“Kurt Vonnegut once compared the artist to the canary in the coal mine, a hypersensitive creature who alerts hardier life forms to toxic gases by kindly dropping dead. Given the steady demise of editorial cartoonists during the past several years, newspapers might begin to wonder about the quality of the air.” – Doug Marlette After […]
Bruce Plante expresses the most honest opinion of the Inspector General’s Report, which is that both sides can find plenty to dislike in it.Though, while he’s certainly right, both sides are instead claiming victory, which generally suggests three things:One is that the report is long and, while not extraordinarily complex, has found problems in how the […]
First and most important: When will Steve McGarry do a page on Ray Davies. quite simply the greatest songwriter of all time? Do people still know the origins of Lalo Alcaraz’s The Beandocks? Does Brooke McEldowney have a one-track mind? Who is In The Bleachers cartoonist “Benz”? (My Guess is Ben Zaehringer.) Berkeley Mews, by […]
From the story: Indeed, chances are, you’ve never heard of Carol Tyler.For the past decade, Tyler, now 66, has been doing the best work of her career. Said Chris Ware, arguably the most acclaimed cartoonist of his generation: “She’s given at least two generations of cartoonists the courage to tell our most painful stories, without any […]
Newsarama is reporting that The Dick Tracy Signal Watch crowdfunding project has blown past its minimum goal.From the story:Designers the Mathis brothers and watchmakers Longio have partnered to create an officially licensed – and fully functional – replica of Dick Tracy’s iconic signal watch.The Mathis’ IndieGoGo campaign is quick to point out that the Signal Watch is not a […]
If you follow comic news at all, you are likely aware that the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette finally quit torturing Rob Rogers and fired him yesterday.Rather than recoup it all, here are some links to coverage: Michael Cavna at Comic Riffs, Rob Tornoe at Philly News, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and the Post-Gazette itself.Plus, confirming what I wrote […]
Bubbles: Drawing on Wit These Comics Have Something to Say Bubbles is a special Lee Enterprises tabloid-sized “tribute to the wit of all cartoonists,” as expressed in the page 2 introduction.The insert gathers comic strips and panels from Andrews McMeel Syndication, Creators Syndicate, King Features Syndicate, and Tribune Content Agency (no Washington Post Writers Group […]
Rob has confirmed that he will continue to draw editorial cartoons for syndication and GoComics.Rob reports from Twitter:@Rob_Rogers Sad to report this update: Today, after 25 years as the editorial cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, I was fired. The Daily Cartoonist and GoComics are owned by Andrews McMeel Universal.
To celebrate President Trump’s birthday Steve Brodner and The Village Voice present: A Cartoon History of Trumps, 1869-2018 1. Friedrich Trump is born in Kallstadt, in what was then Bavaria. At the age of thirteen he is apprenticed to a barber. He later leaves for Bremen, and in 1885, at sixteen, departs for New York […]
Juxtaposition of the Day (Arctic Circle) (Frazz)We’ll start with two gags based on misunderstanding the meaning of Flag Day, and then move on to misunderstandings that aren’t in the least funny.And let me disclose right up front that I am an old fart, old enough that I found these two strips funny because I come […]
Some (better sounding) details about the chaos now surrounding Stan Lee from Rob Liefeld via Heidi MacDonald’s The Beat.My friend told me Sunday afternoon that the latest episode with Stan would soon be resolved. He has contacted me today, visited with Stan personally, twice, in the last 48 hours and shared that among the topics […]
Many groups hold conferences in hotels or convention centers, but one year the NCS took over Elvis Presley’s mansion, Graceland, for their event. We were watching “the King” on a big screen dancing with a Vegas showgirl in a sparkly bikini when a voice called out from behind me, “Hey!! That’s my wife!!!”A Murder of […]
For more than 100 years, Cleveland has been a hub for artists wishing to express themselves in the form of editorial cartoons. We’ve collected cartoons, sketches and original drawings from artists Bill Watterson, Willard Combes, Roy Groves, Jim Herron and Ray Osrin.Cleveland.com presents a century of Cleveland editorial cartoonists, with nearly 20 from the 1980s […]
A Letter Cartoon What the Hell Is This Anyway? to the Editor Seattle area cartoonist Gordon Anderson sends illustrated letters to the editor of The Stranger. Spiked Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cartoonist Speaks Out. Rob Rogers talks to Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting.Rogers told FAIR he believed the publishing of Tuesday’s [June 12] cartoon created an illusion of […]
Talking with the legendary Voice cartoonist about characters who were born in the Fifties, lived through the Eighties, and are still kicking today. [R. C. Baker] sat down with the octogenarian artist and writer to discuss, among many other things, his screenplay for the new movie Bernard and Huey, directed by Dan Mirvish. Feiffer’s inaugural […]