Life With Kurami Official Website UpA recent note from Dee Parsons:I guess it’s a good time as any to officially announce that Life With Kurami’s official site is up! I’ll be continuously uploading past strips up for your viewing pleasure. I’m really excited to have this up as it’s been a long time coming! www.lifewithkurami.comSome […]
Melinda Kay Keane Melinda Kay Keane, 59, passed away on the morning of May 29, in Dana Point, CA. She was the wife of Family Circus cartoonist Jeff and a loving mother to her three children – Spencer, Matilda, and Olivia. Melinda was an accomplished costume designer, seamstress, and educator at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School […]
Bob Moran and I appear to be on opposite sides of the “tearing down statues” issue, but his commentary opens the question to a potentially fruitful discussion.The matter is more complicated in Britain not simply because they have more history to process but because, over here, we’ve focused on a relatively straight-forward false-history concocted in […]
Comic book writer Denny O’Neil has passed away. Dennis Joseph (Denny) O’Neil May 3, 1939 – June 11, 2020I don’t mark a lot of comic book creators here, but Denny was making highly readable comic books during my prime comic book reading years. He will be remembered better by those who knew him, I will […]
Animation and gag cartoonist Dan Danglo has passed away. Daniel R. (Dan) Danglo March 1, 1925 – June 6, 2020 (There is also a Dan A. Danglo, and a March 26, 1925 birthdate. I hope to get that cleared up.)animation, comic books, gag cartoonistAn autobiography from Dan’s website:Dan Danglo was born in Brooklyn with a […]
A slight departure from Friday Funnies, but, while Joe Heller is a political cartoonist, this one is more about life itsownself.I was never particularly thrilled with school, but it was like a job that pays reasonably well and doesn’t suck.Except a few years when it did: If you got a toxic teacher in grade school, […]
Yes, there are comic strips, mostly of a political nature, that reflect real world actions. But most comic strips are fantasy: children as philosophers, talking animals, armed forces never going to war, ageless people, ghosts who walk. There is even one where a conservative and a liberal care for each other!But what happens when history […]
It’s a Bizarro World.As a recent Al Goodwyn cartoon is embroiled in controversy, Al has concurrently received an award for his editorial cartoons.The Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists on June 9 announced the recipients of its 2020 Dateline Awards for journalism excellence in 2019. “These awards recognize some of the […]
Famed sports cartoonist Murray Olderman has passed away.Murray OldermanMarch 27, 1922 – June 10, 2020SPORTS CARTOONIST (yeah, he merits the upper case), sports columnistFrom the notice: Marty Appel posted that Murray Olderman died at the age of 98.Murray Olderman profiled and drew sports cartoons of every major sports figure of the past 60 years, from […]
The Seneca (SC) Journal apologized for running an editorial cartoon deemed hurtful and insensitive. Political cartoons are powerful tools that are designed to make you laugh or think about a given situation. But they’re not supposed to make you hurt. Wednesday’s depiction of an African-American family did just that. It made you hurt — many […]
Ann Telnaes has a bit of fun with Republican sewer rats who pretend ignorance of Dear Leader’s increasingly unhinged Tweets, notably his delusional, imbecilic repeating of an insane conspiracy theory from OANN, his favorite Russian-connected propaganda outlet.Innocent ignorance is easy. Intentional ignorance is beginning to take some real effort. Particularly when Presidential paranoid delusions become as […]
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 […]