I was going to post this Mr. Boffo cartoon starring Paul Manafort, but we don’t do politics on Friday. (FWIW, the joke is that he’s completely clear on the concept.)Instead, here are some strips highlighting a week in which a whole lot of cartoonists happened to come up with gags to which I responded personally. For […]
James Allen, in today’s Mark Trail, turned the table on Stephan Pastis. Stephan has been known to mock other comic strip characters in his Pearls Before Swine.James Allen (via Facebook) related a tale of one such incident that led to today’s strip:Last year, in Philly, I sat in on Jeff Keane’s presentation and he showed a […]
It seems letter writing campaigns are effective. The Los Angeles Times announced today that Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur comic strip will be returning.TO OUR READERS: A month ago, The Times halted publication of the “Non Sequitur” cartoon by Wiley Miller after an illustration in the strip on a Sunday contained a vulgar message. Miller and […]
Matt Davies, editorial cartoonist for Newsday, has won all the big awards in his profession, so the only thing to do now is start repeating.Matt Davies is the editorial cartoonist for Newsday in NY and has won both the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and the 2001 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism prize. In 2004 he was awarded […]
Today, I’ll be looking back at things which have resurfaced, but, first, thisJuxtaposition of the Day(Ann Telnaes) (Mike Marland)We try to keep this stuff in the family, but somehow it got out that, during a hearing in the New Hampshire legislature on a bill to allow seizure of guns from people identified as at high risk […]
A collection of comic strip items gleaned from the news. Attention all NCS members!The voting page for the NCS Reuben Division Awards is now live and waiting for you to cast your votes! As an NCS member, this is an extremely important function for you to perform. Our awards only accurately reflect the best of our […]
A roundup of some recent editorial cartooning items. Attention cartoonists — 19th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition is now open. The theme this year is “OPEN SEASON ON JOURNALISTS.” Deadline to enter is April 12, 2019.Rules and Regulations available at AAEC News and Bado’s Blog. Recently cartoonist Daryl Cagle enjoyed a rare sighting – a […]
Mike Thompson addresses the Michael Jackson “revelations,” which I put in quotation marks because, come on.You don’t have to be Archie Bunker to have had serious doubts about Jackson’s innocence, which gives me a problem with the cartoon: It’s hard to picture this fellow as a one-time fan, though I realize the 14-year-olds who bought […]
Cartoonist Ted Rall has petitioned the California Supreme Court to review a lower court’s ruling that found in favor of the L. A. Times anti-SLAPP suit against Ted.SLAPP and anti-SLAPP from Forbes:For my non-attorney readers, a strategic lawsuit against public participation — aka SLAPP — is a lawsuit that may potentially censor, intimidate and silence […]
After getting some cartooning experience in college Kevin Fagan got a syndicate contract.That was 40 years ago. And Kevin subtly celebrated in today’s Drabble. In case you don’t remember, here is Norman and Wendy from March 5, 1979:Norm and Wendy have aged well, but then so has Kevin.The Orange County Register helps celebrate the occasion and […]
The firehose of Trumpian foolishness often results in a whole lot of versions of the same gag.But his bizarre, unhinged two-hour ramble in front of the Conservative Political Action Committee gathering yielded, besides Eugene Robinson’s horrified response, (and this one, and this one, and others) this weird photo and, from that, a boatload of cartoons […]
Jerry Van Amerongen has informed fans that he is retiring and his Ballard Street panel will end March 30, 2019.DEAR FRIENDS: We interrupt my normal posting for this announcement. After nearly 40 yrs. of syndicated cartooning, and a deadline each day of those 40 yrs., I’m announcing my retirement from syndicated newspaper cartooning. For me […]
Agnes welcomes me home from a four-day road trip with a reminder of why I do this: It’s for the fabulous wealth you can generate simply by being massively discontent.The trip out to Denver for a training session with my young reporters felt like I was visiting some beleaguered revolutionary holdouts. The day before the […]
Gahan Wilson‘s stepson, Paul Winters, is releasing the information on Gahan’s Facebook page:Sad news. Gahan’s wife of 53 years, Nancy Winters, passed away March 2, 2019. More sad news is that Gahan is suffering from advanced dementia. We were keeping his condition private for many reasons. My mother, his wife, was his rock and his […]
Recently, I heard Matthew Diffee describe his descent into cartooning on the Moth, and, while I was tempted to pass it on right away, I already knew that I had a 7:10 morning flight coming up in a few days and that there was no way I’d get a blog written and posted plus make […]