The matter of the Cornell 7 is the sort of viral case that offers a chance to discuss a critically important issue, but also offers the chance to go spinning off the rails and use the specific issues of a single case to miss the greater points.In USA Today, Alyssa Goldberg begins her analysis by […]

The Australian Cartoonists Association has formally released their policy on generative artificial intelligence. ACA Deputy President David Blumenstein made the announcement on his Instagram and Facebook accounts. Similar to statements from other cartooning associations, ACA maintains that generative AI tools are not consistent with their values of “giving a forum to human art creators and […]

The Caledonian-Record shuffles its comics page; the Milton Caniff Spirit of Flight Award; a Luann bibliography; The Funny Pages, a comic strip exhibit; Calvin and Hobbes and Susie Derkins; and a new look for Reply All. Plus a late add: The new-Old Nancy. The Caledonian-Record Updates Their Comics Page The Caledonian-Record has take a positive […]

It’s lovely to think that, when a candidate makes a promise of “no new taxes,” the audience will respond by thinking of all they’d have to give up to make that promise true.Slane is being sarcastic, and showing how things might run in a perfect world of well-informed, logical voters. Also, he’s from New Zealand, […]

The past weekend saw the Association of Canadian Cartoonists (ACC) gather on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls for their 2026 convention which this year they called a “popup mini congress.” So far there has been little news that has come from the conference. One bit of news is who won the dual Townsend Awards […]

Pop Culture and mass communications author Arthur Asa Berger has passed away. Arthur Asa Berger January 3, 1933 – September 19, 2026 “Berger is to the study of television what Idi Amin is to tourism in Uganda.” The New York Times on Berger’s The TV-Guided American The Marin County Journal carries the obituary: “In 1965 […]

This last weekend at the Baltimore Comic-Con, the Ringo Awards for the best achievement in comic books were announced. Below are the winners and this year’s nominees.Fan FavoritesJury and Fan WinnersBest SeriesWinner: Absolute Batman, DC ComicsNominees:Best AnthologyWinner: Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown, Dark Horse ComicsNominees:Best Kids Comic or Graphic Novel […]

First Dog points out that, indeed, the whole world is watching. That wouldn’t be so bad if we were some obscure country nobody really cared about, so they could watch what we’re up to, snicker and shrug it off.But ever since WWII we have set ourselves up as the Keystone of the Free World, so […]

After two and a half years Dick Tracy artist Charles Ettinger said goodbye to the Dick Tracy syndicated comic strip with a small insert in the Sept. 26, 2026 issue. Regular “guest writer” Eric Costello confirmed it in a GoComic comment: “I want to take this opportunity to thank Charles Ettinger for the work he […]

I pass on the relief I felt when I saw the “GH” in a Hagar the Horrible. Gary Hallgren frequently lets us know he is still ghosting Hagar by slipping in his initials but it had been six weeks (August 9) since the last sighting and I had begun to worry that the former underground […]

Rall suggests that perhaps our national priorities are out of whack, though it might be a better world if they were this openly explained. It would also be a better country if someone, anyone spoke this plainly to Dear Leader. However, it would be difficult to explain why funds that Congress approved for medical research […]

International Datelines: Kuwait, Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, Switzerland, and Chicago(??!!). Newspaper Comic Strips Everywhere Around the World Saira Abdul Rashid for the Kuwait Times asks, “Could comic [strips] make a comeback?” “For generations of newspaper readers, comic strips were more than small illustrations tucked between advertisements and headlines. They offered humor, emotion and another […]

Mike Smith Enters Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame “Longtime Las Vegas Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith enters Nevada Newspaper Hall of Fame” The Las Vegas Sun proudly notes in a profile that its staff editorial cartoonist is now a Hall of Famer. “O’Callaghan instead offered him a full-time job. Smith packed up his car, moved […]

I’m glad to have run into this pair in this order, because Heller bucked up my spirits somewhat after Granlund’s negative take on election signs. It is indeed fall, and as much as I look forward to the foliage, this year I’m substantially happier than Heller’s semi-glum couple, looking forward to the midterms and glad […]

Laurie Triefeldt began her newspaper career with The Windsor Star in her native Canada in 1988. She spent a few years there before moving to the U.S. where she briefly worked for the Newspaper Enterprise Association before moving on to the Camden N.J. Courier-Post in 1993. Triefeldt was a newspaper graphic artist during this time […]