Comic book writer and artist Jason LaTour features Andrews McMeel Syndication’s Shena Wolf on the latest episode of his podcast “The Drawl.” Among the subjects covered, Jason and Shena talk about Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Wallace the Brave, Breaking Cat News, the new version of Nancy and racism in older comics.Jason’s bio from his You […]
Talk about living in the past.The Red and Rover comic strip by Brian Basset began May 7 twenty years ago.Or maybe it was closer to fifty years ago. The first strip above establishes that cartoonist Brian is going through the past fondly with Red and Rover. The comic book Red buys off the stands is […]
“Half Full” cartoonist Maria Scrivan’s debut YA novel has hit the New York Times best-seller list. “Nat Enough” (Graphix/Scholastic) breaks into the “Graphic Books and Manga” list at No. 11 with the story of middle-schooler Natalie “Nat.” From the book’s amazon page:Natalie has never felt that she’s enough — athletic enough, stylish enough, or talented enough. […]
[O]n the funny pages of America’s newspapers … artists (and readers) wrestle with whether the comics should be an escape from the giant elephant in everyone’s living room, or a reflection of it.Reporter John Wilkens talks to some local comic strip cartoonists about the reality of the coronavirus:In the 35 years that Greg Evans has […]
So, since yesterday’s post, Dear Leader has changed directions, and the Task Force will no longer be disbanded at the end of this month and Dr. Fauci will be permitted to testify in front of Congress after all and Kevin Siers demonstrates how this flexibility has straightened things right out.It’s hard to comment on politics […]
Garfield is a cultural institution at this point, enjoying a level of fame for a comic strip character previously bestowed only on the likes of Charlie Brown or Snoopy. He’s been part of the world for so long, and in such a steady, easily understandable form, that he even gets under people’s skin. But despite […]
Jeff Koterba sets the mood today as America sorta kinda opens up again, maybe. This Patrick Chappatte cartoon was very well timed, because I didn’t feel like cooking last night and decided to toss a little money to my favorite Chinese restaurant.I didn’t intend to eat there; our restaurants are still closed except for take-out, though […]
On May 5, 1895 the first color Hogan’s Alley appeared in The Sunday New York World. May 5th is now recognized as National Cartoonists Day. above from Ohio State University above via John Wells above: the EC Comics bullpen by Marie Severin above by way of Allan Holtz’s Strippers Guide above from the National Cartoonists […]
Instead of pontificating for 1,000 words and ending with a video, I’m going to start with the video and then add the commentary.Matt Wuerker has been creating a series of videos on the topic of editorial cartooning, and this one is good, but struck several nerves.Check it out:Perhaps I should have said, “this one is […]
Barry Blitt of The New Yorker is the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning. Editorial Cartooning Barry Blitt, contributor, The New Yorker For work that skewers the personalities and policies emanating from the Trump White House with deceptively sweet watercolor style and seemingly gentle caricatures. (Moved into contention by the Board.) Finalists included: […]
Joe Wos, he of Mazetoons, was profiled in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday as Joe celebrates five years of his syndicated panel.“You want to do two things in life and in your career,” he said, perhaps unconsciously echoing his father’s advice from decades ago: “Feed your passion and feed your stomach. It’s hard to find something […]
When I got to Bado’s blog today, I thought, “Man, that was fast!”Turns out this wasn’t a quick response to Trump’s self-aggrandizing Fox interview at the Lincoln Memorial but an older cartoon which was part of the portfolio that won Serge Chapleau top honors among Canadian cartoonists. And then I saw that Morten Morland had reprinted […]
Canadian editorial cartoonist Yardley Jones joins the Senior Strippers club by celebrating his 90th birthday with friends on May 2, 2020. Former Journal cartoonist Yardley Jones and columnist Nick Lees mainly made faces at one another Saturday when Lees went to celebrate the 90th birthday of his friend Jones, now living in a west end […]
The western strip Rick O’Shay by Stan Lynde began in 1958. It first appeared on April 27, 1958 (below), taking over the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate spot occupied by Ferd Johnson’s Texas Slim Sunday strip which ended the week before; both being humorous cowboy strips.Ferd Johnson, who had been ghosting for Frank Willard’s Moon […]
Ann Telnaes salutes Press Freedom Day.And so do I:A lady asked Franklin: “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” Franklin replied: “A Republic, if you can keep it.” — Dr. James McHenry (for whom the fort was named)And a favorite quote from Jefferson:The basis of our governments being the opinion of the […]