Block Island Times publisher and editorial cartoonist Bruce Montgomery has passed away.Royal Bruce Montgomery, publisher of The Block Island Times from1999 to 2006, and editorial cartoonist since 1998, died on Thursday, July 5, at the age of 78. His obituary appears on page 22. ROYAL BRUCE MONTGOMERY August 5, 1939 – July 5, 2018 [Bruce] began […]
Sally Forth writer Francesco Marciuliano has been posting a running commentary about the Sally Forth (Trystero) Comic Con at his Medium Large blog. Since Ces doesn’t tag his posts I’m just going to link to the July 2018 archives, though the comic con commentary begins in June. I recommend reading them, they’re as entertaining as […]
Graeme MacKay uses the matryoshka doll image well here, both because we all recognize the Russian toy and because, in this case, the layers of hiding boil down to that last tiny doll, the one that is just a little wooden nib at the end.Mueller’s indictments are important because they aren’t simply accusations, but proof […]
This week Ted Rall updated the status of his two year old lawsuit against the Los Angeles Times:I sued the LA Times for wrongful termination and defamation in 2016. The Times responded with an anti-SLAPP motion asking the court to order me to pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars in their legal fees. They […]
Lynn Johnston has “produced one of the best comic strips ever,” gushed Evan Panton, the Cleveland Elementary kid with a penchant for the classic funnies, including For Better or For Worse. Well, that flattery was enough to prompt Johnston to pay it forward by offering Panton private cartooning lessons. To say the budding artist was […]
January 7, 1929 saw the debut of the Tarzan daily comic strip featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ Tarzan of the Apes as adapted by R. W. Palmer and Hal Foster. The daily Tarzan comic strip lasted until July 29, 1972, by which time Russ Manning had been doing the strip for almost 5 years.Most every daily in […]
Michael Cavna covers the imagery and subject of Donald Trump as a baby in the comics industry. Featuring Shannon Wheeler, Tom Tomorrow, Barry Blitt, Sean Delonas, Nate Beeler and Clay Bennett.From the story:Yet one of the most consistent symbols of Trump-targeted satire and cartoon buffoonery over the past two years has been depictions of the […]
Bumped up to the top as a reminder of Keith Knight’s current strips. original July 10 post:Three days before the Capital Gazette shooting Milo Yiannopoulos texted that he “can’t wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists.” Bill O’Reilly, after years of debasing George Tiller as “Tiller the Baby Killer,” disavowed any culpalbility in the […]
An odd week of funny cartoons that hit me for specific, personal reasons, so bear with me. As a reward for your indulgence, I’ll start with the most tasteless, from the Barn.Not that crayons themselves are tasteless, though they’re pretty bland. But they also don’t digest and the result is not fully technicolor poop but […]
July 12, 1993 is when 9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney debuted, 25 years ago today.GoComics is celebrating with a gallery of some of their favorite strips through the years.Chickweed Lane began with United Features Syndicate, ran through Tribune Media Services and Los Angeles Times Syndicate,then returned to UFS in the year 2000. It now […]
Beetle Bailey Goes to the Dark Side in Comic Book Parody Spencer & Locke, the comic that mixes Calvin & Hobbes with the noir attitude of Sin City, is returning for a second series later this year, and things are going to get even darker than before. [Roach Riley is] an analog for Mort Walker’s […]
New Jersey Chiefs of Police Upset with Signe Wilkinson Last month The Asbury Park Press published a Signe Wilkinson cartoon and the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police took exception to the portrayal. A conservative blogger picked up the story. Against the Grain: Bombthrowing in the Fine American Tradition of Political Cartooning Bill Sanders […]
Web cartoonist and book author Nick “The Awkward Yeti” Seluk has delved into the 4 to 8-year-old reader world with his new book, “The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal.” From the Kirkus Review:This charming star shines bright.
Let’s start with Prickly City, where, for the last couple of days, Winslow has been looking for Carmen and we have what I guess passes for a happy ending now.It is indeed scary what passes for reasonable these days.It’s also scary and depressing, by the way and excuse me for being a Grinch, what […]
The Herald and News of Klamath Falls, Ore., is reporting on the opening of a new park dedicated to legendary Disney illustrator Carl Barks.From the story:Three interpretive panels were installed at the park to tell the history of the Lost River, wildlife in the area, and Barks’ life story. Born in 1901, Barks spent his […]