During the heyday of Pat Oliphant‘s career editorial cartoonists numbered in the hundreds, down from a high count of thousands, today the population of staff editorial cartoonists maybe a couple dozen. Newspapers these days go with the much cheaper syndicated editoons where they do not have to pay salary or benefits or contribute to retirement […]
“Don’t call me Shirley” is a funny line, but our current situation is far from it. Still, it’s an irresistible response when, day after day, we keep saying “Surely you can’t be serious.”He is serious. And it’s okay to call him “Shirley” because it’s no more ludicrous than calling him “Mr. President.” What began as […]
Corus Halts Production At Nelvana Corus Entertainment has paused production at Nelvana Ltd., ending one of the most influential runs in Canadian animation history. The announcement ends a sobering chapter for a studio that, for more than 50 years, helped shape Canada into a recognized global hub for standout and unforgettable children’s content. In an […]
Featuring Beetle Bailey (now updated), Peanuts (this too has an update), Hogan’s Alley, Nemo, Comics Revue, Extra Ordinary Comics, MazeToons, Popeye, and I Hate Fairyland with corresponding cartoonists.75 Years of Beetle Bailey “Beetle Bailey” is the rare popular culture touchstone that has been embedded in daily life since its debut on Sept. 4, 1950. CT […]
Learning that the NYTimes has condemned its kid-news feature to on-line made this Dark Horse particularly stand out for me. I spent a decade editing a weekly kid-written insert for the Denver Post, and one of the problems my young reporters faced was that whoever they interviewed would say “Follow your dream,” which is the […]
Bazooka Brands has teamed up with a dozen professional athletes for a new series of bubble gum comic strips.NEW YORK, Sept. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire: Bazooka Brands™ is introducing a bold, new, limited-edition comic series including some of the biggest sports stars that begins rolling into retail this September. Consumers will enjoy their favorite athletes brought […]
Ron Coleman sent out a notice a few days ago that he will no longer produce the Gag Recap infozine, an insider trade journal aimed exclusively at gag writers and gag cartoonists.From Ron: I have decided to discontinue publishing the Gag Recap after the September and October issues. The truth is it just isn’t profitable. […]
There is an old, unproven concept that, if at one of his early mass rallies someone had snuck up behind Hitler and yanked his pants down, it would have so destroyed his strong-man mystique that he never would have come to power and World War II would have been avoided.But by the time he was […]
Let’s Get Political We are used to Non Sequitur going political, and even Herb and Jamaal and Over the Hedge voice their opinions of the government more frequently these days. But it comes as a surprise when Wizard of Id and Thatababy get digs in at the government.Dave Whamond pulls an old (2002) Dave Coverly […]
The August 31, 2025 issue of The New York Times For Kids will be the last print edition the paper announced. The supplement first appeared on May 14, 2017, eventually moving to the last Sunday of every month.From Vivian Ewing’s New York Times communiqué (or here): Beginning with that very first issue [or here], members […]
First, a look at a pair of Labor Day cartoons that didn’t make deadline yesterday, and, yes, he really has complained about people taking Juneteenth and other federal holidays off. Granted, we don’t really know if he played golf yesterday, because the photos they posted to show he isn’t dead were from a game a […]
In observation of the 150th anniversary of Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ birth (September 1, 1875) The Daily Cartoonist herewith presents the artists of the Sunday newspaper comics adapting and inspired by ERB.>>From 8 Feb. to 12 July 1981 the syndicate reprinted old Hogarth strips from 1948<<Dates (and most images) from ERBzine’s List of Sunday Tarzan Comic […]
Editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder displays discretion in fighting off his first instincts. Michael de Adder shows two versions of his RFK/RFK jr cartoon for The Globe and Mail. One version has him dusting off a previously used idea altered for this commentary, “But the Globe and Mail really liked the bag.”Sounds like he offered […]
Happy Labor Day. Things aren’t quite as grim as Sheneman paints them, but cartoonists and other satirists are supposed to exaggerate to make their points. Presidents are expected to put a bright face on things, as Jimmy Carter learned when he explained things frankly in what came to be known as “the Malaise Speech,” outlining […]
Dana Simpson, earlier in life known as David Craig Simpson or D.C. Simpson, is a comic creator from the first generation of American webcomics, whose imaginative creations have also gained more mainstream success. Her breakthrough comic was the funny animal strip ‘Ozy and Millie’ (1998-2008). Its satire of teenage life and eccentric characters helped it […]