As the 100th anniversary of the Barney Google and Snuffy Smith comic strip nears cartoonist John Rose is interviewed about the strip. John, only the third signed cartoonist in the strip’s 100 year history, talks about how the strip started and changed, Uncle Fred Lasswell, his time and efforts on the strip (while he continues to […]
It’s the 90th anniversary of Popeye‘s debut (and the 100th of Thimble Theatre).But age isn’t slowing down the Sailor Man. His comic strip continues with reprinted Bud Sagendorf dailies and new Hy Eisman Sunday pages, and this year it was joined by a companion Sunday strip—Popeye’s Cartoon Club by various celebrity cartoonists.But the funny pages […]
Andrews McMeel Publishing – Kids has a new program that encourages kids to continue reading during their summer break from school (and sell a few of their books while doing so). Be the first to join our Summer Reading BINGO Giveaway! You could win fabulous prizes, including a full set of 25 comics collections and advance […]
Mike Harris has been suspended by a social media platform for an editorial cartoon. From American Thinker:Our very frequent cartoon contributor Mike Harris was just suspended for 3 days on Twitter for posting there his cartoon making the point that mass extermination of human life is common to both the aboriton[sic] industry and the Nazis. We […]
I’m giving David Rowe the lead today because he illustrates a certain air of despair I’m feeling, akin to Yossarian’s trip through Nighttown at the end of Catch-22.Rowe specializes in the grotesque, but this barely feels like an exaggeration and contains an admirable level of detail that invites you to linger and wander down this […]
Last month it was announced, and last night Darrin Bell received his Pulitzer.above May 28, 2019: Darrin Bell accepts the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning from Columbia University President Lee Bollinger. (Eileen Barroso/Columbia University) Also at last night’s ceremony was the staff of the Capital Gazette:above: Staff and family members from the Capital Gazette of […]
Illustrator and portrait artist Everett Raymond Kinstler has passed away.EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER August 5, 1926 – May 26, 2019 From the Portrait Society of America Facebook page:It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the news that Everett Raymond Kinstler passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2019 after a brief illness. Famed […]
That photo of people on Mount Everest seemed familiar, because it looked like this picture of people going over Chilkoot Pass between Alaska and the Canadian Yukon during the Klondike Gold Strike.They didn’t all make it, either, and that fellow at the lower right is apparently carrying a boat, which seems foolish but at least […]
Front Line: Editorial Cartoonists and the First Amendment The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum has an exhibit showcasing editorial cartoonists praising the first amendment to the Bill of Rights and defending it from attackers. The exhibit runs until October 20, 2019. The political cartooning display runs the gamut from a 1774 etching by Paul […]
While the news of [Rick] McKee and [Mark] Streeter’s layoff was not unexpected — both their positions were on the chopping block 18 months ago, and temporarily saved by their editors — the axing of [Nate] Beeler came as a surprise.JP Trostle, for AAEC, reports on the recent layoffs of editorial cartoonists. While Paul Fell and […]
Few editorial cartoonists updated in the past 24 and a lot of strips are kind of in a trough, having crested for Memorial Day, but there are plenty of interesting odds and ends, beginning with the resignation of Theresa May and editorial cartoonists hoping Boris Johnson will become Prime Minister because he’s so much fun […]
Hagar the Horrible for Memorial Day 2019.Quite possibly the worst timing for a comic strip ever.
Dave Granlund is one of the best at Memorial Day tributes. Major thanks and all honor to those who fell in the service of their country, and to their families who felt and feel the pang of their ultimate sacrifice. Hat tip to Dave Granlund for giving them such great respect.
E.A. Bushnell gets to lead off as we look back at the holiday — some were still calling it “Decoration Day,” others “Memorial Day” — a century ago, because he did more than a pro forma mandatory holiday cartoon.It’s sentimental, certainly, but he put some work into it, which suggests he took the job seriously. I […]
It seems Comics Kingdom has ironed out a few kinks in their Sunday page. Today most (all?) Sunday strips that have half-page formats are in half-page formats. And if you right click then “view image” the strip will fill your screen vertically; click on the image again and it fills the screen horizontally.It took awhile but Comics […]