Adam Zyglis greeted Easter with a question he might also have posed at Christmas simply by swapping the bunny for Santa.The answers range from the obvious to the somewhat profound.As a multicultural society we’re not inclined to embrace the religious underpinnings of any holiday, though, in closing schools, banks and post offices, we only acknowledge […]
Since Hilary was a child Sally has eaten the ears off her Chocolate Easter Bunny.As Francesco Marcuiliano explains, the 34 year old running gag “has evolved into a loving tale of parental mind games and ensuing childhood mental breakdowns.”The tradition had its origins on April 3, 1983, 15 months after the strip debuted: The Hilary […]
Bruce Tinsley Likes Comic Strip on Opinion Page Mallard Fillmore cartoonist responds to a local controversy:I do the Mallard Fillmore comic strip that’s always getting into trouble in your paper and across the country. Thanks to readers like Terry Ebaugh for sticking up for my sometimes controversial ideas and to this newspaper for having the […]
Mark Streeter sums up the Mueller Report rather well, including that there was plenty of circumstantial evidence but nothing that absolutely tied the President into the Russian interference, except as a beneficiary.He’s right, and, while there is sentiment for getting Mueller in front of Congress to testify, I’m not hearing a lot of credible calls […]
Gasoline Alley Of course there were (more than) a few Sunday strips about Easter today, but not many impressed me. Jim Scancarelli‘s holiday panels are always a treat for me and today’s brought Walt Kelly to mind: Six ChixConfirmation of supposition. When Maritsa Patrinos was introduced as a new contributor to Six Chix, the speculation was […]
Signe Wilkinson answers my question, which was “Where to start?”Let’s start at the very beginning; a very good place to start. When you read you begin with A-B-C, when you read the Mueller Report you begin withDOH! Oh, dear!Wilkinson is right: It’s all there. I will confess I have not read the entire thing; I’ve […]
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum recognized as Ohio historic journalism siteThe Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum gets recognized:The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (BICLM) has been recognized as the first Ohio historic journalism site selected by the Society of Professional Journalists, Central Ohio Professional Chapter (SPJ) and the E. W. Scripps School […]
This past Sunday’s Edison Lee has not simply been sitting in my “Friday Funnies” folder but has also been rattling around in my head.One of the elements of having grown up hard-core country is that I had a full set of stars overhead, particularly in winter when the combination of early sunsets and cold nights […]
Cartoonist Peter Vatsures has passed away.Peter Spiro Vatsures July 26, 1930 – April 15, 2019art director, painter, musician From the obituary:After a short volunteer tour of active duty in the U.S. Army, he moved to New York City to begin his life-long pursuit of artistic expression. Peter sold several cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post Magazine […]
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for April 2019 release. Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) The Star of the Telegram: The Cartoons of Harold Maples Johnny Hazard The Newspaper Dailies Volume Seven: 1954-1956 Thelwell’s Pony Panorama MacDoodle St. The Art […]
The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates. `What are they doing?’ Alice whispered to the Gryphon. `They can’t have anything to put down yet, before the trial’s begun.’The Attorney General of the White House is going to hold a press conference at 9:30 to discuss a report nobody (except his BFF) will […]
Awards are handed out every year at The Reubens Dinner. Most are annual acknowledgements, some are occasional. The ACE Award is on the intermittent schedule.The ACE Award, or Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinary award, is given to a celebrity or notable who aspired at one time to become a cartoonist, but whose path led them to an […]
The Kliban ExclusionThe above cartoon ran as shown on GoComics, eliciting howls of censorship. But the edited image was the one GoComics received from the Kliban estate. Then the Kliban people corrected the false impression many readers imagined: Its a great cartoon so the dilemma was wanting to post it but knowing the guidelines GoComics […]
(updated with the family’s loving obituary)Editorial cartoonist Dwane Powell has passed away.Drexal Dwane Powell, Jr. November 7, 1944 – April 14, 2019Dwane’s papers are at the University of North Carolina, their biographical note:Drexel Dwane Powell Jr., an editorial cartoonist, was born 7 November 1944 in Lake Village, Arkansas. He began drawing editorial cartoons while in […]
There have been a couple of okay cartoons about the Notre Dame fire and then a raft of weeping gargoyles. I’m going to hold back for a day or so to let more cartoonists weigh in.There’s plenty more out there to comment on, starting with …I was glad to see Darrin Bell recognized with a […]