“That’s really all you can hope for. To make somebody, just for a second, take their mind off the worries and pressures of the day and just get a chuckle …”John Rose gets a nice nod from his alma mater. John Rose (James Madison University, ’86)
Jimmy Johnson is selling Arlo and Janis strip originals.Original art is becoming a rare commodity these days.As Jimmy explains:Did you know that original comic art is an endangered artform? Many young cartoonists and a rapidly growing cadre of established cartoonists produce their work digitally. There is no ink or paper, only a file. Even I […]
I don’t know if this Francis counts as “funny,” but it’s certainly apt.I have often noted, in discussing the increasing crudity and cruelty of our entertainment choices, that these medieval street shows pandered to the worst instincts of the mob, but that it didn’t matter, because the mob didn’t vote or otherwise have a say […]
Editors get letters about the Funny Pages. Jason doesn’t like the best comic in the Deseret News:I love the Sunday funnies. This week was especially funny. I look forward to getting them every week. My family sometimes fights over who gets to read them first. When I read them I always get a solid laugh out […]
Comic Con International, more famously known as the San Diego Comic Con, mostly spotlights comic books and movies; but there are a few comic strip cartoonists spread among the attendees.The National Cartoonists Society has a booth with cartoonists showing up throughout the weekend. Also there are some panels featuring comic strips and NCS people. Thursday July […]
Matt Wuerker shows us where we’re at, and last night’s astonishing hatefest hardly undercuts his point, though I suppose you could quibble over the term “Normal.”As the old joke goes, “We’ve established what you are; now we’re just haggling over the price.” Which is to say that, as much as I like Kevin Siers‘ spin on […]
In all email to all the paper’s journalists, Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell has attacked his editors’ refusal to run his latest cartoon, suggesting it is due to “some mysterious editorial line” about antisemitism. In the latest submission by Mr Bell, whose cartoons have appeared in the paper since 1981, Labour deputy leader Tom Watson is depicted […]
Joel Franusic, a product marketing marketer and self-described “hacker” has figured out how to scrape internet versions of old newspapers to post old “Krazy Kat” comics. To date, he’s posted 1916 through 1922.“Why?” you ask.Here’s Joel:After becoming a little obsessed with Krazy Kat, I was very disappointed to see many of the books I wanted […]
The fine folks at John Hart Studios have announced the “pre-launch” of an Indiegogo project for a B.C. feature film.From the Indiegogo site:Feature animators, illustrators, and storytellers from Academy-Award winning films are joining forces to lovingly bring America’s National Treasure, Johnny Hart’s B.C. comic strip, to the big screen! We’ve got an iconic American comic […]
Nick Anderson leads us off with a base for today’s discussion, politely translating “E pluribus unum” for those who don’t know what it means.But, then again, what does it mean?That’s a key to the American experience, because for all that we’ve fallen short of “all men are created equal” over the past 243 years, that […]
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 2019 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Vol. 3 Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 26 American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-44 Garfield Fat […]
I really puzzled over which of several cartoons on the topic to lead with, but Tom Toles puts it on the line: Despite having only been a Republican for a few weeks before running for President on their ticket, Trump has since been welcomed in, sheltered and protected by a silence that can only be […]
The current issue of the French magazine Blandice has a Dean Yeagle cover,unfortunately, due to a series of mistakes, Dean was neither credited nor paid for the art. Tom Heintjes noticed it while traveling abroad and informed Dean.Dean, taking it in stride, wrote on Facebook: Then Bleeding Cool picked it up:Blandice there, a comic book that declares […]
Matt Wuerker ran this piece several days ago, but it continues not simply to be relevant but to increase in relevance.Never mind Epstein, at least for the moment, though I’d like to see his case sorted out: There is, apparently, an actual affidavit or piece of testimony or something quasi-legal that connects Trump to the […]
Some Sunday comics of note today, only one noting Bastille Day. I like the nice Summer day look of Judge Parker but that dark last panel … Evil looms! Whereas Macanudo’s Summer day in the woods just makes me smile. More than smile, Buckles and Bound and Gagged made me laugh.Yeah. one’s been done before and the other […]