You’ll note the list hasn’t been updated since early 2017 and editor Tom Spurgeon is asking that you don’t send in corrections, but it’s an interesting and deep list nonetheless.http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/comics_2017_scene_by_scene/
I was, at first glance, a little surprised that Randall Munroe took this personal view of time, since his geeky genius approach to xkcd often includes exquisitely detailed plays upon How Things Work or insider jokes that require you to understand the same.Then I realized he’d taken an Angry Old Man rant — traditionally based […]
An editorial cartoon by Gary Varvel for the Indianapolis Star, about the demands set before Christine Ford would appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee, has brought outrage via the social media.“… you should be ashamed for allowing this to run.” “Absolutely disgusting. Who thought this was appropriate to run?”The Daily Dot highlights a selection of […]
One of the tabs in my morning perusal is Africartoons, but I have to confess that, while the continent has an inspiring culture of cartooning, it seems for the past couple of years the specific economic and leadership issues of the various nations have made their commentary hard to understand from the outside.But this Findlay […]
The Complete Prince Valiant Title Panels by Thomas Yeates 2014 – 2018 In an effort to preserve the integrity of the Prince Valiant comic strip in all its formats Thomas Yeates created the Prince Valiant Title Panel. With King Features’ enthusiastic approval the idea was applied and, since 2014, the third-page version of Prince Valiant […]
“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 […]