It’s Gahan Wilson’s Birthday!Happy Birthday to Gahan Wilson.To celebrate here’s a recent audio interview with the master cartoonist. Massachusetts Loves Their PicklesTo millions of people the Pickles comic strip is one of the best. Those include loyal readers of The Republican, whose passionate response to cancellation of the strip caused the Springfield newspaper’s executive staff to […]
“Heart of the City” sparks memories not of ceramics class but of shop, since our first project in seventh grade was an aluminum ashtray.We had to cut a round piece of metal, hammer it on a mold so it became a dish with about a half-inch rim, then add the grooves (“rests”) around the rim, […]
The number of newspapers dropping Non Sequitur over a lapse in judgment is approaching double digit dozens. Now fans and readers of Wiley‘s comic are expressing disappointment in the newspapers’ actions and requesting the return of one of their favorite cartoonists. Halltoons by Ed Hall I hope you will reconsider! Non Sequitur is probably one of […]
In a weekend roundup of editorial cartoonists I linked to an article about Halifax political cartoonist Michael de Adder catching grief about a recent cartoon.The reaction to the cartoon was immediate and strong:…what had people most upset was the depiction of Wilson-Raybould tied and gagged — with some saying it draws an ugly parallel to […]
Arlo resurrects an artifact of the 60s that, yes, I once owned, and Janis is fully justified in her frustration, because what the thing does is to cut down the size of the target by about two-thirds.Wadding up a piece of paper required getting it small enough to pass through the hoop, which meant a […]
Famed Disney archivist Dave Smith has passed away.David Rollin (Dave) SmithOctober 13, 1940 – February 15, 2019 From the Hollywood Reporter obituary (linked above): Over a 40-year career, Smith created and grew a department for preserving Disney’s films, television projects, theme parks and more in addition to penning several books on Disney history and writing magazine […]
The Sunday following the unfortunate gaffe in Non Sequitur…Doonesbury by G. B. Trudeau is unable to fully quote President Trump.
Heeeee’s Back!Mike Marland, who spent part of 2017 with InDepthNH, the New Hampshire Center for Public Interest Journalism, has returned to that watchdog group as a regular contributor. The State of the ArtThe header of this post comes from Rod Emmerson‘s essay on the state of editorial cartooning.So here we are, at the dawn of a […]
An embarrassment of riches today, but Jeff Stahler gets to lead off with this calm summation of things. I also liked Clay Bennett‘s piece, and the pair could have run as a Juxtaposition, except today’s blog is all a Juxtaposition.I like this piece because it suggests the criminality of turning in a false alarm, which I […]
above: Liò by Mark Tatulli Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for February 2019 release.Images and links via Amazon (though ordering through your local comic book shop is a good idea.) Just Fore Laughs Lucy The Comics Journal #303 (“bookazine”) The Complete Funky Winkerbean Volume 8, 1993 – 1995 Evil Inc: Under New […]
Fridays are supposed to be politics-free, non-contentious days here, and there’s nothing less contentious than a Bizarro that simply made me laff and, so far as I can tell, has no greater meaning than being silly.I have indeed seen the mess that ensues when you fire off one of these things, and it’s not to […]
When the unfortunate error in judgment in the Sunday Non Sequitur was revealed to the public earlier this week reaction from newspapers was swift. Also, unexpectedly, was the quick response from a salesperson competing with Andrews McMeel Syndication for real estate on The Funny Pages.Sent to newspaper editors on Monday was this message from the […]
The Society of Illustrators has announced the inductees to their class of 2019 Hall of Fame and, as has been customary for the past 60 years, cartoonists are among the chosen. Mary Petty (1899–1976) was a self-taught, prolific illustrator of books and magazines whose works appeared regularly on the covers of The New Yorker. In total, […]
Ann Telnaes leads off on a day that will be a combination of political commentary and Valentine’s Day cartooning with her own combination of political commentary and Valentine’s Day cartooning.I saw another of those videos the other day where some schmuck proposes to his GF on the Jumbotron at a crowded sports event, and, when […]
A few days later I got calls from the highway department AND The Famous Artists Schools both saying that I was hired. What a dilemma. H-m-m-m, sweat all day in the broiling sun in a road gang … OR … sit at a drawing board all day and draw cartoons? Randy Enos‘ latest Caledonian […]