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 […]
Deb Milbrath made me laugh this morning and that’s worth something.And she’s right: His nightly pep rallies have lost all but the tiniest fig leaf of “public information” and become beefing sessions. He is, indeed, #CryBabyInChief.Anyone who has dealt with bullies knows they tend to burst into tears from a good punch in the nose, […]
Warning: Curtis creator Ray Billingsley has had his account hacked.A notice from Ray: Someone is going through his list asking a favor.From my email today: A reply to the request will get this: Check Ray’s Facebook page where Ray is understandably incensed.
Today’s Argyle Sweater “Comic Strip First Drafts” features character cameos from across the comics pages: Calvin and Hobbes, Foxtrot, The Far Side, Barney Google, Ziggy (look close) and Pearls Before Swine.Click here to see The Argyle Sweater on GoComics.
Flood Magazine has a piece on a biographical documentary on cartoonist Jim Woodring.From the piece:“Working with Woodring on this film was truly fascinating,” Miguel Cima, the film’s executive producer told us. “He opened up his private studio and led us deep into his quasi-spiritual, deeply colorful hallucinatory world. You will not be the same after […]
Mark Tatulli has passed his Heart of the City comic strip into the hands of Steenz (Christina Stewart). Steenz will be Heart’s cartoonist beginning April 27, 2020. As seen below, there will be no attempt to emulate the Tatulli style, Steenz will go her own way.From Mark’s Twitter feed:So here it is, folks! I’ve passed […]
Signe Wilkinson offers a disturbing commentary on a disturbing situation, Tara Reade’s contention that she was sexually assaulted by Joe Biden.It is a plain, historic fact that women’s accusations of sexual assault have too often been disbelieved, that “he said/she said” has far too often, too automatically come down on his side.It’s important that we […]
While Broom-Hilda herself is 1500, the comic strip is just now turning 50. Fifty years ago Russell Myers took an Elliot Caplin idea and formed Broom-Hilda.From today’s Tulsa World: Elliot Caplin worked in the comic industry just like his brother, Li’l Abner creator Al Capp. Caplin came up with the idea for a strip […]
As the Columbus Dispatch says:For those who haven’t set foot in the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, now is not the time.But during the COVID-19 closure of the Ohio State University facility, thousands of the cartoons, comics, drawings and other materials in its collection – the largest of its kind in the world – […]
Rick Veitch is Vermont’s fourth Cartoonist Laureate.From the Rutland Herald:This month, Veitch was named Vermont’s fourth cartoonist laureate. His appointment, originally scheduled for an April 2 State House presentation with Gov. Phil Scott, was announced and celebrated through a live stream online, commencing Veitch’s 2020-23 term. Veitch’s extensive and diverse credits include DC Comics’ Swamp […]
Aislan quotes Pascal and I think puts his finger on not just the moment but why the moment is happening.I’ve often worried aloud about kids who have telephones and music plugged into their ears at all times: Will they learn to think with no experience of solitude?My grandfather said that, before sound recording, they could […]
Last month Wiley introduced us to the delightful Jack in a Sunday Non Sequitur.Wiley talked to the Spokesman-Review about Jack (and Non Sequitur):Jack, a 6-year-old autistic child, was recently introduced to readers as Jeffrey’s little brother. The character, who was inspired by Miller’s autistic grandson, who also is 6 and named Jack, has scored an […]
Like the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Convention and the Herblock Prize Lecture, the San Diego Comic Convention has been cancelled.For the first time in its 50 year history, the show will not go on. Comic-Con International announced that there will be no San Diego Comic-Con in 2020 — and the next planned event will […]
I’m blaming Norman Lear.We had, in our house, “The Archie Bunker Rule,” which was that nobody who would not be welcome through the door was welcome through the television. My boys railed against it from time to time, and I relaxed it if they could make a good case for an exemption.But I watched the […]
Animator Gene Deitch has passed away.From the Expatz Czech notice:Prague, April 17 (CTK) – American director and animated film producer Gene Deitch, living in Prague with his Czech wife, animator and producer Zdenka Najmanova, died there last night at the age of 95 years, Garamond publishing house owner Petr Himel told CTK today. Eugene Merril […]