I mentioned the other day that, in eighth grade social studies, we learned the terms “log-rolling” and “back-patting,” from a teacher who also required us to know the members of the Supreme Court and of the President’s Cabinet, and, in the latter case, what their departments were charged with.It’s become a regular luncheon-speaker horror story […]
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting the death of Steve Ditko. Artist Steve Ditko, who co-created Spider-Man and Doctor Strange with Stan Lee, has died at age 90. The New York Police Department confirmed his death to The Hollywood Reporter.No cause of death was announced. Ditko was found dead in his apartment on June 29 and […]
Let’s start things off with the Serendipity Award, as Rhymes With Orange drops this gag smack in the middle of a massive heat wave at least for those of us in the Northeast, which includes RWOHQ in Massachusetts.I suspect that, if you had a wax museum without AC, you could set up a pretty impressive […]
From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation:July 5, 2018 marks the 60th birthday of legendary comic creator Bill Watterson. His iconic cartoon Calvin and Hobbes has entertained generations of readers, bringing the witty adventures and philosophical musings of a six-year-old boy and his stuffed tiger to newspapers around the world. To mark Watterson’s birthday, here are 60 facts you may not know about him.60 […]
Editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey ponders his career choice in 2018.Editorial cartoonist positions were already disappearing because of the swing of accountants’ axes. Losing one because the cartoonist was too critical of a person in power is particularly chilling.I’ll be honest, it’s unnerving. Change is scary. There are days when I wake up with fear in […]
David Horsey avoided the two obvious approaches to Fourth of July cartoons: Those simply waving the flag and cheering, and those pointing out the various hypocrisies of celebrating at all.It’s almost as if he walks around actually talking to people instead of sitting in his cubbyhole absorbing and illustrating political rhetoric.The two little kids in […]
13 Ingenious Facts About Rube Goldberg Celebrating the 135th anniversary of the man’s birth Mental Floss‘ “…Things You Might Not Know About…” takes a turn at Rube Goldberg. Also, a quick Rube profile. “My Job is to Make People Smile” Cartoonist Jerry Scott, of Baby Blues and Zits comic strip fame, is on vacation in Alaska. […]
Selected color Independence Day comic strips by Jim Scancarelli 2018 (and 2006) 2003 2014 2005 2012 2011 2015Images via GoComics
July 4, 1954, came just less than a month after Senator Welch spoke the famous lines at the Army/McCarthy hearings, “Have you no sense of decency?” All the talk about “Making America Great Again” makes it seem like a good time to take a look back at those Olden Days of Greatness on Independence Day, and […]
Winsor McCay, Little Nemo, and The Fourth of July. 110 years ago Winsor McCay had 330 square inches to work with! July 5, 1908 July 4, 1909 July 3, 1910 hat tip: The Comic Strip Library
I was basically my own editor for 25 years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. And then the publisher decided he didn’t like what he saw.Rob Rogers, in comic strip form, details his Post-Gazette story for us at The Nib. Since Rob’s Brewed on Grant strip has seemingly ended, maybe we can get a different weekly comic strip […]
Rob Rogers finally tells the whole story over at the Nib, and it’s both fascinating and unsurprising. Go read the rest of it.There are elements of the story that should seem familiar, but it was, on the whole, outrageous enough that it’s a lesson in Where We’re At.Any time you have a change in management, […]
A few Hey Look comic strips by Harvey Kurtzman via The Bristol Board. From The Saturday Evening Post comes gag cartoons by comic strip cartoonists before they made the newspaper syndicates. A look back at The Great Comic Switcheroo of April Fool’s Day 1997 courtesy Neil Robertson. Above image from the instigators’ Baby Blues page. […]
A few Walt Disney news items via Cartoon Brew.Released tomorrow, July 3, 2018, is ‘A Mouse Divided’ by Jeff Ryan – A New Book Exploring How Success Tore Apart Mickey Mouse Creators Walt Disney And Ub IwerksCartoon Brew’s Amid Amidi explainsThe book…explores how Walt Disney’s colleague Ub Iwerks was never given the credit he deserved […]
Journalist Jean Godden, writing for Westside Seattle, reveals that she hasalways had a secret love affair with editorial cartoonists and wish I’d had the talent and training to be one. It’s one thing to be an editorialist trying to right the world in 700 words or less. It’s far, far better to slay dragons in […]