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 […]
Apologies from cartoonists are coming so fast they’re stumbling over each other. After already issuing a statement apologizing for a rude suggestion aimed at President Trump, papers, this past week, began receiving “a hard-copy letter of apology” from cartoonist Wiley Miller:“Dear Editors, “I greatly appreciate your allowing me the opportunity to explain and apologize for the […]
Harry Bliss continues a tradition, having purchased JD Salinger’s secluded digs in Cornish, NH.For years, some of the local folks simply pretended to not know much, while others took perverse delight in sending Salinger groupies on long wild-goose chases in order to preserve their neighbor Jerry’s privacy.But, whether by omission or commission, the whole community […]
Mike Lester grew up in Atlanta, even got his first newspaper job there. While he has since moved away his Mike du Jour comic strip will now become a daily fixture there.The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has picked up the comic.The comic’s creator, Mike Lester, was born and raised in Atlanta. He graduated from the University of […]
Joe Giella has spent a lifetime drawing comics. From the time he was 16 until he retired at age 88.He drew the Batman newspaper strip for a few years, which were reprinted in the recent collections from the Library of American Comics. Giella also assisted his friends Sy Barry on The Phantom, and Dan Barry […]
Toronto Star editorial cartoonist Theo Moudakis has taken down a cartoon and prevented it from being published as scheduled in the March 1, 2019 edition of the Star. The offending cartoon: Theo shared the cartoon Thursday night ahead of being printed in the Friday Star. And instantly came under fire for the ‘inappropriate’, ‘classless’, ‘disgusting’ image.The reason?Many […]
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’ […]