We thought this was worth breaking out from D.D. Degg’s earlier post. In comics’ news from the National Football League, the Chicago Bears have announced that the intend to launch what they’re calling a ‘Monsters of the Midway’ comic strip. It looks and feels far more “comic book” than “comic strip” but check it out […]
“Join, or Die” is widely heralded as America’s first newspaper political cartoon.It was published in the May 9, 1754 edition of Benjamin Franklin‘s Pennsylvania Gazette.An original of that publication will be auctioned off July 26.The original May 9, 1754 “Pennsylvania Gazette” newspaper featuring Benjamin Franklin’s famous “JOIN, or DIE” cartoon will be auctioned by Nate […]
Mutts Comic Con Tribute Title PanelPatrick McDonnell‘s annual Comic Con comic strip appeared yesterday. Some may have missed his Mutts title panel tribute that is usually dropped. Above: the July 22, 2018 Mutts title panel and the inspiration from 1963. The full Mutts strip can be read at the Arcamax site. Cartoonist Learns She’s AmbidextrousLiza Donnelly […]
Brian Fies has announced that Abrams ComicArts will publish a full-color graphic novel of his true-life account of the 2017 Santa Rosa fires. Publication is slated for Spring 2019.From his Facebook post:Publishing lead times being what they are, I’m actually in the throes of deadline woes right now, with just a few weeks to wrap it […]
DC: John, your new comic with King Features, “Daddy Daze,” launched on June 17th. How did you come up with the concept? JK: I was looking for a new project and ended up reviewing some old projects for inspiration. One of those was a on-line weekly strip I did in grad school about being a first time father. They […]
NPR’s WAMU features an hour spot on editorial cartoonists.From the site:How will the industry continue to evolve amidst changing political and economic circumstances? And what do editorial cartoons capture that other media forms don’t?https://the1a.org/shows/2018-07-18/editorial-cartoons@Rob_Rogers@PatBagley@AnnTelnaes@ScottStantis@WAMU885
We’re tickled to welcome long-time newspaperman and comics’ journalist Mike Peterson to the Daily Cartoonist team. Mike has owned and operated the erudite and whimsical “Comic Strip of the Day” blog for the last eight and a half years and has a vast and passionate knowledge of the art form.Here’s Mike’s “mission statement” from the […]
Adjust your bookmark, because the blog is moving in order to become a feature on The Daily Cartoonist, a site newly re-energized with the addition of DD Degg, whom some of you will know from rec.arts.comics.strips.I hope you’ll stick with the shift. I’m going to continue to blog daily and the only major change should […]
One of the bulwarks of Comic Strip of the Day has always been the personal take and today the Buckets provides a bit of serendipity with a clueless old gaffer stumbling over the concept of social media, just at the moment CSotD shifts to the Daily Cartoonist.CSotD has been around for about eight and a half […]
My town has been replacing an outmoded sewer system, which will improve the cleanliness of the Connecticut River but has played hob with trying to get from one place to another, since it involves very large pipes under very important streets. This has given me many opportunities not only to contemplate how they could have done […]
“I have gotten more liberal over time, due to circumstances,” [Nick] said. “And the country has gotten more conservative as I have gotten more liberal. ” Now, he admittedly takes on the opposition and said any good cartoonist would do the same. “I am an opinion journalist,” he said. “Editorial cartooning is opinion journalism. I […]
Bumped up as a reminder to all you animators out there.Only 6 days to get your short video animation in! You could win $25,000! No Purch Nec. See Rules for details. Enter now!original May 29, 2018 post:GoComics has sent out an email today announcing the start of their short animation contest.From the email:Your opportunity to […]
The Eisner Awards were presented Friday June20th at the San Diego Comic Con. Yes, they are mostly about comic books, which I don’t cover much here, but there are some comic strip and cartooning categories that caught my eye. (Winners listed in bold type) BEST PUBLICATION FOR EARLY READERS (UP TO AGE 8) Adele in Sand […]
On the occasion of a new exhibition of Saul Steinberg’s drawings, Patterson Sims, the managing director of the Saul Steinberg Foundation, spoke with The New Yorker’s art editor, Françoise Mouly, and her husband, the graphic artist and writer Art Spiegelman. “The View of the World from 9th Avenue” image via Conde Nast Françoise:I was somewhat […]
So yesterday’s debacle included a crash that lost two hours of work and then, when I started up again, some second wave of technical gremlins that brought things to a quick exit because I had a meeting to get to.”Gremlins,” that is, not to be confused with “Femlins,” one of whom appears in Andy Marlette’s […]