Twenty years after the last new Peanuts by Charles Schulz, John Colie looks at the groundbreaking comic strip.Peanuts remains so ubiquitous in popular culture that we sometimes forget exactly how groundbreaking and unprecedented it was upon its debut in 1950 … What greeted the readers of seven newspapers on the first day of Peanut’s publication […]
Juxtaposition of the Truth(Michael de Adder)(Ann Telnaes)Start with the truth: The danger posed by the coronavirus is no more a matter of opinion than is the roundness of the Earth.Michael de Adder mocks a delusional president who cannot see bad news as anything but a conspiracy against himself.It isn’t just “pride.” Humble people don’t strive […]
Tom Richmond has released the poster for the 74th Annual Reuben Awards.A couple of not-yet-announced awards by the National Cartoonists Society are revealed.Hy Eisman will be awarded the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. The Milton Caniff is awarded by unanimous vote of the NCS Board of Directors. It is given for a lifetime of outstanding […]
I’ve held this Joe Heller cartoon too long, since it obviously ran on Ash Wednesday, nearly a week ago, but I hadn’t forgotten it and there’s a reason for that.There’ve always been jokes about giving things up for Lent. One of my favorite Mr. Dooleys is about his father trying to give up smoking for […]
NPR’s Malaka Gharib explains the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in “a comic just for kids.”Gharib’s comic is based on a radio story by NPR education reporter Cory Turner wherein he spoke with health experts about what kids would like to know about the outbreak. For example, “If kids do get the virus, it tends to be […]
The Tulsa World is soliciting political cartoons from local artists:Submit your own editorial cartoon for a chance to be published in the Tulsa World. The Tulsa World is seeking contributions from local artists interested in expressing their opinions of public issues through original editorial cartoons. Editorial cartoonist Bruce Plante and Editorial Pages Editor Wayne Greene […]
The Fort Stockton Pioneer is now publishing Steve Burnett cartoons.Cartoonist Steve Burnett is featured every Thursday on The Pioneer’s Opinion page. Cartoonist Steve Burnett’s cartoons appear each Thursday in the print and edition of The Pioneer. From the oil fields to the classrooms, Burnett brings a humorous look to West Texas living. I’m not sure […]
Randy Bish‘s old stomping ground once more gives him some space. This time talking about his new Yellow Kid comic book.Randy Bish, 57, of Hempfield, was the Tribune-Review’s editorial cartoonist from 1985 through 2016. His work continues to be syndicated via Pennsylvania NewsMedia, Cagle Cartoons and The Fourth Estate. Chris Yambar, 58, of Youngstown, Ohio, […]
Jeremy Banx gets the only coronavirus cartoon today, because it made me laff.It’s annoying that hand gel is probably a good idea, because it provides cover for the germaphobes who compulsively wipe down everything for no particular reason.I’m not going to fret until the disease gets a little closer, but that’s not the same as […]
Licensing for New Yorker cartoonist Gahan Wilson is now exclusively available on Cartoon Collections! On CartoonCollections.com you can license Gahan Wilson cartoons for use in presentations, publications, web and classroom use, or buy prints and products featuring his cartoons.Details at Cartoon Collections.
NPR interviews a Genius. The site also features a short Yes You Can! Lynda Barry video. This Is How You Do It. Jim Keefe gives a video sketchbook inking tutorial. Arting in the 21st Century. Patrick LaMontagne shows how to draw on a Wacom. San Diego Comic-Con issues a kind of non-statement on the coronavirus.“Comic-Con is working with […]
Mike Peters might want to resurrect this 1973 cartoon, now that we have found peace in Afghanistan.That link includes the text of the agreement between the US and “the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and is known as the Taliban.”Which terminology I guess saves all […]
Between Friends by Sandra Bell-Lundy begins running in The Tennessean on March 1.Tennessean reporter Rachel Wegner discussed with Sandra the strips’ origins… Three decades ago, Sandra Bell-Lundy was frequenting the office of a newspaper editor in Buffalo, New York, with her latest comic art in tow. And every time, she asked him to run her […]
There are a lot of coronavirus cartoons, but, while Mike Smith hasn’t taken the time to draw a virus or put a mask on anyone, I think he’s done the best job of capturing the issue.And I will defer the job of commentary to WashPost columnist Catherine Rampell, who begins a brilliant essay thus:It mattered […]
It says here that February 29 is the birthday of Superman, L.O.Annie, and Captain Marvel. I don’t know about that. But I do know that sixty years ago, Leap Day 1960, was the first public appearance of The Family Circle by Bil Keane! Jeff Keane celebrates that anniversary in today’s The Family Circus.Wait. The Family […]