A common newspaper tactic is to “tryout” a few comic strips to get the reaction of its readers. That strategy is being used by The Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune to add an editorial cartoonist to their roster: You’re noticing some changes on these pages. Rather than the Lewiston Tribune’s traditional political cartoonists — Mike Luckovich of […]
September 20, 1920 saw two debuts.Winnie Winkle by Martin Branner first appeared on this date in 1920.Tom Heintjes and the HoganMag Twitter are showing the first daily strips here and here.So here’s the first Winnie Winkle Sunday (April 2, 1922) featuring new cast member Perry.Below is the last Winnie Winkle strip from July 28, 1996. The […]
The giant shadow cast by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, as Michael de Adder puts it, hangs over political commentary at the moment and seems likely to be a major factor in the upcoming elections, both at the Presidential and Senate levels, to which I would add that, while the House doesn’t have a role in selecting […]
Cartoonist Pat Byrnes has joined the cast of CagleCartoons. Says Daryl: I’m happy to write that we have just added a great new cartoonist to our CagleCartoons.com newspaper syndication package! Pat Byrnes is best known as a regular for The New Yorker – he’s drawn gag panels for all the major magazines and is an […]
Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial CartoonsReminder that there are only 10 days left to enter into the running forThe National Press Foundation’s Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award. The Berryman Award is open to U.S.-based editorial cartoonists for work that exhibits power to influence public opinion, plus good drawing and […]
It has been nearly a year since Bruce Tinsley has created new Mallard Fillmore comic strips. After going with reruns, Bruce and King Features signed Loren Fishman as temporary guest cartoonist.But it seems that very soon Bruce will return to his comic creation.The last time Bruce’s Mallard Fillmore appeared with Tinsley’s signature and a current […]
Let Us ReviewObituary cartoons are often cloying, unimaginative and sometimes foolishly off-target, but they are also a necessary way to help a cartoonist’s community mourn.Sometimes, however, they rise above, and Thomas Nast’s piece mourning the death of James Garfield is an example: The Statue of Liberty was so new as to not yet figure in […]
Editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba has been laid off by The Omaha World-Herald.Jeff let us know today via his Twitter feed: It is with deep and profound sadness that I must tell you that today, after over 31 years of drawing daily cartoons for my beloved hometown newspaper, The Omaha-World-Herald, my job was eliminated due to […]
When the Jewish Week ended its print edition earlier this year, the weekly Everything’s Relative comic strip by Jordan B. Gorfinkel (aka “Gorf”) that had run there since 1996 was left without a home. That has changed as Jewish Link started printing the comic beginning September 10, 2020.Jewish Link co-publisher Moshe Kinderlehrer introduces the strip […]
Our friends over at Ohio State University Bill Ireland Library & Museum are hosting a three-round virtual Comics Trivia evening on October 2nd.You are required to register to participate.From the CXC site:The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum challenges you to a three-round game of comics trivia! We’ll start out with some Comics 101 questions, […]
This week’s story arc in Betty has them contemplating the collection of snow globes they’ve accumulated in their travels, with the central question being “Why on earth did we accumulate all these snow globes?”Apparently, they weren’t being ironic, though snow globes from tacky gift shops might be an interesting thing to collect. And by “interesting” […]
Joe Kubert is an acknowledged master of the comic arts,but here Mark Avila appreciates him as the greatest teacher of the comic arts. The Society of Illustrators has organized ways for you to enjoy the Museum and our programming online! This includes exhibits, panels, podcasts, and children’s activities. Explore our #MuseumFromHome through our new virtual platform.The […]
Alex adds a caution to the cheerful notion of leaving the city to telecommute from rural splendor.Which isn’t happening.But, then again, is.That first article is based on the logic that just because people are looking at houses on realtor.com and Zillow, it doesn’t mean they’re actually bidding and buying and serious.The second article involved actually […]
Cartoonist Art Sansom was born 100 years ago on September 16, 1920.Twenty-five years after his birth Art Samsom would join the NEA art staff, an organization with which he would spend the rest of his life. In 1948 Art would be picked to continue the weekly Peggy comic strip for the syndicate.Yes. Art started his […]
In 2014 Thomas Yeates, the artist of the Prince Valiant comic strip, began the practice of including title panels to remedy some artistic problems with the layout of the strip. These title panels, which change as the next adventure begins, are exclusive to the Sunday sections that print the strip (a practice I heartily endorse). […]