I heard someone on NPR yesterday say, in the context of the upcoming televised hearings, that a major difference between this scandal and Watergate is that, in the case of Watergate, people watched because they wanted to see the evidence.In this case, people have decided who’s right and who’s wrong and will only be watching, […]
I am always a wee bit disappointed when Paul Berge doesn’t spend Saturdays 100 years in the past, but today is a not-altogether-unusual exception. Paul’s blog this Saturday has an intriguing short essay on how and when he, as an editorial cartoonist, chooses to use caricatures or the standard elephant and donkey symbols when drawing […]
In the tradition of George Cruikshank, Cal Alley, John Dirks, Barbara Brandon, and many others, Johannes Leak is following in the footsteps of his father Bill Leak.The void left at The Australian by cartoonist Bill Leak – who passed away in 2017, aged 61 – will be filled by his son, Johannes. “If anyone could […]
David Rowe is best loved in these parts for adding a level of vitriolic abuse most American editors would spike, though it’s a part of editorial cartooning tradition that lives on in Australia and Britain.Vitriol often comes at the expense of commentary, which is to say that an insulting portrait of a leader — however […]
Although there were earlier cats animated by the Pat Sullivan Studios, it is generally agreed that Feline Funnies, released on November 9, 1919, is the first appearance of Felix the Cat. And the cat became the world’s first animated superstar. Although Pat Sulivan is officially credited as the creator of Felix the Cat, it is generally […]
Newspaper editors get letters.Distasteful Jeff StahlerMonday’s editorial cartoon by Jeff Stahler was not only out of line, but also totally distasteful. If it was meant to be amusing, it certainly went over my head. There is nothing funny about wildfires, and the evacuation of 200,000 families personifies that fact. No, Stahler, I was not amused! […]
The Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University was built to study and analyze the life and legacy of the 26th President. The university recently hired a cartoon archivist who will add to Roosevelt’s legacy, and he says it’s a position you can’t find anywhere else.And that cartoon archivist?To continue making this digital presidential library […]
Over at Vintage Thimble Theater (1936), the gang is just beginning to learn about Eugene the Jeep, who lives in the Fourth Dimension and so, among other things, has access to race results.We’re not sure what else he’s capable of, but, as we’ve seen in the last few days, he’s at least capable of pinging […]
The Hollywood Reporter reports:Asterix, the Franco-Belgian comic book character celebrating his 60th anniversary this year, is finally going to be getting the attention he deserves in the U.S. Independent publisher Papercutz will take over the American license for the property next year, with an ambitious publishing plan underway to bring the scrappy Gaul to American […]
The University of Tennessee is celebrating 225 years by profiling alumni.A week ago the UT’s Daily Beacon newspaper ran a piece on Marshall Ramsey.Now Marshall reminisces about his college days for Torchbearer magazine.Ramsey has stayed close with his alma mater over the years, too. In 2009, he did a cartoon celebrating the conclusion of Where […]
Pat Bagley and The Salt Lake Tribune are celebrating 40 years together.Artists of Utah joins in the celebration by posting a profile from earlier this year. On the flip side, the theory of the great cartoon keeps him motivated: “There is the Platonic ideal of a cartoon out there and if I could just grab […]
In today’s global political climate, which has been called a tumultuous time, the role of the political cartoonist has become muddled. At its very core, a political cartoonist is someone whose work plays a crucial role in the political discourse of a free society. Ann Telnaes, president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and […]
The third annual Galway Cartoon Festival kicks off tomorrow. Cartoonists slated to attend include Martyn Turner, Maria “Twisted Doodles” Boyle and Joe Boske.From their site: The Galway Cartoon Festival is an international celebration of cartoons, hosted in Ireland’s cultural mecca on the Wild Atlantic Way. The festival includes main exhibitions, and live drawing sessions. The Galway […]
I made the mistake of reading Facebook before I got started today, and it made Tom Toles’ cartoon strike home even more than it might otherwise have.I’ve long since learned that there is no benefit in starting the day by taking other people’s bad trips, and Facebook was awash in them.Some are fairly sophisticated:Ivanka Trump […]
So what’s a freelancer to do when a gig dries up?Tom Richmond says you suck it up and look for new clients, like always. How do YOU keep yourself occupied for 7 hours while running a marathon?Liza Donnelly draws what she sees. What was the first comic strip robot?Steve Carper, who literally wrote the book on robots, […]