updated October 10:It seems the unusual obituary of Rick Stein, featuring the Baron Munchausen-like (Major Hoople-like?) achievements and adventures of the deceased has gained some notoriety across the internet. People have found it as entertaining and intriguing a read as I have. (I found it enjoyable enough to post here, though it is off-topic.)Jessica Bies, […]
Existential Comics explores the morality of sharing excess with the poor, a long enough comic that I feel constrained about re-printing the whole thing here, so go read the rest and be prepared for both a large laugh and an even larger twinge of “How did we get here?”Every major religion demands charity, though there […]
Garry Trudeau’s #SAD! Tour Has Reached UtahThe Park City Record interviews G. B. Trudeau in anticipation of his arrival. PR: While Trump was on the campaign trail, did you ever think he would become president? What was your reaction when the votes came in? GT: No, and: horror. Macanudo Tryout in The Oregonian Macanudo gets […]
A New York Times article features the latest MAD magazine. Mad Magazine, the 66-year-old humor publication, has been in free fall for years — in terms of both circulation and cultural relevance. This month, however, people as varied as the comedians John Hodgman and Patton Oswalt, as well as Lee Unkrich, a co-director of “Coco,” […]
Jules Feiffer has signed on to do a regular monthly comic strip for Tablet Magazine.Well, maybe not just a comic strip, maybe essays or a play or…It is my pleasure to announce, on behalf of the editors, a new feature at Tablet magazine, which will consist, beginning today, of regular contributions by Jules Feiffer. The editors […]
Here’s our regular roundup of comics-related letters to the editor.San Jose Mercury News: a reader calls Mallard Fillmore “disrespectful” and “insensitive”Coeur D’Alene (Idaho) Press: An editor recounts an editorial decision to ask readers for their comics opinion — cliche headline “Nothing to Laugh at” checks in.Statesboro (Ga.) Herald: A reader is disappointed in repeating comics.Santa […]
Raina Telgemeier‘s graphic novels are very popular. And they have the full confidence of her publisher Scholastic/Graphix. Raina’s forthcoming graphic novel Guts, which will continue her memoirs of grade school, will get a first edition print run of 1 million copies.Before the September 2019 publication of Guts, Scholastic and Raina will release a half million […]
Cartoonists have spoken about the fire hose issue, that the crises are coming at us faster than they can be drawn, and I’m not sure why the woman in Joe Heller‘s cartoon isn’t wearing gloves and carrying two rakes, but I’m certainly willing to step away and focus on fall for a bit.It’s becoming very […]
Millions missing. Elder-abuse allegations. The last days of Marvel wizard Stan Lee have been mired in controversy. Here, Lee—alongside his daughter—speaks out for the first time.A new interview with 95-year-old Stan Lee, not about his career but about his recent troubles and the headline making charges on those surrounding him.Today, Lee’s hearing is almost shot, […]
Moderately Confused mostly got a chuckle today because, while I don’t play the fiddle, or even the violin, I am convinced that “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” is probably an annoyingly simple song to play.I base this theory on the number of clearly crapola garage-country bands that feature it, and the fact that, while […]
Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear…specifically the 1950s.The Western was King in the 1950s – books, movies, magazines, TV, store shelves, and comics.The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy, Red Ryder, The Cisco Kid, and Gene Autry were all on TV and all had comic strips. And there were dozens more western […]
(David Fitzsimmons)(Drew Sheneman)And so here’s a juxtaposition of where we’ve landed, which is a strong message of partisanship and power over justice and mercy.We’ve had, in addition, a large helping of whataboutism, which requires ignoring the timeline and ignoring the number of progressives who have said that, had Bill Clinton’s personal flaws come to the […]
For 24 years, Bruce Quast scoured the latest goings-ons in and around Rockford for opportunities to make people laugh — or think. The political cartoons he produced for the Register Star picked apart the news under four Rockford mayors and five Illinois governors. Bruce Quast‘s editorial cartoon has appeared weekly on the opinion page of […]
Wilmington sport cartoonist Charley Burns has passed away.Charles Kennedy (Charley) Burns January 10, 1923 – September 29, 2018 From the obituary:[Charley] graduated in 1949 from the John Hussian School of Art in Philadelphia, which launched his art career with the E.I DuPont & de Nemours Company for over 30 years. After retirement, he started his […]
Ann Telnaes gets it absolutely right on a level that hits me personally, and perhaps it’s a chance to talk about the system, because I’m sure tired of talking about the issue.For about a year and a half, I edited a small, twice-weekly community paper in western Maine.Back in 2006-8, Maine had two Senators noted […]