The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has published the deadlines and links to various Award and Prize opportunities for Editorial Cartoonists.A few, including The Pulitzer and The Divisional Reubens, have January deadlines. The deadline for Canada’s National Newspaper Awards is only days away.National Newspaper Awards (Canada) Deadline: January 9, 2020 Rules and entry form available […]

Tallahassee Democrat political cartoonist Nathan Archer has created a comic strip for the paper.Ella by Nathan Archer January 3, 2020 – weekly strip Tallahassee Democrat Sez Nathan:The name is no coincidence. My feathered female protagonist is indeed named after Tallahassee’s own Midtown attraction, a favorite of mine since I moved here almost 20 years ago. Ella […]

I know, I know. Archduke Ferdinand and all that. A few cartoonists are already on it, but Prickly City is as close as we’re getting, because thank God, it’s Friday Funnies. Candorville is as political as we’ll get, as Darrin Bell wraps up this conversation about the Roaring 20s and the Current 20s. Lemont is absolutely right, […]

 Jen Sorensen passes on some sad news:Though she doesn’t identify the paper I believe it was one of the Southland Publishing weeklies, which last year was purchased by the Arizona-based Times Media Group.“The Southland publications have always been special in their connection with the communities they serve,” [Steve Strickbine, president of Times Media Group] added. […]

Balzac et Grandville: Une Fantaisie Mordante or Balzac and Grandville: (The Google Translation)The first illustrated newspapers of the beginning of the 19th century gave a lot of space to the engravings and to the commentaries which accompany them. In newsrooms, illustrators and editors rub shoulders. This is how Jean-Ignace Gérard dit Grandville and Honoré de […]

National Football League quarterback and coach Sam Wyche has passed away.Samuel David (Sam) Wyche January 5, 1945 – January 2, 2020Cincinnati Enquirer photo tribute.From the Cincinnati Enquirer of two years ago: …Wyche had been working on developing the no-huddle offense, which revolutionized the NFL and gave the Bengals an offensive edge over nearly every opponent. […]

Tom Toles offers one of the more depressing cartoons of this brand new year and decade. What’s happening in Australia is so far off the norm that we should all be horrified and focused: People are heading for the ocean,  prepared to simply leap into the water to escape the bushfires destroying their towns.The best we […]

Editorial cartoonist Jim Morin has decided to retire and devote his time to the Finer Arts. He goes out with a bang!From Jim’s Twitter feed:Jim’s career began in the mid-70s at the Syracuse University Daily Orange, the Beaumont (Tx) Enterprise and Journal, and the Richmond (Va) Times-Dispatch. In 1978 he found a home with the […]

 This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 Debuts These comics began appearing in U. S. newspapers in 2019  PRAIRIE POTHOLE by John Porcellino January 10, 2019 – May 2, […]

 This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 Departures These comics ceased production for U. S. newspapers in 2019  ROSY’S DINER Charlie Daniel November(?), 2006 – February 3. 2019 weekly […]

 This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1: Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 – The Dearly Departed These U. S. newspaper and magazine cartoonists died in 2019.  BATTON A. LASH [nee:MARANGI] October 29, 1953 – […]

 This is an installment of 2019 Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed. (part 1:Debuts – – part 2: Departures – – part 3: Dearly Departed – – part 4: Detours/Deviations) 2019 Detours/Deviations Detailing some changes in syndicated U. S. newspaper comics in 2019.  ALLEY OOP After four months of reruns following The Benders’ 2018 […]

I expected a certain amount of repetitive imagery on New Years Day, but the phrase “Out with the old, in with the new” hit on a level I haven’t seen since 1977, when the Gong Show did an entire show of people singing “Feelings.”Well, except that all of those were bad and some of these […]

Print and film classics from 1924 become public domain on January 1, 2020.Some famous comic strips which were created in 1924 finally have their debut year now p.d. Boots and Her Buddies first appeared on February 18, 1924 from the NEA Service. So there is most of the year available there. Here is a very […]

The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced its new officers.AAEC Officers 2020-2021 President: Kevin Siers, The Charlotte Observer President-elect: Jen Sorensen, The Nib Vice President: Mike Thompson, Detroit Free Press Secretary-Treasurer: Monte Wolverton, Cagle Cartoons Immediate Past President: Pat Bagley, Salt Lake City Tribune Director: Ed Hall, freelance (2nd year) Director: Liza Donnelly, The New Yorker Director: Tim Campbell, […]