“I don’t think we spend enough time on earth thinking about heaven.”In 2011, Louis Hall prayed for a way to use his artwork to reinforce the Gospel with young people. What came was the cartoon panel Angelic Twaddle featuring guardian angels.Hall seeks to create unique comics that are light hearted (“twaddle” means “silly talk or […]
It would be awfully hard not to lead off with Patrick Blower‘s commentary on the new, voluntary trade wars, simply for the color and dynamism of the piece.But it’s more than eye-catching, with the absurdity of Trump and his little leash-and-collar, about to be ignominiously crushed by household appliances rather than suffering the more honorable […]
Something had to be done.Eighty years ago it was pretty straightforward. Prince Valiant, in the Days of Hal Foster, was drawn and published as a full broadsheet page. Sure, there might have been some slicing and dicing, some pushing and squeezing to get it to fit as a full tabloid page. But more than less, […]
JD Crowe wins Rex Babin Memorial Award for Local Cartooning “For decades, JD Crowe has been drawing fresh, original, pungent, brutal, and thought-provoking local cartoons. He is universally respected by his peers for his work.”The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists announced the awarding and profiles the “moderately disturbed dorky cartoonist”(The profile does not mention his […]
(Arlo and Janis)(Real Life Adventures)So, yes, it’s autumn, as Arlo notes, though, as Real Life Adventures counters, not so’s you’d notice.The important thing around here is that we want a spectacular autumn and it’s a crap shoot each year.Sometimes, it’s just kind of blah. Sometimes, just as it’s looking really good, there’s a storm that […]
We’ll start this week’s Friday Funnies with Dogs of C Kennel and a tip for anyone thinking of adding a pup to their life.It’s kind of ironic that a strip set in a dog shelter would make a gag about purebreds, but they do occasionally show up there. I’m generally supportive of the move to […]
Canadian political cartoonist Michael de Adder will be traveling from east to west and from north to south to enter a country whose leader considers him to be an enemy of the people.Michael de Adder, a prize-winning freelancer who sells his stuff to The Chronicle Herald and other newspapers and whose editorial cartoons are syndicated […]
Tom Spurgeon, CXC Executive Director, has announced that Olivia Jaimes will attend the festival.CXC 2018 will be the first major festival appearance for Jaimes, who took over the legacy feature in May 2018. The sharp contrast between Jaimes’ efforts and then-recent Nancy strips brought a surge of attention to the cartoonist and the feature. Jaimes’ […]
Ann Telnaes provides a textbook for those who want to learn, and some me-too style camaraderie for those who already know.Telnaes has one of the sharpest pens in the business, but this is not the time for wit or sarcasm, and she speaks here from the heart.A lot of the cartoons I’m seeing fail because […]
Doonesbury, Garfield, Star Wars, Peanuts, and more. This week’s releases include: #SAD!: Doonesbury in the Time of Trump by G. B. Trudeau Featuring Doonesbury Sunday strips created since President Trump’s election.From the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist whose acclaimed Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump blew up the bestseller list, comes the sequel millions prayed would be […]
We have mentioned the Advancing American Democracy Award to three Icons of Political Art, and we have linked to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about Mike Luckovich being honored and The Daily Signal’s recognizing Michael Ramirez as a recipient.And now Heeeere’s Gary! The Indianapolis Star is Gary Varvel’s home paper and they haven’t over looked the upcoming […]
The Bloomington, Illinois, newspaper has some coverage of the new Peanuts Hotel (with some good photos) that opened in Japan in early August.From the piece:The Peanuts Hotel opened Aug. 1, and it offers 18 rooms, a Peanuts Cafe and a Peanuts Diner. Each of the boutique hotel’s three floors has its own theme of “Imagine,” “Happy” […]
It has been reliably reported, though not officially announced, that mysteriously anonymous Nancy cartoonist Olivia Jaimes will be appearing at CXC in two weeks.If it’s a true reveal-and-talk rather than a stunt, it’s going to be interesting, but I can’t guarantee I’ll cover it, since it’s not on the conference schedule.I’m already missing a session […]
Kal Kallaugher shared this 1991 cartoon on social media yesterday, and it was comforting in that it brought back the fury and anger of the way Anita Hill was treated, particularly by Arlen Specter, Alan Simpson and Orrin Hatch.Even those of us who remember the hearings have, I think, let the memories soften a bit […]
The cartoonist’s choice: Navigate a minefield of heightened sensitivities or produce pandering dreck for an audience of ideologues.Following the recent ruckus over a Serena Williams cartoon…What the backlash does remind us, however, is that there is not much public appetite for editorial cartooning these days. The medium simply does not fulfill the expectations of modern […]