The Corvallis Gazette-Times reports: Cartoonist, writer and teacher Lynda Barry has been honored with Oregon State University’s Stone Award for literary achievement. Barry will be honored on campus on April 29, 2021, with a possible virtual appearance possible. The Stone Award comes with a cash prize of $20,000. Previous winners have included Colson Whitehead (last […]
Screenwriter, gag writer, humorist, author Gerald Gardner has passed away. Gerald Clifford Gardner July 22*, 1929 – October 11, 2020 *the IMDb has June 15, 1929 as birthdateThe notice of death from The Monkees Film and TV Vault Facebook page:From his son Lindsey Gardner – Gerald Clifford Gardner, legendary screenwriter … died peacefully yesterday evening […]
Ann Telnaes, Barry Blitt and Pia Guerra discuss editorial cartooning with NPR’s Scott Simon virtually at 5:00 – 6:30 (CT) tonight (Oct. 13). Registration is free but required.Click here for more details.
It’s becoming difficult to know friends from foes these days, and this Lisa Benson panel came through on a recent Counterpoint email asWhile Chris Britt‘s piece in the same email was categorized aswhich might signal a very good development, if cartoonists on both sides of the spectrum have decided that our next election should be decided […]
With print news receding, online sources proliferating (and become more partisan), and digital tools opening new aesthetic horizons, what is happening to this form of visual commentary, once the shared experience of every reader with a newspaper and a cup of coffee? In this virtual symposium, prominent artists representing different generations and regions of the […]
R. O. (Bob) Blechman, a master of animation and illustration, celebrated his 90th birthday on October 1, 2020. Whether on animation cels or as ink on paper Blechmans lines are instantly recognizable (and much imitated).Steven Heller, at Print, joins in the celebration of his friend. above: covers for The New Yorker and StoryFrom 2009 is […]
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher will the guest of honor this Saturday (Oct. 17) at the Crystal Moll Gallery in Baltimore. He’ll be signing copies of his book “Daggers Drawn” and featured in a Facebook Live event for all who would like to attend.The Moll Gallery will also be exhibiting and selling original KAL artwork.About KAL (from […]
Tank McNamara (AMS) dips a toe into troubled waters this morning, with the joking suggestion that an NFL team that has finally abandoned its offensive name might consider a politically correct but absurdly clumsy one instead.By which I mean that I can’t imagine sportscasters saying “The Indigenous People” in place of the still awkward but […]
Famed cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller was struggling until he took over Larry Whittington’s Fritzi Ritz in 1925. That led to a comfortable living, made much more comfortable when he introduced Nancy to the world in 1933. If any comic is mentioned about Ernie’s pre-Fritzi career it his Mac the Manager. But there were a few other […]
As reported elsewhere here, Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles has announced his retirement, effective at the end of the month.And, as this 1987 cartoon — scanned from a clipped, yellowed copy — indicates, I’ve been a Tom Toles fan for a long time.Back in them thar days, I was 37, with kids about to enter […]
It’s not often I find myself agreeing with Steve Kelley (Creators), but I sure like this one.Now, let’s not start planning a wedding or anything: I suspect his opinion is tinged with an urge to defend Mike Pence against foolish criticism, while mine is more of an urge to defend political cartooning against foolishness in […]
“He is one of the all-time great cartoonists because he makes the craft integral to the entire endeavor look so easy, even enjoyable,” the theoretician and practitioner of comics, Ivan Brunetti, writes in the introduction to an upcoming collection of Gross’s work, “Gross Exaggerations: The Meshuga Comic Strips of Milt Gross.”The New Yorker previews a […]
I don’t necessarily like “Ain’t it the truth?” comics, because they tend to harp on worn-out topics that haven’t been the truth for a long time, or at least, have stopped being innovative and funny.The archetypal “Ain’t it the truth?” jokes start with “And what about airline food?” which might still be funny if airlines […]
Forget Cherry, now Jules Rivera is the woman in charge of Mark Trail. I was contacted by editors who follow my comic on social media. Once I learned about Mark Trail, I saw there was a huge opportunity in this for me and my skill sets: art, science, and drawing dudes punch each other in […]
above: Tom Toles for The Spectrum April 28, 1969 and for The Washington Post April 28, 2019Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt has announced that Tom Toles will be retiring with November 1, 2020 being his last contribution to The Post. From WaPo media reporter Paul Farhi:As of this writing Tom has not yet […]