There’s not a lot going on over on the editorial side. Statues of Liberty being knelt upon, but not much new insight.But politics have leaked over onto the funny pages, so we’ll look there.First:Will no one rid me of this troublesome website?This Nick Anderson cartoon was taken down at the Red Bubble site at the […]
No Counterpoint over at Twitter. Also no explanation. The comics group was suspended, apparently for violating “the Twitter Rules.”Which you can read here, but which won’t explain what happened.UPDATE: The account has been restored but, as of 7 pm EST, now has only 96 followers. It had previously had some 10,000.Go give’em some love.
Agnes started this week with a joke so funny it doesn’t look to be surpassed. Agnes and Trout routines are laugh out loud funny (and your mileage will not vary). Meanwhile… The Phantom has foolishly entered The Forbidden Forest where he is trippin’ (and naked).Well, not totally naked; after all there is just so skinny The […]
I’m giving JD Crowe top billing because less is more and he kept it plain, but managed to sweep in what happened and why it matters.He didn’t swap in the Statue of Liberty or the Statue of Justice or otherwise adorn a scene that speaks for itself, nor did he ask an obvious rhetorical question […]
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is standing up to the Trump re-election campaign’s removal of a Nick Anderson cartoon from the online marketplace RedBubble.From the CBLDF site:On May 18, the Daily Kos reported that Redbubble removed products featuring Anderson’s cartoon “The Trump Cult,” based on allegations of trademark infringement from Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. The […]
With the country slowly reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic one very important organization has decided to return to an active status: Popeye’s Cartoon Club.Popeye and Comics Kingdom are announcing that beginning Thursday May 28 Popeye’s Cartoon Club will return with a series of Randy Milholland comic strips. From Popeye’s Twitter account: @PopeyeTweetsk‘s Cartoon Club […]
The administrators of the annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival have decided that for 2020 the show will be online instead of a physical grouping. Following is the CXC statement:Cartoon Crossroads Columbus has decided that all CXC 2020 events cannot continue in their regular format, due to uncertainty about how to best protect the health and […]
Editor’s Note: I’m going to begin floating what has been the “Friday Funnies,” which this week falls on Wednesday. I’d like to schedule two set installments a week, but given a seven-day week, it’s impossible to get more than two days separation on both ends and the locker doesn’t always refill that quickly. So you’ll […]
The New Looney Tunes Cartoons will be released with the premiere of HBO Max on May 27. HBO Max has released a full episode prior to the debut. From SlashFilm: A full episode of Looney Tunes cartoons runs somewhere between 11-12 minutes long, comprised of two shorts that run between four and seven minutes, as […]
After 40 years of cartooning Gary Brookins has decided to retire from deadlines.Gary announced his plans on April 1st when Rick McKee‘s first Pluggers panel showed up:You may notice a different signature on the cartoon today, and no, it’s not an April Fools joke … I’m in the process of retiring from cartooning. This has […]
This began slowly and so I didn’t take notes and then it went nuts and, well, the best I can do is show you where it seems to be now.As far as I know, it began with this Michael de Adder cartoon …… and the New York Times’ decision to run a full page of […]
Illustrator and editorial cartoonist Sandy Huffaker has passed away. Calvin Sanford (Sandy) Huffaker, Sr. September 23, 1943 – May 23, 2020From the obituary:Huffaker was a highly acclaimed political cartoonist who started his career with The Birmingham News and the Raleigh News and Observer. He later moved to New York City and illustrated covers and articles […]
It seems odd to open up the discussion by sending you somewhere else, but the Association of Canadian Cartoonists has put up a gallery of Covid-19 commentary that is well worth your time and attention.This one, by the Montreal Gazette’s Boris (Jacques Goldstyn) seems particularly apt, using a very wise caption to comment upon the […]
And so it begins.Ed Hall is no Trump fan, but he joined other cartoonists in piling on Joe Biden for telling a joke in a limited forum that didn’t play well with a broader audience.In posting this on his Twitter account, Hall said “I’ll take shit for this cartoon but I really don’t care.”And since […]
Before and after titles like The Cat in the Hat hit the shelves, Dr. Seuss himself tried on many different hats. Believing that “you can steer yourself any direction you choose,” he explored—and excelled at—a number of possible creative paths. From an early editing gig to an honorary doctorate, these different “hats” helped shape a […]