Dwane Powell sets the mood for today’s array.There have been several “screaming toddler” approaches to Trump and his hissy fit over the wall, but Powell not only modifies an increasingly tired concept but melds Trump’s infantile stubbornness with the Christmas angle.I’ve never understood the “hold my breath” threat and I certainly never saw any of […]
Nancy, Alley Oop, Deflocked, Sarah Scribbles, Garfield, and more make the list of Stephen Roth‘s 10 Biggest Comic Strip Stories in 2018.
Cathy Guisewite remembers childhood, Christmas, and Midland Michigan.The Midland Daily News interviews Cathy about her childhood Christmases, with a nice slideshow.In a 180, Cathy has a new book coming out in Spring 2019 about her current view of life. Howard Maier recalls his young adulthood.The library recently opened a biographical file on Maier, including nearly 400 […]
DD Degg has already covered the basics of the Overseas Press Club’s decision to unname their annual award for best political cartoonist. You can also find coverage at Bado’s blog, the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists’ report here and, if you have good eyesight and don’t mind scrolling way down to the bottom of an […]
The New Yorker has published “Trump in 2018: A Cartoon Review” which seems incredibly self-explanatory.Click here for the review.
Adam Zyglis Is ConfusedFrom The Buffalo News:The editorial cartoon on Tuesday was misleading. The Democrats, liberals and leftists are the ones endorsed by the communists and socialists, not the National Rifle Association. The NRA is fighting to keep the Constitution so that our defense against tyranny is maintained. …but you published this unconscionable “cartoon” anywayAs an […]
iMediaEthics, “a not-for-profit, non-partisan news site that publishes the latest media ethics news and investigations into ethical lapses” has named their most controversial editorial cartoons of 2018 (through October). The list includes: Sean Delonas, Dieter Hanitzsch, Rob Rogers, Jeff Darcy, Avi Katz, Jos Valdman, Tom Stiglich, Gary Varvel, Chris Britt, Mark Knight and Rick McKee.From the piece:This year, […]
A recent letter to the editor in The (Salem, Ore.) Statesman Journal cited the December 15th “B.C.” as insensitive in the current #metoo climate:From the letter: The daily syndicated strip depicts a caveman carrying a very large club and being asked by another character if he has a “big date tonight?” Is this really funny in a […]
Our weekly respite from the political flood comes just in time.If the Night of the Chickenhawk doesn’t shake a few Deplorables out of the basket, maybe they’ll start to figure it out when they find their wall donations are going to the wrong grifter.But never mind. C’est le weekend! We’ll get in the holiday mood with […]
At the time of his death in the early 20th Century Thomas Nast became known as “The Father of the American Cartoon.” Well-known as creator of the Republican and Demoocratic party symbols, the elephant and the donkey. He was credited in helping to bring down the corrupt Boss Tweed.Further, at this time of the year, […]
For 50 years, he has been at the heart of Britain’s morning conversation, as much a part of breakfast time as cornflakes and toast and marmalade. We are talking, of course, of Mac, the Daily Mail’s celebrated cartoonist whose laugh-out-loud drawings – sardonic but never cruel – have ensured readers up and down the country […]
“Other teachers would call my mother into school. They’d say, ‘He sits and draws all day.’ My mother would say, ‘He wants to be a cartoonist.’ ‘Don’t worry,’ the teachers told her. ‘He’ll grow out of it.’” Spoiler: He didn’t.Hy Eisman has been in the comics business for nearly 70 years! As a young man […]
Cartoonist/caricaturist Frankie Bernard has passed away.FRANCIS J. (FRANKIE) BERNARD, JR. April 30, 1967 – December 18, 2018 From the obituary:Frankie plied himself as a talented and professional cartoonist. He was a featured editorial cartoonist for the Chelsea Record and Journal Transcript Publications, he also worked several years as a caricature artist in Boston’s Faneuil Hall Market. […]
From the piece:In 2018, the most popular cartoons ranged in subject matter from dogs to cats, from parents to children, and from normal, emotionally balanced people to Donald Trump. They spanned a wide range of dates, too—the most popular cartoon on Instagram, by Peter Steiner, was originally published in 1990, which is quite a throwback, […]
I curate my social media enough that I miss some things, but if anybody is mourning the retirement of Paul Ryan, it hasn’t come across my feed. The most sympathetic take I’m seeing is along the lines of this simple Ann Telnaes commentary, which I don’t think is intended to be sympathetic.But there he is, […]