After 27 years cartoonist Chad Carpenter gets his Tundra comic strip into his hometown newspaper.Monday afternoon Chad Carpenter sat in his Alaska State Fair booth surrounded his Tundra Comics merchandise. But that’s not all that’s on Carpenter’s agenda this week. Carpenter, the Valley’s most noted cartoonist, will see his Tundra Comics appear in his hometown […]

Stephan Pastis scoffs at readers’ complaints… and then, in his own way, trolls them.They say it’s unwise to annoy a cartoonist. Take, for example, Stephan Pastis. In a recent comic strip, the “Pearls Before Swine” creator took aim at those who nitpick over grammatical errors while also giving a shout-out to the central Pennsylvania region. In the […]

I wish I thought Matt Davies‘ cartoon would reach more of the people it probably won’t.I find myself increasingly in the position of wanting to fine-tune arguments in a world in which there is no longer a vertical hold or a horizontal hold or, lord knows, a fine-tuning button.And most of the people I’m talking […]

Alley Oop by Jack and Carole BenderThis is Jack and Carole’s last week on Alley Oop, and they seem to be taking a time machine back to earlier days with some tributes. Read their last week here.  Dick Tracy by Mike Curtis and Rick Burchett Also ending this week (Sunday) is the special Dick Tracy Minit […]

Nashville’s NewsChannel5 has a Dream Jobs segment, this week they spent some time with cartoonist Matt Wuerker.Matt Wuerker first started drawing cartoons when Jimmy Carter was President. He freelanced for a long time before landing a more permanent spot at Politico when he was 50.Matt calls himself old-fashioned, and says adding visual humor and caricature […]

While Mike Luckovich may have been bumped from CNN, but he won’t have that problem this weekend at the Decatur Book Festival where he will appear.Speaking at the AJC Decatur Book Festival this weekend, the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist will discuss his new collection, which covers President Donald Trump from his campaign’s infancy — with […]

Brian Fies “Outstanding Online Comic” and Julia Kaye “Outstanding Collection” have been nominated for Ignatz Awards (given by and at the Small Press Expo).Click here for the complete list of nominees.

“Mutts” cartoonist Patrick McDonnell and New Yorker and “Bliss” cartoonist Harry Bliss to appear at the Library of Congress’  National Book Festival on September 1st at the Washington (D.C.) Convention Center.More info here.

The Jefferson City (Mo.) News Tribune has a story today about the inspiration for the “Doc” character in Milt Caniff’s “Terry and the Pirates.” From the story:Enloe’s military service, noted the previously cited article in Nutrition Today magazine, resulted in what the Mid-Missouri medical professional claimed his “greatest distinction” when he became the “prototype for the […]

I was just saying to someone last night that I’d like to just comment on a few funny comic strips here like in the old days, but it seems impossible.However, this developing Edison Lee story arc — that’s yesterday’s and today’s strips — is as political as I’m gonna get today. Promise.I think that, whether […]

Editorial cartoonist Phil Jackson has passed away. …the former Ludington Daily News cartoonist left the accompanying cartoon at Cornerstone Baptist Church, where he long had been an active member. He left instructions that it was for publication in the Daily News when he died. Phillip (Phil) Jackson August 14, 1922 – August 24, 2018 Newport […]

The Small Press Expo (September 15th and 16th in Bethesda, Md.) has announced its initial list of special guests. Among the notables are New York Times best-selling author, Reuben Award and Kirkus Prize winner Roz Chast from the New Yorker; Comic Book Hall of Fame member, Pulitzer Prize and Academy Award-winner Jules Feiffer; and Ohio resident […]

Mike Luckovich tweeted that he was bumped from CNN’s “State of the Union” yesterday in lieu of coverage of John McCain’s passing. He was scheduled to appear to promote his new book of Trump cartoons “Very Stable Genius” that hits finer internet and retail establishments next Saturday.From the the book’s Amazon page:Covering Trump’s antics from […]

Over at the GoComics blog, editor Stephen Roth posts a piece about the strange goings-on in Heathcliff (there are similar pieces from other outlets if you search).From the post:Still, Heathcliff sparks many unanswered questions. Why does he dress as an Egyptian pharaoh every Halloween? Why does Heathcliff have a chai helmet? Why does his dad still wear prison […]

A letter to the editor in today’s St. Louis Dispatch complains about the character Thirsty in the Walker and Browne comic “Hi & Lois.”From the letter:Week after week we see episodes of the dim-witted neighbor Thirsty not doing work or angering his wife because he needs a drink. Recently, when asked about dinner the previous […]