Ignoring the violence, or the threat of violence, that has accompanied past events like it, a Dutch politician is calling for another Draw Mohammed contest.Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders has revived his plan to hold a contest for cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad, more than a year after cancelling such an event out of fear […]
In our earlier roundup we linked to the Napa Valley Register‘s editors pick their favorite Clay Bennett cartoons from their supplier The Washington Post Writers Group. Here are The Register’s favorites from the rest of the WPWG stable. Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Inquirer/Daily News Nick Anderson Mike Lester Jeff Danziger of The Rutland Herald […]
Today’s Candorville cracked me up because I recently was showered with some of what I call “talk show drunk” rhetoric.That goes back to my brief career in talk radio, which began with an evening show, six to nine, but advanced to a morning show from nine to noon.The night show rarely went without at least […]
Discussing the new Kwanzaa Tale by Ray Billingsley the other day I may have started a rumor that Ray would be retiring soon. It was my fear of losing the Curtis comic strip that had me mention a blurb I saw on Ray’s Facebook page stating, “Former Syndicated Cartoonist at King Features Syndicate.”I reached out […]
Aislin from the Montreal Gazette Steven Camley of Scotland’s The Herald Graeme MacKay of the Toronto Star looks at the local scene
Terri Libenson is retiring her The Pajama Diaries comic strip to concentrate on books.From a young age, Libenson — a Kingston native — loved to draw and would get together with a friend down the street after school and create her own cartoon characters and comics.Terri talks to the old hometown paper about her career […]
That last panel of today’s Sherman’s Lagoon could be a poster.However, I appreciate the lead up, in which it becomes my fault that I didn’t notice your anguish without your having to say, “I’m in a crappy mood” or “Boy, have I had a lousy day.”Because why should you miss the chance to add a […]
Popeye, Superman, Steve Canyon, Andy Capp, the Peanuts characters, Dick Tracy, Joe Palooka, and many more comic characters have statues dedicated to them. Now, finally, the famous Abe Martin has a statue, er, cutout.Abe Martin by Kin Hubbard began 115 years ago, first appearing in the Indianapolis News on December 17, 1904. above: Kin Hubbard […]
John Jackson Miller is THE statistics man as far as circulation numbers for comic books go.Here’s a look at the Decade in Review, a year-by-year glance back at the trends shaping comics shop orders. It’s mostly been a decade of growth, with downturns in 2010-11 and 2017-18.John has a recap of the numbers for comic books […]
Happy Kwanzaa! And to make this year more special Ray Billingsley has returned with a new Kwanzaa Tale.A decade ago Ray treated us to annual Kwanzaa stories…that has now become an occasional reward:Those are a hassle to do because of the confines of the strip. It’s so small I really have to work on each […]
One of the facts of life for reporters is that the news is a 24/7 thing and someone is going to have to work on holidays. Today’s Mother Goose and Grimm reminds me of a favorite story.I have several favorite working-on-Christmas stories, because after you’ve run around and talked to the people at the Chinese […]
Looking back 75 years, we find ourselves on the edge of victory but with plenty yet to go.There was a lot of good news: The Allies were about to break the German hold on what would be known as the Battle of the Bulge, though the fighting would continue for another month, while, in the […]
Newspapers are starting to tell readers what will replace The Pajama Diaries when Terri Libenson retires the comic strip on January 4, 2020.Terri’s home paper The Cleveland Plain Dealer, where we first learned of Terri’s plans, offered a comics poll a couple weeks ago. In the running there is Curtis, Macanudo, Six Chix, or the […]
The Seattle Times, taking a page from their past…A few years ago, when The Seattle Times was relocating from its old building on Fairview Avenue North and John Street, a pile of old editorial cartoons landed in my new Denny Way office. The artist, Sam Groff, who worked for The Seattle Times from 1935 to […]
above: Specialty drawing by Ron Ferdinand NMCV:How did you get the job working on Dennis the Menace?Ron: I subscribed to a quarterly magazine called “Cartoonist Profiles.” In 1980, there was an interview with Hank Ketcham. He had just moved back to Monterey, CA from Geneva, Switzerland and was starting a training program. I sent him […]