Join cartoonist, G.B. Trudeau, celebrating the release of “DBURY@50” with fellow contributor, David Stanford on P&P Live!Wednesday, November 18, 2020 – 6 p.m. (eastern) https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/pp-live-gb-trudeau-dbury50-in-conversation-david-stanford  G. B. Trudeau has been drawing his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic strip for fifty years.David Stanford since1995 has served as Duty Officer of Doonesbury.com.Click here to register for the Live! Event.

Flash Gordon is back!Flash Gordon © King Features SyndicateFrom the King Features Syndicate blog: FLASH FORWARD ORIGINAL COMIC ANTHOLOGY Launching on Sunday, November 15, this all-new, original comic strip anthology project features 40 world-renowned artists and illustrators, each telling the story of Flash Gordon through their own unique lens. Talent includes Tana Ford (LaGuardia, Livewire, Black Panther), Jim […]

Among the special projects coming from King Features isMOTION COMIC SHORTS SERIES – FLASH GORDON: A MINUTE TO SAVE THE WORLD Flash Gordon: A Minute to Save the World, the first-ever Flash Gordon motion comic series, is making its world debut at the Fathom Events theatrical screening on November 15 when the first five 60-second […]

original November 7 post:The Eighth Annual Guest Jumbler Week begin November 16, 2020.   (h/t Darryl H)Jumble © Tribune Content AgencyCan you guess the guest cartoonists?   updated November 16:Above is the November 16, 2020 Guest Jumble featuring Joe Wos.Here is the full week of 2020 Guest Jumblers:Monday (11/16): Joe Wos (Mazetoons)Tuesday (11/17): Russell Myers (Broom-Hilda)Wednesday […]

As regular readers surely realize, I much admire Clay Bennett (CTFP)‘s work, and I surely wish I thought he had this one right.But his rosy optimism seems misplaced.There’s this much: Once Joe Biden takes his place in the White House, we will have a large and encouraging change in the tone of leadership, and that, […]

Happy 100th Wayne Thiebaud! © Wayne ThiebaudYeah, we celebrated it a month ago but we were dazed and confused. For some reason, though our notebook said November, we honored Wayne in October. Got it right now. The Cavelton Mayoral Election is Over Judge Parker © North America Syndicate (KFS)NPR interviews Toni Bowen speechwriter Francesco Marciuliano about […]

So apparently Trump is bookending Photoshopped pictures of an inaugural crowd that never showed up with Photoshopped pictures of a million protesters who likewise and ain’t that appropriate and while it doesn’t quite close out the fiasco, it’s a good reason to stop obsessing and have some fun.Not that this precludes political cartoons. It just […]

Disasters marked 1937:The Hindenburg Disaster Neville Chamberlain became the Prime Minister of the UK Amelia Earhart Disappeared Japan Invaded China Hitler Notes His Lebensraum PlansAnd, in November of 1937, Li’l Abner MUST return to Dogpatch.November 13:  November 15:  November 15 (cont’d): November 16: November 19: And so starts the Sadie Hawkins tradition, held this weekend […]

Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for November 2020 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea.  Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: Pockets Full of Pie (Vol. 7)  So Embarrassing  Gross Exaggerations: The Meshuga Comic Strips of Milt […]

(Historical note: When Gen. Stark said “Live free or die, boys. Death is not the worst of evils,” he was calling for sacrifice, not selfishness.) Stuart Carlson (AMS) offers about as clear a picture of the status quo as you’re apt to find, granted that I only blog once a day and Dear Leader’s moods can […]

Artist and underground comix cartoonist David Geiser has passed away. David Montague Geiser June 28, 1947 – October 14, 2020  From the obituary:A prolific artist, his work from the underground comics early in his career to recent drawings such as “Snail Ridin’ the Mouse” and “Dog Boy (a Young Cynic)” reflect his not only his […]

I recently realized how much the tumult of the past four years has caused me to focus on politics rather than funnies, so much so that I had to set aside Friday Funnies as an escape.I’m hoping — when we’ve finally won the War of the Presidential Succession — to go back to a greater […]

Recent (and not-so-recent) articles on comic and cartoon history.God’s Man, A Novel in Woodcuts by Lynn WardThis is “Gods’ Man,” a 1929 black-and-white wordless novel that tells a Faustian tale of ambition, love, greed and death. It’s by the illustrator and woodcut artist Lynd Ward. It is widely regarded as the first American book of […]

Carlo Goldoni found the prospect of a fool serving two masters hilarious; Matthew was less impressed with the notion. And at the moment, cartoonists seem to be falling on both sides of the matter, torn between farce and outrage.For my part, I was tempted to leave the whole thing to resolve itself and run an […]

It seems that before famed comedian Steve Martin teamed up with famed cartoonist Harry Bliss last year, Steve had earlier been writing gags for a cartoonist.No, this is not about his 2007 collaboration with Roz Chast.At Inkspill Michael Maslin pulls a line from today’s New York Times interview with Steve Martin (or read it here […]