Forget Classics Illustrated, let’s read Classics Cartooned.I’m Katie, and I’ve been drawing single-panel cartoons for the past eight years. I love silly puns, drawing, and reading, and these cartoons are a celebration of great books, authors, and literary tropes. I draw these with felt pens on paper, and then, because I am a bit technologically […]
Earlier this year a Daniel Brannan cartoon caused a bit of a fuss. Well, Daniel is not one to let the dust settle.From the Coeur d’Alene Press at the beginning of this month:Bigoted postcards arrived in Coeur d’Alene mailboxes Thursday, prompting outrage and solidarity from community leaders and candidates. The postcard, postmarked with Tuesday’s date […]
David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek are taking next week off from Jumble (again).Daily Jumble guest creators for the week of November 18 – 23, 2019 are Ron Ferdinand (Marcus Hamilton?) Dan McConnell John Hambrock Lincoln Peirce Scott Hilburn Bunny Hoest and John Reiner As mentioned above this has, since 2013, become an annual event: 2018 […]
Clay Bennett plows no new ground with this piece and, as is often the case with his work, you have to sort through how much you like the art versus how much you like the message, because, aside from the caricature, check out the desk itself, the coloring, etc.But if he’d drawn it with his […]
Ernie Poignant was born a few months after the end of World War 1, which made him of age to serve in World War 2. Today, a few months shy of his 101st birthday, Ernie was a guest of honor at Remembrance Day ceremonies.A legendary cartoonist and Second World War veteran came back to his […]
Current bid is more than $800.https://www.ebay.com/itm/283665656642From ebay:Winning bidder will receive an original Pearls Before Swine comic strip, custom signed to winning bidder by Stephan Pastis, pen and ink on 17″ by 5.5″ paperA Letter of Authenticity for this item will be provided by Homes For Our Troops.Item Details: Cartoonist: Stephan Pastis Cartoon: Pearls Before Swine Size: 17″ x […]
Amid all the cartoons of kids-saluting-ghosts and variations on Iwo Jima, Paul Fell drops an observation which is less cynical than simply realistic.You could write a book called “Whatever Happened To Veteran’s Day?” as part of a series, or bundle it all into a single book called “The Homogenization of America.”I don’t have a lot […]
His whole life, Howard Weistling wanted to be a comic strip artist. But in December 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. And Weistling felt compelled to enlist. He trained to be an aircraft mechanic with the Army in Gila Bend. [Howard Weistling’s grandson] Mike, who lives in Flagstaff, said after flight engineer training Howard was […]
To be recognized in Utah politics one needs to appear in a Pat Bagley cartoon. For a Utah politician, there might be no higher honor than being mocked in a Pat Bagley cartoon. “If you’re the subject of a Bagley cartoon, you must be doing something right,” said former Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Republican who […]
I heard someone on NPR yesterday say, in the context of the upcoming televised hearings, that a major difference between this scandal and Watergate is that, in the case of Watergate, people watched because they wanted to see the evidence.In this case, people have decided who’s right and who’s wrong and will only be watching, […]
I am always a wee bit disappointed when Paul Berge doesn’t spend Saturdays 100 years in the past, but today is a not-altogether-unusual exception. Paul’s blog this Saturday has an intriguing short essay on how and when he, as an editorial cartoonist, chooses to use caricatures or the standard elephant and donkey symbols when drawing […]
In the tradition of George Cruikshank, Cal Alley, John Dirks, Barbara Brandon, and many others, Johannes Leak is following in the footsteps of his father Bill Leak.The void left at The Australian by cartoonist Bill Leak – who passed away in 2017, aged 61 – will be filled by his son, Johannes. “If anyone could […]
David Rowe is best loved in these parts for adding a level of vitriolic abuse most American editors would spike, though it’s a part of editorial cartooning tradition that lives on in Australia and Britain.Vitriol often comes at the expense of commentary, which is to say that an insulting portrait of a leader — however […]
Although there were earlier cats animated by the Pat Sullivan Studios, it is generally agreed that Feline Funnies, released on November 9, 1919, is the first appearance of Felix the Cat. And the cat became the world’s first animated superstar. Although Pat Sulivan is officially credited as the creator of Felix the Cat, it is generally […]
Newspaper editors get letters.Distasteful Jeff StahlerMonday’s editorial cartoon by Jeff Stahler was not only out of line, but also totally distasteful. If it was meant to be amusing, it certainly went over my head. There is nothing funny about wildfires, and the evacuation of 200,000 families personifies that fact. No, Stahler, I was not amused! […]