Last year Quinton Reviews gave us an introduction to pre-Garfield Jim Davis. Earlier this year he spent some vacation time delving deeper into Davis’s Comics From the Unknown. So here is more about Gnorm Gnat, and Jon, and even some Jim Davis high school cartooning. Hey, there’s even some Garfield! Watch The Origin of Jim […]
Over at Latin Heat Entertainment, they’re profiling (in a good way) cartoonist and animation writer/producer/consultant Lalo Alcaraz.From the piece:At this point in his career, Alcaraz has come full circle, from a child who watched cartoons on television wanting to see Latinos on television, to helping create television shows with positive Latino characters and storylines. Twitter: @laloalcaraz
I’m kind of sorry I used up Stephen Dedalus’s line from “Ulysses,” “History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake” in a headline a few weeks ago, because here’s Matt Wuerker painting Uncle Sam as a reluctant dreamer awakening to a new reality.Then again, Joyce seems to have been above the awakening […]
Where do you get your ideas?How does the idea become a cartoon? It often begins with a headline or a quote from a news story — like recently, when a protester said that marching for human rights is “just as essential as going to the grocery store.” That quote became the spark for one of […]
Local newspapers are perfect prey for Vulture Funds. In the face of layoffs, the coronavirus, and private equity firms like Alden Capital trying to strip it for parts, the news industry is on the verge of collapse. Hasan showcases the important work of local newspapers and why we need them now more than ever. Patriot […]
(RJ Matson)(Nick Anderson)Matson and Anderson use two popular elements of Dear Leader’s West Point speech to note the impact of his slipping polls. (Ed Hall) (Steve Sack)Hall and Sack skip the metaphor and simply point out the way the shoe is suddenly on the other foot, as Trump becomes vulnerable to the same schoolyard bullying he has […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for June 2020 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. DC Goes to WarBig Nate Stays ClassyScary Godmother OmnibusSpeed Bump: A 25th Anniversary CollectionThe Tea Dragon Society (paperback)Jake the Fake Keeps His CoolTails of Tottering […]
A rash of newspapers are being taken to task by their readers for printing cartoons that are objectionable to some. The Roxboro Courier-Times is the latest to sever ties with a cartoonist over an editorial cartoon the newspaper freely chose to publish.We have decided to cut ties with the editorial cartoonist who provided the offensive […]
On June 11 the Florence Morning News editor chose and published a controversial Gary McCoy editorial cartoon.After receiving negative feedback the newspaper apologized two days later: The Morning News erred badly in its choice for a syndicated editorial cartoon that was published Thursday on the Opinion page. The cartoon was in extremely poor taste and […]
Happy Birthday Frank Thorne, born June 16, 1930! Stroud: You’ve done syndicated strip work on Perry Mason. How did that come about? Thorne: I was 20 years old and walked in to King Features with my samples, they gave me the Perry Mason Daily and Sunday. Stroud: Was it a good gig? A strip seemed to be the […]
Steve Sack gets the lead-off today because he nailed the target amid a forest of lukewarm rainbows.It’s all well and good to draw a rainbow flag or show the Supreme Court building or the nation or whatever swathed in rainbows, but Sack makes two critical points:First, by using Justice hugging that rainbow flag, he emphasizes […]
John Pritchett and Arnie Bernudez are now doing political cartoons, both for digital platforms.In Hawai’i John Pritchett has returned, after a six year absence, to Honolulu Civil Beat.From Civil Beat’s intro for John: Editor’s note: Longtime Hawaii political cartoonist John Pritchett returns to Civil Beat this week. John has created thousands of cartoons and illustrations […]
Jan Eliot has announced the end of her Stone Soup comic strip: Dear gentle readers… For those of you who saw this Sunday’s strip, I know you can see that I have decided to retire Stone Soup. I can’t imagine turning the strip, which is so personal to me, over to anyone else, and my […]
The Gray Lady profiles the retiring Al Jaffee.From reporter George Gene Gustines‘ piece:The latest edition of the smart-alecky bible (MAD Magazine) of Boomer humor, billed as the “Special All Jaffee Issue” and available Tuesday, is filled with reprinted and previously unpublished work by or about Mr. Jaffee, the creator of two signature features in the […]
Coming up later this week, multidimensional cartoonists Ed Steckley and Jason Chatfield will be “webinar-ing” on the Internet at noon (PT) on Thursday.From Wacom’s site:Join New York based cartoonists and illustrators, Jason Chatfield and Ed Steckley, as they share their illustration chops and wonderful sense of humor. Jason and Ed will delight you with their […]