In 1948 Collier’s started a brief series of comic strip cartoonists presenting their life story to the magazine’s readers. The individual entries occupied one three column page, one column of text with the other two columns filled with autobiographical comic strips. Presented below are the comics. (Clicking on the images and then clicking again should […]
Paul Fell notes the futility of “Moments of Silence” followed by “Months of Inaction,” which puts his piece head-and-shoulders above the multitude of “We’re So Sad” cartoons currently out there.There are times when all you can say is “We’re So Sad,” and editorial cartoonists have an obligation to mirror those moments for the nation or, […]
For the latest horror Rob Rogers alludes to another place, another time – days short of 80 years ago.Kristallnacht was not the beginning nor the end of the troubles then, and this is not the start or, unfortunately, the last we will see of such atrocities now.“I was a little hesitant to compare this violence […]
It may seem odd, with all the horrors of the past week, to start today with Rick McKee‘s lottery cartoon, but the lottery is not only another way in which We The People exploit the gullibility of our fellow citizens but it is too often a good example of how the media helps in the […]
Alfred G. Caplin was riding high with his success on the Joe Palooka comic strip and creating the hillbilly character Big Leviticus (a claim disputed by Ham Fisher) when he decided he could become a big-time cartoonist instead of a low paid assistant.And so he did – with Li’l Abner. above: the first Li’l Abner […]
Mike Luckovich replaces the now-familiar firehose metaphor with something closer to everyone’s heart.Though it’s only fair to note that Luckovich penned this humorous commentary a day or two before Trump’s delusional ravings began to cost lives.At this stage, the challenge for responsible editorialists is not keeping up with the flow but dealing with two emerging […]
With the October 28, 2018 Sunday strip Henry ceases its King Features syndicated run.The daily strip ended with the Saturday October 27, 2018 issue. Henry by Carl Anderson first appeared as a (mostly) panel in the Saturday Evening Post issue of March 19, 1932 and ran there until February 2, 1935.King Features and Carl Anderson converted […]
Good Stories for Children – Illustrations From 1902 to 1905 Walt McDougall provided art for his Sunday newspaper page of children’s stories.Monster Brains presents the more disturbing of the illustrations.John Adcock provides a bit of history. The Gay ThirtiesA treasure trove of slice-of-life panels by Milton Caniff and Hank Barrow from The Great Depression. Cats and Raccoons […]
James Bond and Playboy Playboy continues its slow return to the glory days when cartoons and comics were a major part of the magazine’s content. The November-December 2018 issue contains a six page exclusive about the origin of 007.Dynamite Entertainment and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. announced today that the latest James Bond series, James Bond […]
There’s nothing much new in the commentary on the bombing attempts, though Michael Cavna has a nice roundup of editorial cartoons on the topic.However, here’s an oddity I came across while poking around in the archives to see how the Wall Street Bombing of 1920 was covered.Some of what I came across wasn’t terribly surprising. […]
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Alex Hallatt attempts to inject some sense into germaphobia with this Arctic Circle, but we seem to be past the tipping point.Granted, even if you touch the dispenser of the disinfectant dispenser at the grocery store, the contents will (theoretically) wipe out the germs, and then your clean hands can make contact with the typhoid-infected […]
A Halloween Cartoon ListSteve Stanchfield, via Cartoon Research, presents a list of seasonal animated cartoons:Since it’s almost Halloween, I’ll continue the tradition of posting some favorite Halloween films. Here’s the ones that are on my must watch list (again) for this year. Some of these will very likely be projected for the kids on Halloween […]
#5 – Linus Made Security Blankets Acceptable. As a new exhibit [Good Grief, Charlie Brown] celebrates its eternal appeal,William Cook reveals some surprising facts about Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends. post script relating to the above mentioned exhibition and post: Alexandra Fraser visits the Sonoma home of Charles Schulz. above: a Snoopy Burger at the Warm Puppy […]
Proverbs 11:29: He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise in heart. There are several cartoons linking Trump’s rhetoric to a bomb, but I like Ed Hall‘s take, because it goes beyond the man’s foolish language and gets into his manipulation of people with all that […]