The 2026 Garry Trudeau designed Saranac Lake Winter “Cartoonival” buttons and posters are out in the wild, as is a new G. B. Trudeau interview.Aaron Marbone at the Adirondack Daily Enterprise reports: SARANAC LAKE — Good news, everyone! The posters and buttons for the 2026 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, themed “Cartoonival” this year, have hit […]
“The best cartoonists aren’t side commentary. They’re critics with a sharper tool.”Nik Kowsar dismisses efforts to belittle editorial cartooning as a lesser form of journalism.Nik Kowsar is an Iranian-Canadian residing in Washington, D.C. and sentenced to prison in absentia for his cartoons about Iranian regimes. He recently used his Subtack to praise the art of […]
A criminal complaint has been filed in Switzerland over a Charlie Hebdo “Drawing of the Day” by contributor Éric Salch. The cartoon (below) was published last Friday—the same day of a state memorial service for the victims who perished in the Crans-Montana ski resort New Year’s Eve fire that claimed the lives of 40 individuals […]
The story of George Washington and the cherry tree never happened; it was one of the tales invented by Parson Weems in a biography he wrote after Washington’s death, for which he made up stories to demonstrate the president’s virtues. Margulies updates the story to bring it in line with our current president, who makes […]
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age both Nine Entertainment newspapers ran apologies for printing a Cathy Wilcox cartoon that many were offended by claiming it spotlighted an antisemitic trope. The editorial apology was prefaced with The Herald noting that it “lead calls” for a royal commission to investigate the Bondi Beach massacre and supported […]
🇮🇳 International Exhibition of Gandhi CaricaturesThe Indian Institute of World Culture is hosting the International Exhibition of Gandhi Caricatures from January 13 to 22 at its Art Gallery in Basavanagudi, Bengaluru. 🇳🇱 Jokes Aside: Cartoons, Censorship and Free SpeechThis Tuesday, January 13, in Amsterdam, the exhibition Designed to Provoke is being hosted by the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study who will host […]
That two panel Nancy/No Ice in context, Revolutionary War comix, Bootleg Calvin and Hobbes, 2026’s Free Comic Book Day. Comic Giveaway Day (it’s complicated), 2026’s Best Picture Oscar eligible animation, powerhouses Disney and Webtoon partner.The Nancy NoticeAnyone with access to social media has seen those Nancy “Notice/No Ice” panels, it is ubiquitous. What may surprise […]
When I was the at-home parent, I did most of my writing at night, and I had a clock on my desk set for 12:30, in part because I needed the reminder to get to bed, but also, as Kim notes, as a matter of quality control. Anything I wrote much after 12:30 was going […]
Mike Lynch, Jim Keefe, Patrick McDonnell, Steve Brodner, and David G. Brown talk the about the art.Mike Lynch Interview Eerie Rottica, burlesque performer and cartoonist, interviews Mike Lynch cartoonist and arts teacher. EERIE: In my burlesque acts I rely on a formula of setup & reveal. So far, I’ve been comparing this to the formula […]
French cartoonist Sergio Goizauskas better known as Serguei passed away on January 8 at the age of 69. Born in Argentina. He had a 45 year run at Le Monde where he was described as “not a political or current cartoonist, but rather a poet capable of drawing.”From Lucas Delattre at Le Monde (translated via […]
So we noticed that Scott Stantis has been missing from the Smerconish Cartoon Corps (Steve Breen, Jack Ohman, Rob Rogers, Scott Stantis) of late, his last being the day after Christmas. So we went to the source and asked about it. Scott told The Daily Cartoonist that “I am stepping away from editorial cartooning to […]
Creating a multi-panel, multi-gag comic poses an obvious problem: You have to be insightful with each panel, and most cartoonists do well to produce five in a row when they’re producing a single comic each day without trying to tie them all into a specific theme.McFadden is lucky while the rest of us are not, […]
The Joe Sacco, Art Spiegelman exhibit “Never Again!.. And again… And again…” currently at the Paris Galerie Martel art gallery has been extended another week. Originally scheduled to close tomorrow, visitors can view Joe and Art’s “graphic and political dialogue around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” on Gaza until January 17.Additionally, €80,000 was raised off of selling […]
Drew Litton has created Slippery Slopes, a new comic strip exclusive to the Vail Daily.The Colorado sports cartoonist and editorial cartoonist has created a comic strip that is neither sports- nor political-centric, rather it is a loving and humorous look at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain area.The comic strip first appeared at the end of December 2025. […]
The world views with horror the killing of Renee Good, but Wilcox expands upon its significance by pointing out Dear Leader’s threats against Iran if it uses violence against demonstrators there. She has logic on her side in pointing out the hypocrisy, both in the shooting itself and in the government’s mullah-like denunciations of the […]