Courtesy of Tom Heintjes, David Folkman, and Hogan’s Alley magazine are dozens and dozens of pictures from the 2018 National Cartoonists Society Reubens gala.   

Conservative editorial cartoonist Gary Varvel, like so many others, didn’t take Donald Trump seriously.In this braggadocios “I’m the greatest” culture, Trump became the Muhammad Ali of politicians. His claims of, “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created,” “I’m really rich,” “I’m very highly educated,” “I’m the best (fill in the blank)” […]

I like Tom Toles’ commentary, but, then again, there’s a strong element of “So what?” in the air these days.Not “So what? It doesn’t matter,” but “so what?” in the sense of “So what are you going to do about it now?” because, from the moment Bernie Sanders conceded the nomination to Hilary Clinton and […]

The Kids can’t spend their entire summer vacation in the pool (or the river), and after the morning cool wears off they got to get out of the sun, and they certainly need a break from all that video – so reading!The Today Show and Amazon has teamed up to recommend 18 books for pre-teens, […]

National Cartoonists Society President and MAD Magazine editor Bill Morrison was profiled by The New York Times for his work on Dark Horse Comics adaptation of The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” from film to graphic novel.From the George Gene Gustines story:Mr. Morrison, a co-founder of Bongo Comics, whose titles include “The Simpsons,” and the editor of Mad […]

MacMillan Publishers and Roaring Brook Press have announced the release of Lio and Heart of the City creator Mark Tatulli’s new children’s book “They Came.”The Daily Cartoonist caught up with Mark and asked him about the new book.Mark:I was inspired (or moved) by the rising lack of empathy for immigrants that I was seeing … […]

Patrick Chappatte with a cartoon so wonderful that I don’t mind that it may well be obsolete by the time you see this.With the US not qualifying, I’ve been picking teams throughout World Cup only to have them disappear, and I’m reluctant to say that I’m rooting for France today, not simply because there’s a […]

Over at Nielsen Bookscan and for the week of June 24th, Mo Willems clocks in at No. 31 with his 2017 book “An Elephant and Piggie Biggie.” To date Nielsen reports more than 180,000 of the new Willems’ book have been sold.While Instagram and Facebook cartoonist Catana debuts her new book “Little Moments of Love” at […]

We’ll start with a rare example of an artist beating the bureaucracy, with a hat tip to Bado for pointing out this WashPost article.The Postal Service wanted to feature the Statue of Liberty on a stamp. They found a nice photo of her and purchased the rights from Getty Images for $1500, then ran off […]

Q: You’ve decided to put the pen down on “In the Bleachers” … What gives? The comic is only 33 years old.A: Yeah, 33 years. Would you believe I started Bleachers when I was 4-years old?I didn’t think so. Anyway …I still have three youngsters who need to burn through Dad’s hard-earned cash until they’re […]

From Snow White to Bugs Bunny to PunkinheadCelebrating a cabin built 100 years ago in Manitoba gives reason to profile Charles Thorson, who spent his childhood in said cabin.Charles Thorson moved to Hollywood in 1934 and became a cartoonist who created prototypes for Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and the […]

Speed Bump cartoonist Dave Coverly spent some time in Bloomington, Indiana on his way to the hinterlands. Dave and some of his cartoon originals return to Bloomington for a good cause.Reports The Herald Times:Over the course of three decades, his panels have occasionally featured jokes involving cats and dogs. Some of those panels will be […]

Consolidated Publishing Co. publishes two daily newspapers (and a few weeklies) in Alabama. They have decided that the daily papers, The Anniston Star and The (Talladega) Daily Home, should have identical syndicated content.For decades, The Anniston Star and The Daily Home have both published a comics page. Over the years, the lineup changes from time […]

Arlo & Janis touches off a low-level rant, because I care more about this phenomenon on radio than I do on TV, possibly because I don’t watch a lot of TV.I appreciate that, in the Olden Days segment, he had the woman come in from the next room, because, if you were right there, phones […]

[Jack Ohman] grew up fishing for bluegills in Lake Johanna, slinging Texas rigs for bass on Mille Lacs and drifting for walleyes in his father’s 12-foot “car-topper,’’ a vintage boat he still keeps. High school friends coaxed him to the Kinnickinnic River in River Falls, Wis., and he evolved into a fly fishing junkie of […]