There’s enough going on that the best way to start off is to have Tom Tomorrow bring us up to date on everything. Think of it as the five-minute NPR news break at the top of the hour before we get into Morning Edition or All Things Considered and start digging down on the details.And […]
Confirmed. Fishman = Loren Fishman. See update below original story.original March 10 post:New Mallard Fillmore comic strips are being signed “Fishman.”After about 3½ months of reruns new Mallard Fillmore strips have begun appearing this week. But they are not being signed by creator Bruce Tinsley.Last year Reed Brennan notified subscribers to the comic that, “Due […]
I’m getting burned out on editorial cartoons, mostly because they aren’t saying much that’s new or important anymore.JD Crowe has the right to publicize the nitwits of spring break because it took pleas from several sources to get his governor to shut down Alabama’s beaches and get rid of spring break crowds.Parenthetically, I’d be bummed […]
When is too late? What is proper?Syndicated comic strips are created weeks in advance, and Sunday editions are set in stone a couple weeks before delivery to our front porches. So times and circumstances often conspire against the medium.Today Tank McNamara had a (really funny) baseball gag.Unfortunately baseball season for 2020 has been delayed for […]
Starting off today with John Aucther, both to pursue his point and to express how tiring it is to monitor social media these days.He’s right about the foolishness of trying to gather everything under the umbrella of “media” in any meaningful way.It’s ironic … or maybe just stupid … to hear people who are fans […]
Chen Weng knows from coronavirus hot spots. The artist was born in Wuhan and now lives in Seattle, so it was only natural that her online comics would begin to steer toward commentary about covid-19. “People in the rest of the world might not have known much at the time, but it was all people […]
We’ll start the day with Steve Sack‘s commentary on working at home, because he acknowledges the challenge without going overboard.With about half my career having been freelance, I’ve worked at home both with kids under foot and after they were long gone, and I do recognize the fact that my deadlines have been far enough […]
Comic strip artist and animator Román Arámbula has passed away. Román V. Arámbula September 18, 1936 (?1935?) – March 19, 2020 animation, comic stripsThe Lambiek Comiclopedia profile.A brief filmography and comics work outline from I.N.D.U.C.K.S.: Education/training Mexico City University Animated films Television commercials 1960s (no specifics known). – Hanna-Barbera: Layout artist 1970-1975 (Josie and the Pussycats, […]
The National Cartoonists Society has revealed the 2019 NCS Divisional Award nominees for the 74th Annual NCS Reuben Awards.All nominees for all categories at the National Cartoonists Society site.Good Luck to all!
The “Women Cartoonists International Award“ announced Doaa Eladl from Egypt as the winner of the first grand prize… while Camila de la Fuente from Venezuela/Mexico won the youth prize. Guy Badeaux has the winner details, along with submissions from the Honorable Mentions.
Finalists for the have been announced.This is the 71st year for the awards program, and the 31st under the current administrative structure. The awards were established by the Toronto Press Club in 1949 to encourage excellence and reward achievement in daily newspaper work in Canada. There are 63 finalists from 19 organizations in 21 categories. […]
Alex has been at the top of his game this past week, and here’s one that evokes the unlikely phrase, “The good thing about syphilis …”The good thing about syphilis being that the number of people who need to be informed is presumably more limited, though it does bring to mind Jim Bouton’s observation that […]
Archie and Flash Gordon Together Again for the First Time The Hollywood Reporter reports that Flash Gordon will appear in an Archie comic book:The 48-page special issue will be written by Jeff Parker — who wrote Flash Gordon for Dynamite Entertainment — with art by Archie mainstay Dan Parent. In the book, the Riverdale gang […]
After its Spring 2020 issue Playboy magazine will stop printing regular editions in the U.S.“We have decided that our Spring 2020 Issue, which arrives on U.S. newsstands and as a digital download this week, will be our final printed publication for the year in the U.S.”They addPlayboy will now operate on a “digital first publishing […]
J.D. Crowe extends the invitation and we should all accept it and gather together, separately.I’m good with that. I’ve worked at home for the past decade and I don’t miss going into the office.But even JD Salinger used to come into town once in awhile to check his mail and have a cup of coffee.Today’s blog […]