Disney Legend Floyd Norman is interviewed by legendary Disney historian Jim Korkis about Floyd’s various associations with Disney icon Mickey Mouse. The Mickey Mouse comic strip ran from 1930 to 1995. For the last dozen years or so of the comic strip it was written and laid out by Floyd.I am delighted that, while it touches […]
Today is Hump Day, not because it’s Wednesday but because the President has asked us all to believe that there are scary brown Muslims headed our way from Honduras, mixed in with the scary brown Latinos.We’ll know them because SBLs ride on burros but SBMs ride on camels.Joe Heller‘s cartoon suggests that this delusion is […]
King Features has joined forces with PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center to raise awareness and help prevent bullying. While many schools and organizations participate by wearing orange today, a number of [KFS] cartoonists created special comic strips to highlight bullying prevention and awareness.October 24 is Unity Day and a number of King Features Syndicate comic […]
Current political tactics call for throwing as much against the wall as possible and hoping some sticks. A recent Steve Benson cartoon has become one such projectile.The race to fill retiring Senator Jeff Flake‘s seat in Arizona is neck and neck with Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema nearly tied in the polls. One or the […]
“This cartoon serves no purpose aside from spreading xenophobic rhetoric and ideas.” “Slander, racism, blatant misogyny and ignorance — all neatly wrapped in one cartoon.” “It reflects a sick, bigoted, racist, sexist mindset.” “The cartoon was appalling and offensive.” Reader response to a political cartoon by Rick McKee, as published in the Fort Worth […]
As is often the case, Clay Jones‘ essay is as good as his cartoon, and, in this case, the writing does a more in-depth job of advancing a critical conversation.Jones addresses both parts of the caravan issue: The first is whether or not this caravan is of any particular significance — and he provides evidence […]
A few updates to previously mentioned items. Rube Goldberg knew how to get from A to B using all the letters in the alphabet Stephen Silver, for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, profiles Rube and reviews an exhibition.“The Art of Rube Goldberg,” an exhibition that…runs through Jan. 21 at the Philadelphia museum. The exhibit, which follows stops […]
(Non Sequitur)(Brian Adcock)Wiley Miller unintentionally creates a Juxtaposition of the Day when he was simply commenting on a common saying, mostly because a Russian variation of that saying has been (purposely? ignorantly?) misinterpreted here for years.That is, when Khrushchev said “We will bury you,” he wasn’t threatening warfare.He was simply saying that Russia would be […]
One of the first comic strips I saw today was Frazz.Jef Mallett plays with the form as much as anyone, today the top silhouette brought a smile. And I’ve also been impressed with the Sunday art at Prickly City lately (for months really).Hat tip to Eric Allie and Scott Stantis. Tim Rickard’s Brewster Rockit was the funniest […]
This silly cartoon by Alistair Findlay may seem an odd kickoff to a post about the upcoming elections, particularly since he’s South African, but stick with me.First of all, it might not be all that silly. Not that I would expect NASCAR or Formula One to kick out their drivers, but a separate race among […]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Publisher and Editor-in-Chief John Robinson Block has announced the appointment of Steve Kelley as the Post-Gazette’s new editorial cartoonist. Said Mr. Block: “Since my grandfather acquired the Post-Gazette in 1923, cartooning has been a hallowed tradition of this newspaper. It is with great pride and pleasure that I welcome Steve Kelley. I am […]
As Mike Peterson reported (and others had suspicioned) cartoonist Darrin Bell has combined the print editions of his Candorville and Rudy Park comic strips into a single project. Mike’s observation was spot on (I have a feeling he had met Darrin at the recent CXC), but now Darrin has confirmed and further clarified the reasons for […]
Surprise #1 today came when Stephen Collins served up what, in the first panels, looked like yet another “wedded to tech” gag with a “Motel of the Mysteries” homage, but then turned into something much more specific and quite funny. You should go read the rest.Or it might just be me: I’ve got a couple […]
Cartoonist Stan Mack responded to a New York Times piece with an illustrated letter of comment or, as the N. Y. Times is calling it, a “comic strip to the editor.”
For the month leading into the US midterm elections the School of Visual Arts is hosting “Art as Witness: Political Graphics 2016 – 18,” an exhibition of over 200 satirical and politically charged illustrations, cartoons and animations from 53 artists.Ann Quito, for Quartz, reviews the exhibit. As the illustrator Victor Juhasz writes in the exhibition catalogue: “We […]