The American Association of Editorial Cartoonists notes:We got an email the other day from cartoonist Jimmy Margulies, who wanted everyone to know yet another paper has dropped editorial cartoons. Margulies writes, “My first day back at work upon returning from the convention in Columbus [in October], I was told that my newspaper amNEW YORK was […]
Lectures, Conversations, and Exhibits.Mark Dery on Nursery Crimes: Edward Gorey’s Morbid Nonsense.In [an] illustrated lecture, cultural critic Mark Dery, author of Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey, reveals the surprisingly serious themes woven through his oeuvre: death, sexuality, the human condition, the meaning (or meaninglessness?) of life, the ghastliness of […]
Paul Fell speaks to a specific blasphemy, but his cartoon has wider and deeper significance.The notion of Trump as the Chosen One is ludicrous, but the notion of people of any major religion embracing a vulgar, lying, fornicating etc etc etc conman as a fit leader, even within the secular sphere, is already so ridiculous […]
Cartoonist Howard Cruse has passed away.Howard Russell Cruse May 2, 1944 – November 26, 2019 Howard’s daughter shared on Facebook earlier today:With sadness I share that my birth father passed this afternoon after a too short battle with cancer, with his dear friend Pam and loving husband Eddie by his side, among other friends. He is […]
Sez Jeff Karnicky:Readers of Nancy will know that Olivia Jaimes does not use many Ernie Bushmiller legacy characters besides the obvious big three of Nancy, Sluggo, and Aunt Fritzi. Peewee, a toddler who Nancy sometimes babysat, is now a small child who takes things way too literally… But we haven’t seen any of Bushmiller’s adults such as […]
Cartoonist Bil Keane, creator of “The Family Circus,” used his talents and cartoon characters to promote the annual Charity & Development Appeal, such as this cartoon from 1987 — the year St. John Paul II visited the Diocese of Phoenix — featuring Dolly and Jeffy. (Diocese of Phoenix Archives)The Diocese of Phoenix is celebrating 50 […]
Famed comics syndicator Lew Little has passed away.Lewis Auburn (Lew) Little September 1, 1933 – November 21, 2019 From the obituary:Some of the world’s best-known comic strips were discovered by Little during a career spanning 80 years. He launched “Wee Pals,” the first integrated comic strip by Morrie Turner, and “Tumbleweeds,” a wild west spoof by […]
When are you officially too old to make a bad drawing? As kids, we would frequently scribble the wildest things across the page with zero inhibitions, but as we grow up, we often start judging the things we make. That’s where Lynda Barry comes in.Lynda Barry sits down for a twenty minute video interview.Discussing heroes […]
Patrick McDonnell’s Mutts is famous for a number of reasons, among them is his gentle-but-great humor, his sensitivity to the plight of animals, and his fantastic artistic abilities. Another famed feature are the homages that make up his title panels.There are dozens of examples throughout the years of his homages to artists such as Captain […]
Jen Sorensen explains where we’re at.I think.It’s hard to know what’s going on, because we tend to rely on what people discuss on social media, and, first of all, we don’t know the proportion of the actual population they represent.That is, it’s fair to assume that nearly everyone is on social media of some sort, […]
The Improbable RemainsOn his How To book tour Randall Munroe goes north to Alaska. The Juneau Empire reports on Randall’s lecture there. The Spurns that Patient Merit of th’ Unworthy TakesAt the time of this writing, the two most influential politicians in the United States are a real estate developer who became president and a bartender […]
Frazz brings back a memory: Back when I used to visit classrooms to teach media literacy, my offer to teachers was that I would come for free, any time they wanted, except on the last day of class before a major holiday.Nobody ever objected; most greeted it with laughter, because they didn’t want to be […]
above: “Walt Kelly’s Pogo” from November 17, 1991 by Neal Sternecky The Sunday before Thanksgiving can only mean one thing, a Gasoline Alley banner by Jim Scancarelli. Jason Chatfield has me confused. Is the new Ginger Meggs story a late Halloween tale? A Thanksgiving parable? Or will it stretch into late next month and be a […]
It doesn’t matter where we begin today, since it’s really a grab bag, but Chip Bok’s cartoon made me think, so we’ll start there.I brushed off the Bloomberg part. I’m glad he admitted that “Stop and Frisk” was a bad policy, but I don’t take his candidacy seriously and it doesn’t seem anyone else does, […]
The Joplin Globe is currently canvassing its readers for comics “hahs” and “mehs.”DAILY COMICSSUNDAY COMICS