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Dadding the Sunday Funnies

by D. D. Degg 0 comments June 21, 2020

 When June Met RexToday Rex Morgan gets around to telling Sarah how he first met her mother.In another time and reality (as Terry Beatty has explained) young Doctor Rex meets Nurse June – The last three dailies from the first 1948 week of Rex Morgan, M.D.: And In The End…After teasing last week, Jan Eliot confirms […]

CSotD: 24 Hours from Tulsa

by Mike Peterson 5 comments June 21, 2020

Who’s zooming who?There are two parts to this thing that happened, or didn’t, last night.The first is that Zoomers pranked the Diaper Don into thinking he had a million requests for tickets for his Tulsa rally, most of which actually came from people with no intention of attending his party.Best part is that by keeping […]

A ‘Cartoon Caption Contest’ Contest

by D. D. Degg 2 comments June 20, 2020

It started with Michael Gerber of The American Bystander asking a question. Michael Maslin‘s Ink Spill passed the question to others. It came down to us filtered through the Mike Lynch Cartoons blog (simply because we clicked on Mike’s site before clicking on Michael’s site, both are regular and recommended stops while surfing the internet). […]

CSotD: The No-Masks of the Red Death

by Mike Peterson 3 comments June 20, 2020

Cartooning from across the ocean, Irish Times wag Martyn Turner sets the stage for today’s posting and tonight’s rally.The inverted red triangles — signs of neo-Nazi sympathy that recently got some Trump Facebook postings banned — are a nice touch.The T-shirt reading “White Lives Matter Most” is also relevant, particularly in light of the way […]

Comic Strippin’ the News

by D. D. Degg 1 comments June 19, 2020

Uncle Ben. Aunt Jemima. Eskimo Pie. Tayo Fatunla goes there with his recent Our Roots.When the images on the products are eventually changed, I will miss the smiling and inviting faces that made people of all races buy them. From an artist’s point of view, the images have been selling the products. I will not […]

Deadline Reports Nickelodeon Wins Bidding for ‘Phoebe and Her Unicorn’

by TDC Archive 0 comments June 19, 2020

The Hollywood TV/Film industry news site Deadline is reporting that Nickelodeon has won a bidding war for Phoebe and Her Unicorn for a “multi-platform franchise across an TV animated series, movies and more.”From Deadline:Roy Lee and Miri Yoon of Vertigo Entertainment are partnering with Bridget McMeel of Andrews McMeel Entertainment to produce Phoebe and Her Unicorn content. Lee brought the […]

CSotD: The Dangling Conversation

by Mike Peterson 4 comments June 19, 2020

I woke up this morning and discovered that the new horror on social media was that, while small-business owners were describing their experiences during the lockdown, Dear Leader was goofing on his phone and paying no attention.Which you can see here but is it really that much of a shock?Granted we didn’t have smartphones back […]

Phil Hirsch – RIP

by D. D. Degg 0 comments June 18, 2020

Cartoon editor and humor and gag writer Phil Hirsch has passed away. Philip (Phil) Hirsch August 18, 1926 – January 20, 2020Pyramid Books vice president/editor/writerFrom the Jewish Exponent notice of death:Philip Hirsch, 93 of Voorhees, NJ, passed away on 1/2/20 in Voorhees. Philip was born in Bronx, NY to Clara and Leo Hirsch on 8/18/26. […]

Newly Discovered – Davis’ Pre-Garfield Garfield *updated

by D. D. Degg 5 comments June 18, 2020

Last year Quinton Reviews gave us an introduction to pre-Garfield Jim Davis. Earlier this year he spent some vacation time delving deeper into Davis’s Comics From the Unknown. So here is more about Gnorm Gnat, and Jon, and even some Jim Davis high school cartooning. Hey, there’s even some Garfield! Watch The Origin of Jim […]

Lalo Alcaraz ‘Animation’s Unstoppable Chicano’

by TDC Archive 0 comments June 18, 2020

Over at Latin Heat Entertainment, they’re profiling (in a good way) cartoonist and animation writer/producer/consultant Lalo Alcaraz.From the piece:At this point in his career, Alcaraz has come full circle, from a child who watched cartoons on television wanting to see Latinos on television, to helping create television shows with positive Latino characters and storylines. Twitter: @laloalcaraz    

CSotD: Default is our own

by Mike Peterson 11 comments June 18, 2020

I’m kind of sorry I used up Stephen Dedalus’s line from “Ulysses,” “History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake” in a headline a few weeks ago, because here’s Matt Wuerker painting Uncle Sam as a reluctant dreamer awakening to a new reality.Then again, Joyce seems to have been above the awakening […]

Diving Into Mark Fiore’s Brain

by D. D. Degg 0 comments June 17, 2020

Where do you get your ideas?How does the idea become a cartoon? It often begins with a headline or a quote from a news story — like recently, when a protester said that marching for human rights is “just as essential as going to the grocery store.” That quote became the spark for one of […]

Who’s Killing Your Local Newspaper?

by D. D. Degg 4 comments June 17, 2020

Local newspapers are perfect prey for Vulture Funds. In the face of layoffs, the coronavirus, and private equity firms like Alden Capital trying to strip it for parts, the news industry is on the verge of collapse. Hasan showcases the important work of local newspapers and why we need them now more than ever. Patriot […]

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