Frew (Australia) The Phantom comic book wraparound cover by Sunday Phantom artist Jeff Weigel. Many of today’s young people seem to know little about history and geography, among other things, and it doesn’t help when even the comics page is feeding misinformation. The Dec. 11 “One Big Happy” has a father asking his son, “What’s Istanbul […]
I’ll admit to having been sucked in completely by this Alex, because, while everyone in the strip is contemptible on some level, Clive had been painted as the victim in this ongoing divorce thread.For all the comical excesses of the characters, part of what makes this strip work is their lifelike nature, and I think […]
Marshall Ramsey, who has garnered considerable attention this year with his double cartoon tributes of Barbara and George H. W. Bush, has left the Jackson Clarion Ledger (a Gannett newspaper). Sez Marshall: “I’m leaving by my choice.”Earlier today Marshall informed via Twitter:Bit of person news: On December 16, 1996 I sat down at this drawing […]
[Association of American Editorial Cartoonists President Pat Bagley will be handing over the mantle to Kevin Siers next week. In the meantime, here is his departing letter] Dear Colleagues, First, the good news. The long-awaited redesign of our new website is nearing launch and should be up sometime in January. (Buy Adam Zyglis a beer […]
So say we all, because we can simply enjoy a few giggles over things of no particular weight and import.Theoretically.Let’s at least start with some light-hearted fare.By July, 1935, “Thimble Theater” was firmly given over to Popeye, but it had not simplified things down to (A) Bluto grabs Olive, (B) Popeye eats spinach (C) Popeye […]
Rutland Reader Wants Her New England Cartoonist Back From the Rutland Herald: The first couple days, I thought perhaps your layout folks had simply made a mistake. But after a week, I have come to the sad realization that you have replaced the “Non Sequitur” comic strip with “Beetle Bailey.” Now, I have nothing against […]
(Baby Blues)(Pickles)The question of real vs. artificial Christmas trees seems like one of those issues in which either argument makes sense and it comes down to what you want to believe and what you prefer to do.However, you aren’t hurting the forests by buying a real tree or saving them by purchasing plastic.Christmas trees are […]
Only days remain until Ripley’s Believe It or Not turns 100.Founder Robert Ripley launched his unbelievable career of discovering the world’s oddities on Dec. 19, 1918, when he published his first cartoon, “Champs & Chumps.”Or maybe a few days earlier. GoComics recently sat down with the current “Believe It or Not!” illustrator John Graziano, who took […]
Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect: like a man, who hath thought of a good repartee when the discourse is changed, or the company parted; or like a physician, who hath found out an infallible medicine, after the […]
Yeah it’s the busy season but don’t forget to reserve your table for the NCS Fest.The Deadline is January 31, 2019 and we hope to remind you again after New Years Day. Coming to Huntington Beach, California, May 17-19, NCS Fest is shaping up to be the biggest FREE comic arts festival in North America. […]
I am writing in regards to the comic article printed in the Courier Traveler on Dec. 5 condemning Catholic clergy… I feel it is so wrong for a local newspaper to comment about a religious denomination. How about an apology to all Catholics and Catholic clergy. This apology should be in large bold print. […]
Letters to the Editor The Sunday Pearls was mentioned here the other day and it got some response in the real world.From the San Diego Union-TribuneI wish to commend the “Pearls Before Swine” cartoonist, Stephan Pastis, for a truly profound strip last Sunday. Pastis lost his beloved dog and the panels depict in small, intimate […]
The Star-Banner (Ocala, Fla.) Managing Editor Jim Ross describes how his paper’s editors select and manage their editorial cartoons.From the column:As a writer, I envy cartoonists. They can summarize a feeling, a sentiment, a controversy, a triumph — anything, really — in a minimum amount of space. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then […]
Tangentially related to syndication, NPR’s Shankar Vandantem looks into how local citizens pay more in taxes when local newspapers go out of business.https://www.npr.org/2018/12/11/675505080/local-newspaper-closures-come-with-hefty-price-tag-for-residents
Ran into a bit of a flashback this morning when I came upon Jeff Boyer‘s latest cartoon for the Albany Times-Union.I was out of the newsroom but living in the area back when General Electric was forced to pay to clean up the PCBs in the bottom of the Hudson River, a legacy of their […]