On Geoff Grogan’s latest “Blockhead” podcast, he interviews “Dennis the Menace” cartoonist Marcus Hamilton.From the site:“Dennis the Menace” takes over “Blockhead”! The wonderful Marcus Hamilton, daily cartoonist of “Dennis the Menace”, is here to talk about Dennis, the Mitchells, Mr. & Mrs. Wilson, his career as a top-notch illustrator in the 1970s and how a […]
John Cole on the digital divide, which has been a factor in education for a good 25 or 30 years but is now in sharper focus as schools shift to distance learning.For those who came in late, the “digital divide” refers to kids who are at a disadvantage because their classmates have computers and Internet […]
Gary Larson’s The Far Side and Alex Norris’ Webcomic Name sites have each been nominated for Best Humor Website as part of the 24th Annual Webby Awards.Other (non-cartoon) nominees are Ellentube (Ellen DeGeneres) Funny or Die Avenue 5: Juddspace Faux Tourism Microsite (HBO) Voting for The 24th Webby Awards is open through May 7, 2020. […]
In the opening pages, Derf is 10 years old on April 30, 1970, clutching a MAD magazine in the passenger seat of his mom’s car. She drives along a road lined with National Guard soldiers, whose bayonets are fixed, ready to put down a wildcat Teamsters strike.In a couple days those troops Derf saw in […]
Today at 3:00 (ET) Indigo Bookstores out of Canada will be holding a live Instagram conversation with cartoonist/author Terri Libenson.From Terri’s Facebook page:Today! 3 PM EST! Instagram Live chat with Indigo about BRIANNA and the Emmie & Friends series. Bonus! You can turn it into a drinking game any time you catch me touching my […]
I’m leading off today with this Ann Telnaes piece for two reasons.One is that I like it and that she’s right: The president’s claims that he didn’t know have been further undermined by facts, specifically a revelation that he ignores his Presidential Daily Briefings.The PDBs warned of the virus and tracked its spread for months […]
Rick Kirkman (Baby Blues) and NCS President, Ginger Meggs’ cartoonist and Covid-19 sufferer Jason Chatfield are proposing to the NCS membership and all cartoonists to include symbols within their comics as a tip of the hat/thank you for everyone working to help control the Covid-19 pandemic.Here’s Jason’s entire letter:Calling all cartoonists, including editorial cartoonists! We […]
From Courthouse News Service:PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) – Decades of efforts, including billions of dollars spent, to prevent the extinction of 13 species of Columbia River salmon and steelhead were stymied by the resurgence of gregarious mammals who themselves returned from the brink. Now, a new plan backed by Native American tribes and three states would […]
In today’s Art & Design section, The New York Times talks with six syndicated cartoonist about their approach to using Covid-19 in their work.Reporter Gavin Edwards spoke with Mark Tatulli, Ray Billingsley, Bill Hinds, Tony Carrillo, Lalo Alcaraz and Stephan Pastis.From the piece:Unlike internet cartoonists, who can respond immediately to current events, creators of daily newspaper […]
Signe Wilkinson offers commentary on Joe Biden’s current silence, which reminds me of an old piece of cowboy wisdom, “Never miss a good chance to shut up.”As her cartoon suggests, Trump’s nonsensical comments about disinfectants and his general mishandling of the Covid-19 issue are doing more for Biden’s chances than anything Joe could be doing […]
The Chic Young Estate is offering, via Nate D. Sanders, over 80 early Blondie comic strips and some of the toppers associated with it. The strips range from 1931, the second year of the strip, to 1951.This is some comic strip history! During these years Blondie became the most widely syndicated comic strip. (Blondie would […]
Bill Bramhall offers a devastatingly accurate appraisal of our current situation, as our president seemingly competes with himself to see what foolishness he can come up with next.It is as if he were trying to gauge the loyalty of his Deplorables by seeing how clear he can make his incapacity before they finally break away.Over […]
Today we say goodbye to Mark Tatulli’s Heart of the City: Tomorrow we welcome the Steenz Heart of the City: Not quite ‘All-New” as proclaimed in the headline. Oh, the style and gags will be different, but Heart will remain the star.Over on Twitter cartoonist Steenz tells us how she adapted to the Heart comic strip and […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominees for this year’s The Reuben.Congratulations to the 2019 NCS Cartoonist Of The Year nominees for the 74th Annual NCS Reuben Awards! Lynda Barry Terri Libenson Hilary B. Price Mark Tatulli Raina TelgemeierCongratulations to all!Earlier this month the NCS sent out the ballots to their members; details for awarding […]
Kevin Siers marks a promising moment: President Trump declared that the Washington Post and CNN had misquoted CDC Director Robert Redfield and called up on him for backup.And Redfield said they had quoted him accurately.Apparently, there are people in the Trump circle who will choose the welfare of the public over loyalty to the president. […]