Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Kenosha News editor Bob Heisse was stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand was Corporate orders to set the comics pages as ordered. The other hand had upset local readers wanting their cartoonist back in the paper. As regular readers of our comics page know, the Kenosha News recently…
Ann Telnaes puts a fun spin on the hoo-hah over the latest royal baby with a cartoon about a baby who is not only American but has a lot more authority than little Goober, who is, I guess, seventh in line to the British throne, ever will. Harry and Meghan haven’t announced the name, and…
The news of The (Racine) Journal Times and the Kenosha News realigning their funny pages to present the same comics in both papers brings forth a disturbing trend in the new age of newspaper consolidation. In February 2019 Lee Enterprises, the fourth largest newspaper group in the U. S., took ownership of the Kenosha…
In Wisconsin two neighboring newspapers, The (Racine) Journal Times and the Kenosha News (both Lee Enterprises publications), have finished counting the votes of their early 2019 survey and revealed their new comics page line-up. A line-up they are touting as “the Best of the Best.” Nearly 2,000 readers of The Journal Times and Kenosha…
In Candorville, Darrin Bell has been letting his alter ego, Lemont Brown, ponder the Pulitzer. It’s funny stuff, in part because I share Lemont’s previously expressed view that plaques are for haques, and also because Darrin most certainly has won his share of Lucite, including the RFK award. And if you’d like to know more…
There have been a couple of okay cartoons about the Notre Dame fire and then a raft of weeping gargoyles. I’m going to hold back for a day or so to let more cartoonists weigh in. There’s plenty more out there to comment on, starting with … I was glad to see Darrin Bell recognized…
David Rowe on the conviction, in an Australian court, of George Cardinal Pell for sexually assaulting choir boys. Rowe has a well-earned reputation for amusingly ghastly depictions of people, but I think he wisely recognized that there’s no need for it this time, and that linked article, though a model of objective reporting, is horrific…
Today is the official launch day for Liniers’ King Features’ comic “Macanudo.” Go check it out over at King’s site. The Aberdeen News earlier introduced Macanudo to its readers, today they welcome the debut strip to its pages. Today’s strip may be most people’s introduction to Liniers and “Macanudo,” but he has amassed…
Mark Tatulli As far back as he can remember, Mark was, “always a cartoonist. I drew cartoons for my elementary, junior high and high school papers.” He was lucky too. “My parents and teachers always encouraged me.” Mark’s syndicated career began with the short-lived Bent Halos” comic strip. He succeeded with Heart of the City,…
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Jan Eliot of “Stone Soup” joins me to talk about her wonderfully winding road to syndication and about the great comic she’s been doing for 20 years! Find out how…
Great news from Anne Hambrock, founder and organizer of the The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning: The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning is THRILLED to announce that among the items we are offering in the National Cartoonists Society Foundation Benefit Auction is a RARE signed print of the last Calvin & Hobbes strip! When Bill Watterson retired…
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Well, hiatuses are good and all, but it’s time to get back to work! Welcome to the new Tall Tale Radio, with 30% more podcasty goodness and now…completely Gluten Free! …
Tall Tale Radio is back! After a seven month hiatus Tom Racine announced that he’s back behind the mike with a co-host Lucas Turnbloom, creator of Imagine This. From Tom: First off, welcome to my new Co-Host, Mr. Lucas Turnbloom! We all know Lucas from his amazing work over at ?Imagine This,? and he has…
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to GoComics and give it a listen. In this episode: Well, it’s not exactly “So Long and Thanks for All the Fish,” but it IS time for a break. After nearly six years and 197 episodes, and two previous years and 70…
Unlike many books I receive for review, I sought this one out. When I contributed to the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning, one of the rewards was an autographed book and I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to get a autographed book collection from Speed Bump creator Dave Coverly. I would argue if there was any…