above: the June 29, 2019 Vindicator headline (via Newseum)Just days after celebrating its sesquicentennial The Vindicator of Youngstown, Ohio announced that it will cease publication at the end of August 2019.Betty H. Brown Jagnow, Publisher and Mark A. Brown, General Manager notified readers: On June 25, 2019, The Vindicator turned 150 years old – a […]
From Micheal de Adder via Twitter and Facebook:The highs and lows of cartooning. Today I was just let go from all newspapers in New Brunswick.Michael de Adder was born, raised, and educated in New Brunswick province and was a regular presence in its newspapers. Brunswick News Inc., which owns the Saint John Telegraph-Journal, the Moncton […]
One of the news stories getting attention from cartoonists this week has been the race for the Democratic nomination for president, and I’m giving Jeff Stahler honors not only for pointing out the actual stakes but for, I think, reflecting the opinion of thoughtful voters.It’s easy, even for relatively progressive cartoonists, to slip into Will […]
A message from Matt Bors about The Nib:I have some important news about the future of The Nib and I wanted you to know first. After three and a half years, First Look Media has decided to no longer fund The Nib at the end of July and me and my team will be let […]
June 28, 1944
This month, The New York Times fired its two cartoonists, Patrick Chappatte and Heng Kim Song, who drew for the international edition. This wasn’t a cost-cutting measure. I believe it was a response to the outrage The Times received in April after the international editions printed an anti-Semitic cartoon of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
So say we all.But if the week has been jammed with political fodder, it also featured some less fraught humor. Which is not to say that a joke can’t make you think. I won’t go so far as to say “the best ones do,” because I like the silly ones.Still, this Rubes contains plenty of truth, […]
It was the secret to Popeye’s super-human strength – but leading athletes look likely to be banned from following his lead. Nearly a century after the creation of the cartoon sailor, and his love of spinach, scientists have realised he might have been on to something. Researchers at the Free University of Berlin have found […]
In 2013 cartoonist KC Green, as part of his Gunshow comic strip, created what became known as This Is Fine Dog. Slowly but surely the first two panels of the strip went viral. It wasn’t a massive viral hit and wasn’t associated with anything particularly repugnant. He made a little money off an Adult Swim […]
From a strictly artistic point of view, the father-and-daughter image has been done enough.From a political point of view, it can’t be, and Tom Toles offers an effective, if somewhat didactic, variation.But he’s right: They were killed by heartless, feckless bureaucracy.They had gone to a port of entry to apply for amnesty as the law […]
Brian Crane, he of Pickles fame, has recently spruced up his studio. A shot of one corner. A closer look at some shelves. Original art adorn the walls. A Boy Scouts of America Silver Beaver Award! … and some lesser trophies. For more views of this wonderful workstation go to Brian Crane’s Facebook page or the Official […]
U. S. Representive Duncan Hunter (CA. – San Diego County) is asking for a change in venue for his trial, involving alleged misuse of campaign funds, at least in part due to Steve Breen‘s political cartoons for the San Diego Union-Tribune.From Politico:In another motion filed Monday, Hunter’s defense asked that the upcoming trial be moved […]
Highlights, the magazine for young children, has issued a statement concerning the conditions under which immigrant children are suffering as they are detained by the United States.At Highlights, our core belief is that children are the world’s most important people. In light of the reports of the living conditions of detained children & threats of […]
Jimmy Margulies leads off the conversation with a reflection on the upcoming holiday and our American identity.There are all sorts of things wrong with this drawing, I suppose, starting with the kids not being crowded enough and the facility not being a series of indoor cages.And of course we can argue over what it should […]
George Herriman, the creator of Krazy Kat, died on April 25,1944. Two months later, on June 25, 1944, the last of Herriman’s Krazy Kat strips saw print.Following are the last three Krazy Kat Sunday pages. above: June 11, 1944 above June 18, 1944 above: June 25, 1944 The last Krazy Kat daily appeared earlier in the […]