The co-owners of The Missourian have apologized for a Tom Stiglich editorial cartoon that appeared in the June 10, 2020 edition.The apology, titled “We Are Sorry,” was posted on the paper’s website: A message from Susan Miller Warden and Jeanne Miller Wood, co-owners of The Missourian: On behalf of all of our employees at The […]
The Spokesman-Review in Spokane (Wash.) is hosting a conversation with Stephan Pastis as a part of their virtual Northwest Passages Book Club tomorrow (June 11th) at 2:00 (PT)/4:00 (CT)/5:00 (ET).From their site:In addition to his collection “Pearls Go to Hollywood” being released this past spring, Disney+ began streaming a movie version of Pastis’ children’s book […]
Long time and prolific comic artist Frank Bolle has passed away.Frank W. BolleJune 23, 1924 – May 12, 2020From the 1940s to the 1980s Frank’s comic book contributions were hard to miss, and during that time he also illustrated books and magazines. Not to mention a comic strip career that ran from the 1950s to […]
(Kevin Siers)(Clay Jones)Here is a Juxtaposition that might have been two panels of the same cartoon: “Defund the Police” is a lousy slogan that plays into Republican hands.It’s a great idea, to shift funding in order to ease the burden on police and let them focus on actual law enforcement while other public institutions take […]
Comics Kingdom has lost some of Zane Grey’s “King of the Royal Mounted” Vintage strips. We found’em. Comics Kingdom will resume with the Dec 31, 1944 strip.And they accidentally re-ran yesterday’s Vintage Judge Parker from June 6, 1977. Here’s today’s:Carry on.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed a letter today taking the newspaper to task for its lack of diversity on their comics pages: There is no denying it: Ours is a racist society. One of my plans is to advocate for change related to the Post-Dispatch comic pages. They are mighty white. There is not a […]
Phil Hands‘ treatment of Black activists has placed him in penile peril.*caution: adult language below* Editorial cartoonist Phil Hands, the Wisconsin State Journal‘s purveyor of meaningfully crooked fingers and Leprechaun Paul Ryans, stuck himself into the debate over abolishing the police with a June 5 cartoon. It suggests Madison non-profit Freedom Inc.’s demands for justice […]
Over at Geoff Grogan’s “Blockhead” podcast is a two-part podcast with “Stone Soup’s” Jan Eliot. Part One interview starts at the 17:15 mark.From the “Blockhead” site:Episode 42: This fall will mark 25 years in syndication for Jan Eliot’s warm and funny comic strip, “Stone Soup”, about two working-mom sisters living life and raising families just […]
Tom Tomorrow takes a crack at getting all the issues into one package. It’s a noble shot at moral accounting, adding up all the insults to logic and decency.But, at the same time, it’s also potentially a case of baffling the public with a storm of accusations: As a daily feature, Dan Perkins could have presented […]
Let’s start with a fast approaching deadline. Details at Locheraward.orgFrom the AAEC: CARTOON CONTEST UPDATE: The deadline for the John Locher Award has been extended to July 15th, 2020. Due to cancellations of this year’s convention season, the winner will be invited to attend the next available conference. Click here for complete details: http://locheraward.org Also […]
As Ron McGeary reminds us, it was 20 years ago today that the great Jeff MacNelly left us. Jeff is acclaimed as one of the finest editorial cartoonists of all time. Praise proven by his winning three Pulitzer Prizes in the years from 1972 to 1985; and winning two Reuben Awards during those years. (For 1978 […]
Long-time readers have seen this 28-year-old Jack Ohman cartoon before; it’s one of my favorites.It’s relevant today because, after a great deal of hemming and hawing and attempts to justify a truly bad decision, NYTimes Editorial Page Editor James Bennet has resigned.Or jumped or was pushed, after the NYTimes was lambasted for having given Tom […]
Rae The Doe, a comic strip by Olive Brinker, is joining the Comics Kingdom lineup beginning tomorrow, June 8, 2020.Comics Kingdom announced on Twitter that Rae the Doe will start appearing on their website on June 8:Comics Kingdom has a page that should go active late Sunday night,and there already is a spot on the […]
What did you want to do when you grew up? I was asked that question by a teacher when I was in the fifth grade. I had read the “Peanuts” 25th anniversary book (“Peanuts Jubilee”), which I’m looking at right now, and so I said, “A syndicated cartoonist.” I knew what I wanted to do. […]
Jeff Koterba trades his pencil and ink for pad and apple. For three years, artist Jeff Koterba’s new iPad and Apple pencil sat unused and unloved. “My son encouraged me to use it and I tried to, in fits and starts. I just could not get the hang of it,” said Koterba, who has been […]