Today’s “Pardon My Planet” falls under the “Funny As Cancer” category.I’m two-and-a-half years out, which means I’m only halfway to being officially “cured,” but my checkups have become more like reunions, because the scans are clear and we just chat for a little while and set up the next one.It carries a bit of survivors’ […]

 Milton Knight has relayed on his Facebook page that he was a victim of a hate crime:I was beaten up today. To make a long story short, was waiting for the bus, and a guy was using a one-sided conversation with people to shout NIGGER every two seconds. Went on for 15 minutes. I gave […]

Wwwwhhhirrrrrr…tic….tic…..tic……tac Merrie Melodies, Silly Symphonies, and Looney TunesMeet The Queen’s Cartoonists, a New York jazz band bringing back cartoon music.As I watched The Queen’s Cartoonists slip and slide through decades of cartoon music in a matter of minutes, with the animations projected on a large screen behind them, I followed a captivated crowd of young and […]

I still don’t understand how deadlines work for political cartoonists. There are cartoonists leaping to the fray with each wrinkle in the news and there are those who draw cartoons that sit for weeks.Sure, some are full-time and some have other duties, but do the cartoonists in that second group really have no ability to […]

 See that man below? The one with the foul mouth? He invented comic strip cursing. (Or not, see update below.)Not only that, he put it in a strip about a woman of high station and generous nature. Recent research has pushed back the emergence of the grawlix      from 1902 to 1901. (Grawlix being the Mort […]

Here is the new roster of Officers for the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.AAEC Officers 2018-2019 President: Kevin Siers Vice President: Mike Thompson Secretary-Treasurer: Monte Wolverton Board of Directors: Ed Hall Lisa Donnelly Ann Cleaves Immediate Past President: Pat Bagley Digital Editor: JP Trostle  The AAEC revealed the election results on their news page a […]

RJ Matson offers one of the more neutral cartoons regarding Michael Cohen’s planned appearance today before the House Oversight Committee.Cohen blew a previous plea bargain by lying, and, as all fans of “Law & Order” (the TV show, not necessarily the concept) know, it’s standard procedure to attempt to impeach any witness — even an honest […]

 NCSFest announces the full incredible line-up of world-renowned creators appearing at NCSFest 2019!From the world of comic strips come the creators of Zits, Baby Blues, Mutts, Cathy, The Family Circus, Luann, Lio, Popeye, Beetle Bailey and dozens more! Animation stars include the people  that bring you The Simpsons and Bojack Horseman, as well as Disney […]

 The Tucson Sentinel is reporting…A list of household names on the Arizona Daily Star staff must soon decide if they’ll stay on the job — the newspaper’s corporate owners have offered buyouts for older workers, with the veiled threat of potential layoffs pending if not enough staffers accept. At least a dozen journalists have been […]

 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts today announced that Mo Willems-the beloved author and illustrator best known as the award-winning creator of The Pigeon series, Knuffle Bunny, and Elephant & Piggie-will serve as its first Education Artist-in-Residence.Says Mo:“Being a kid is serious work. Children are constantly told to be creative, work well […]

David Rowe on the conviction, in an Australian court, of George Cardinal Pell for sexually assaulting choir boys.Rowe has a well-earned reputation for amusingly ghastly depictions of people, but I think he wisely recognized that there’s no need for it this time, and that linked article, though a model of objective reporting, is horrific enough […]

 The Story of Earl Musick, OCJ CartoonistSo how exactly does someone get the job of drawing the comic strip for Ohio’s Country Journal? Believe it or not, it started with the FBI.It was 14 years ago when he started doing cartoons for Ohio’s Country Journal. Musick made up for his limited agricultural background by talking […]

 From KGTV San Diego:San Diego Union Tribune cartoonist Steve Breen created a picture of authors James Baldwin and Toni Morrison, and actor Jussie Smollett, with the title “Famous African American Story Tellers,” according to Harris’ email. The image was published Friday, Harris said. “It was egregious to us all,” Harris said at his news conference.From […]

I’m in the mood to pick nits and perhaps fights this morning, and Drew Litton has the misfortune to serve up a slow, underhand ball with what is a frequent complaint: “Outrageous Player Salaries.”My usual response when football fans rant about this is to suggest they check with the 67,042 people who pay to watch […]

 Don Asmussen has updated his status.On Twitter:Update: I’ve got cancer. My S.F. Chronicle bosses have been great and very supportive as I work my way back. It has spread to my organs, including my brain (my very worst organ, as most of you know). I had brain surgery last November, and now have some new […]