Cartooning from across the ocean, Irish Times wag Martyn Turner sets the stage for today’s posting and tonight’s rally.The inverted red triangles — signs of neo-Nazi sympathy that recently got some Trump Facebook postings banned — are a nice touch.The T-shirt reading “White Lives Matter Most” is also relevant, particularly in light of the way […]
Last year Viacom bought Garfield. Now…Garfield.com is no longer an active destination.Visitors to the website will be directed to the Nickelodeon and GoComics websites.Garfield.com via The Wayback Machine.
Uncle Ben. Aunt Jemima. Eskimo Pie. Tayo Fatunla goes there with his recent Our Roots.When the images on the products are eventually changed, I will miss the smiling and inviting faces that made people of all races buy them. From an artist’s point of view, the images have been selling the products. I will not […]
The Hollywood TV/Film industry news site Deadline is reporting that Nickelodeon has won a bidding war for Phoebe and Her Unicorn for a “multi-platform franchise across an TV animated series, movies and more.”From Deadline:Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment are partnering with Bridget McMeel of Andrews McMeel Entertainment to produce Phoebe and Her Unicorn content. Lee brought the […]
I woke up this morning and discovered that the new horror on social media was that, while small-business owners were describing their experiences during the lockdown, Dear Leader was goofing on his phone and paying no attention.Which you can see here but is it really that much of a shock?Granted we didn’t have smartphones back […]
Cartoon editor and humor and gag writer Phil Hirsch has passed away. Philip (Phil) Hirsch August 18, 1926 – January 20, 2020Pyramid Books vice president/editor/writerFrom the Jewish Exponent notice of death:Philip Hirsch, 93 of Voorhees, NJ, passed away on 1/2/20 in Voorhees. Philip was born in Bronx, NY to Clara and Leo Hirsch on 8/18/26. […]
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 […]