This is the second installment of an exciting new feature called “Three Word Answer” here on The Daily Cartoonist where we’ll ask a cartoonist 20 questions. We politely request that they answer each of the questions in three words (or fewer). But of the 20 questions, the cartoonist may chose three questions (of the 20 […]
Starting with a cheat: This is yesterday’s Brewster Rockit, but I’m featuring it today because it contains an important factor, which is defiant accuracy.The pop-culture-overused-cliche-quote is “Houston, we have a problem,” but that’s not what he said, which matters for two reasons.One is that no test pilot — and that’s what astronauts were in those […]
After nearly 55 years Bob Weber is taking weekends off. The last Sunday Moose and Molly appeared April 5, 2020.The first Moose and Molly Sunday strip appeared September 26, 1965 (below).The strip itself debuted on September 20, 1965 as ” Moose.” above: the first Moose comic strip starring “Moose Buttons”Mark Johnson tells us it was […]
Doug Turnbull, For the Atlanta Journal Constitution:As the years pass — now there have been six — since 95.5 WSB traffic-reporting legend Captain Herb Emory’s tragic death, the remembrances of his life are as poignant as the memories during his philanthropic, larger-than-most-of-ours life. Certain phone calls and messages received still materialize in the brain with the […]
Easter Games People Play Breaking Cat News and Thatababy both have activities for kids of all ages. 33 Eggs!! The first thing I thought when Dagwood suggested a melted cheese meal: Then I came upon today’s Sally Forth…and thought of Noel Sickles taking over Scorchy Smith.Like Sickles and Terry, Jim Keefe is too good to fake […]
An Easter to remember, and Signe Wilkinson sets the stage.The people, I would note, appear to be getting a bit grumpy.We were all willing to pull together for a couple of days, even a couple of weeks, but that sense of national purpose seems to wearing a bit thin, as we’ve reached the point where […]
Cartoonist Bill Nellor has passed away. William L. (Bill) Nellor September 12, 1923 – April 8, 2020advertising agency artist, director, owner cartoonistFrom the obituary:… he had an ongoing comic series in the Press Democrat called the “Funny Fizzles” which were all based on real life patented inventions that never made it to production. Quite humorous. […]
Well, since Mike brought up Bakersfield…Bakersfield Californian Executive Editor Christine L. Peterson received a question about why the coronavirus pandemic is curiously missing from most of the current comic strips.On another note — because it’s all about the comics — why are all but “Over the Hedge” void of coronavirus quarantine mention? “Pearls Before Swine” […]
Strip cartoonists have been at some pains to remind us that they work several weeks in advance and we shouldn’t take offense if, in the current crisis, a comic strip seems in dubious taste.However, there’s also the random chance that a strip will inadvertently provoke more thought than intended, and today’s Buckets coincides nicely with […]
Publishers Weekly has released their list of 2019’s best selling children’s books.[Publishers Weekly] lists are based on print unit sales at outlets that report to NPD Bookscan, which tracks approximately 85% of the print market. Here we compile the books that sold more than 100,000 copies in four categories: Hardcover Frontlist, Paperback Frontlist, Hardcover Backlist, […]
Ben offers a relatively gentle gag, but it jibes with a conversation I had at the park with another dog owner the other day (keeping six feet apart, yes).I’m a great-grandfather, which required starting the process in my 20s, such that, when the boys and I got down on the floor to play, I was […]
Famed caricaturist and comic artist Mort Drucker has passed away.Morris (Mort) Drucker March 22, 1929 – April 8, 2020Master caricaturist, illustrator, and comic artist Across Facebook and Twitter are notes of sadness.From The Berndt Toast Gang:There are many things in life we hope not to have to do and this is one of them. The incomparable […]
Announcement of the Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, traditionally released on the third Monday of April, has been delayed two weeks.The Pulitzer Prize Board has decided to postpone the 2020 award winners’ announcement. Originally scheduled for Monday, April 20, 2020, the Prizes in Journalism, Books, Drama and Music now will be announced on Monday, May […]
Kevin Siers bids an affectionate farewell to the Sanders campaign, with a cartoon that evokes dreaming the impossible dream but also Dr. Johnson’s compliment of the novel:Was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim’s Progress?You could find elements of […]
As some of you may have noticed, the popular political comic strip Mallard Fillmore has had a sudden change of art style in the past month or so, with a new signature present in place of Bruce Tinsley’s. Well today we pull the curtain on that mystery! Meet Loren Fishman, the man in charge of filling Bruce’s […]