Advertising artist and executive Don Schnably has passed away. Donald James (Don) Schnably September 12, 1936 – April 20, 2020 From the obituary:He graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art and went on to have a highly successful career in advertising, winning countless CLIO and Addy awards. He has a TV commercial for National Boh […]
I try to avoid politics on Friday, but when La Cucaracha, working in advance, manages to hit the timing jackpot, it’s worth a mention.The latest bit of presidential quackery seems almost as if someone at Fox & Friends was working for the opposition: “I know! Let’s say shooting up bleach will cure it!”Sure enough, Ruprecht […]
Tim Menees and Rob Rogers have been announced as finalists for the 56th Golden Quill Awards.Judging has been completed for The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania‘s 2020 Tri-State Golden Quill Awards for Excellence in Journalism, Media and Communications in Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Northern West Virginia. The 56th competition recognizes professional excellence in written, […]
While Cathy hasn’t returned to syndicated comics, she has returned.Cathy Guisewite features the cartoon Cathy in her book Fifty Things That Aren’t My Fault, Guisewite also features cartoon Cathy in a series of panels on her Instagram account. And these days the topic is “sheltering in place.”As Heather Schwedel at Slate explains:Though the syndicated newspaper […]
Jason Chatfield the National Cartoonist Society President (as well as the cartoonist for syndicated comic Ginger Meggs, The New Yorker, others) has published a comic journal detailing his journey with Coronavirus (and his better half Sophie).Check it out here.
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the cancellation of the 2020 Reuben Awards Dinner and Convention and Festival.From NCS President Jason Chatfield:It is with a heavy heart that we must announce the official cancellation of this year’s NCS Reuben Awards and conference weekend in Kansas City. Those wanting any additional detail on our difficult and […]
I often identify with Arlo, but I don’t have to get water down my windpipe to do this. I have a scratchy throat, plugged sinuses and random coughs every spring.It used to be hay fever. Now, of course, it is Impending Death.The advantage of living alone is that I don’t have a Janis freaking out […]
Dick Wright was an editorial cartoonist for 30 years. In 2005 he gave up political cartooning for a higher calling – church pastor.David Astor reported in Editor & Publisher 2005:[Dick] Wright worked for the Union-Tribune, too (starting in 1976) and later joined The Providence (R.I.) Journal, the Nashville (Tenn.) Banner, and The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch. […]
A new addition to our running tally of Prince Valiant title panels by Thomas Yeates; these are exclusive to newspapers carrying the adventure strip in their Sunday comics section as a third/quarter pager.The Raven panel (below) ran from November 10, 2019 to March 22, 2020. (h/t James Delach for end date) On March 29, 2020 […]
above: Earth Day 1970 poster by Walt Kelly via The Billy Ireland Library and MuseumApril 22, 2020 is the 50th Anniversary of the first Earth Day, and there is a surprising lack of Earth Day comic strips and cartoons today.I was certain that some would join The Other Coast and Mutts and a few others […]
The Billy Ireland Museum at Ohio State is hosting an online event with Barbara Brandon and Bianca Xunise. Entitled “Where We’re Coming From: African-American Comic Art & Belonging,” the event will start with Washington University associate professor Rebecca Wanzo discussing her new book, The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging […]
We’ll start with David Fitzsimmons’ commentary on the militants who demand the opening of society and who insist that the contagious nature of the coronavirus is a myth or an error or a political gambit.As noted yesterday, there have been a plethora of such cartoons, mostly featuring the notion that those who protest today will […]
Back in the first decade of the 20th century cartooning genius Winsor McCay did a number of strips about dreams. Most famous was Little Sammy Sneeze.Always with those descriptive ears bookending the title. In the current New Yorker cartoonist Peter Kuper pays tribute to Winsor McCay, with a twist.Read the entire satire/homage strip.
palooka (n.) by 1926, “mediocre prizefighter,” of unknown origin, credited to U.S. sportswriter and “Variety” staffer Jack “Con” Conway (1898-1928), who might at least have popularized it. Non-boxing sense of “average person” is from Joe Palooka, hero of Ham Fisher’s boxing-themed comic strip, which debuted in 1930. No Ham Fisher didn’t coin the term with […]
Heritage Auctions has made available for auction some classic 1969 Mad Magazine original art from Al Jaffee. From Al’s twitter:PUMP PUMPA PUMP! “The Heart Transplant,” MAD #128, July 1969, will be auctioned off in 11 short days! It’s your chance to own some of the WORST classic art MAD ever dared to publish! Perfect to […]