.Technically, the straws should be floating on the surface, the expression meaning that a drowning man will look for even the most futile support, but I like Hall’s shower of useless efforts and it certainly […]
The Best Comics of 2020 Heart © AMS; Six Chix © KFS; Nancy © UFSPop culture site Nerdist has picked The Best Comics of 2020. The list is mostly graphic novels and floppy comic books, but a few comic strips make the list.Heart of the City by Steenz … Steenz’s gorgeous redesigns and sweet humor […]
From The Federalist: Google-owned YouTube shut down Dilbert Comic strip creator Scott Adams on Friday, stripping a video off the platform from the podcaster’s channel without warning. The Federalist posts the notice from Scott’s Twitter feed where it is currrent the “pinned” tweet. Real Coffee with Scott Adams is the cartoonist’s YouTube channel, where all […]
Timing Is Everything Dept. — Man, I wish I’d had today’s Non Sequitur (AMS) yesterday when I was defending Dylan’s decision to sell his catalog rather than administer it himself. Wiley penned this well before the announcement, but he does sum it up nicely. Arlo, in Arlo & Janis (AMS), frequently reflects on age, and this […]
Some historical essays from the past week. William Gropper: Social Justice Cartoonist GROPPER, who was contributing to other radical magazines (like The Rebel Worker, The Morning Freiheit, and The Revolutionary Age) as well as mainstream magazines (The Bookman, The Dial, and Frank Harris’ New Pearson’s Magazine), married his second wife in 1924, and the two […]
Yes, Jim Keefe is the artist of the Sally Forth comic strip, but he was (1996-2003), and occasionally still is, the writer/artist of Flash Gordon. Sally Forth and Flash Gordon © King Features SyndicateWith King Features Syndicate bringing back Flash Gordon as a limited edition Sunday webcomic Edgar, for KFS, talked to Jim about his […]
Comic artist and illustrator Richard Corben has passed away. Richard Vance Corben October 1, 1940 – December 2, 2020 Dona Corben revealed Richard’s passing on the Corben Studios Facebook page:It is with great sorrow and loss that I must share the sad news that Richard Corben died Dec 2, 2020 following heart surgery. He will be […]
From The Daily Voice: A cartoonist famous for his work in the “New Yorker,” has been arrested in the Hudson Valley for alleged possession of a sexual performance by a child. Dutchess County resident Daniel (Danny) P. Shanahan, 64, of Rhinebeck, was arrested by New York State Police on Wednesday, Dec. 9, and charged with […]
A Finnish horse is among the new characters residing in the comic pages of the Johnson Newspaper Corp. In October, Johnson Newspaper Corp., which publishes the Watertown Daily Times and other publications, announced that due to an impasse over fees with King Features, owned by Hearst, it would discontinue content from the syndication service. That […]
John Cole (Times-Tribune) bemoans Bob Dylan’s decision to sell his catalog to Universal Music, and his worry that meaningful songs will become meaningless jingles isn’t off the mark.Still, Dylan is 79 and I can understand if he feels he should get his affairs in order. I guess his choices were to set up a corporation […]
For some reason I have a few stories relating to animation in the queue.A Charlie Brown Christmas at 55 Multiple generations of kids will agree that it doesn’t really begin to look a lot like Christmas until A Charlie Brown Christmas graces the airwaves. Premiering 55 years ago on Dec. 9, 1965, the beloved animated […]
A potpourri of cartoons today, but I’ll start with this commentary by Ann Telnaes (WashPost) on the latest, and perhaps shortest, rejection of yet another Trump lawsuit.The justices declined to hear the case with no more explanation than it merited:The application for injunctive relief presented to Justice Alito and by him referred to the Court […]