In South Africa:The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) came under fire over the weekend for the use of an alleged right-wing cartoonist’s image as the feature image for one of their latest media releases.OUTA hired Jeremy Nell, aka ‘Jerm,’ to help in its fight against tax abuse and corruption in Cape Town.It did not get […]
There’s much hubbub on social media on Tumblr’s new content policy. Cartoonist Shan Murphy had posted a couple of Garfield drawings and they were flagged and removed.Kotaku covered the story here. (some potentially NSFW content included in the piece).
Pros and Cons puts matters in a way I like: Whimsical on the surface, darker inside. It’s a good starting point for today’s post.The face you present to a jury and the face your friends and relations see might be an extreme example, but much in your life depends, I think, on the distance between […]
The Origins of Gorey’s The Gashlycrumb TiniesGorey’s darkly droll tales touch—lightly—on weighty matters: the death of God, the meaning of life, and, always and everywhere, our impending mortality. Emblems of innocence and naïveté, children make perfect victims, as Gorey told the New Yorker. “It’s just so obvious,” he said. “They’re the easiest targets.”Gorey wrote The […]
Let’s get the political piece out of the way first: In today’s Non Sequitur, Wiley Miller comments on the new rules for press briefings at the White House.I’m okay with the new format, not because it’s a victory for press freedom, of course, except to the degree that it is.I don’t believe in being overly […]
George Gene Gustines over at The New York Times covers the news that King Features has retooled the look and feel of Popeye and has created new animations to commemorate his 90th birthday.From the piece: “He’s younger, but you can’t tell how old he is,” said C. J. Kettler, the president of King Features, which syndicates the […]
Upon learning the news that George H. W. Bush had died editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey knew what to draw.This cartoon was going to be a bookend to the cartoon I created when Barbara Bush died. It was an idea I had thought of when he was so ill in April. But he was tough and […]
CBS Sunday Morning’s Sunday Profile for December 2, 2018 is Jane Pauley interviewing cartoonist Garry Trudeau.Garry Trudeau and Jane Pauley are, of course, husband and wife.After the intro to the piece a face to face interview starts off a bit awkward but quickly gets into the high points of Garry’s career and the Doonesbury comic […]
George HW Bush has died and Bob Englehart offers my favorite obituary cartoon on the topic, which is pretty muted and not terribly specific, but then so was GHWB.Bush always struck me as a behind-the-throne type, not a Number One Leader sort of person, and that’s not a slight: Somebody needs to keep all the […]
The recent talk of man traveling to Mars and of man-made objects landing on Mars, it is easy to forget that one hundred and fifty years ago John Carter went to Mars. The Civil War veteran, after entering a cave, was mysteriously transported to the red planet. His fantastic adventures there were finally made public […]
It’s no particular secret to Constant Readers that I’m a fan of Ann Telnaes, but when, quite some time ago, she began to simply add stacks to her “Nothingburger” cartoon base, I felt she was overplaying the concept.However, I may have missed the value of patience and of a sort of quiet relentlessness. This piece […]
Just before his birthday cartoonist Ruben Bolling was interviewed (this being posted a day after the birthday). But no special occasion is needed to talk to the Herblock Prize winning cartoonist. If the opportunity presents itself, grab it; and Stephen Roth did.Stephen starts with what everyone has been wondering about.Q: Is “Ruben” a family name, […]
Greg Cravens Gets StonedThe Buckets and Hubris cartoonist Greg Cravens and writer Gabriel DeRanzo’s latest paths have dovetailed into a joint effort: Stoned Ninja.What did the inexperienced DeRanzo possess that nobody else had? A completed script. According to Cravens, who’s been around the block a time or two, that made all the difference. “Other people […]
In the comic strip Bilge, two bald eagles are having a conversation while perching on the cross atop St. Michael’s Cathedral. “Bilge is kind of a stupid name for a comic strip,” says one. “What do you suggest?” says the other. “How about Peanuts?” “How about Just Sue Me Now?” A kingfisher sitting just below […]
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