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 […]
A half-century ago, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was under way and all hell was breaking loose in America.It wasn’t just the violence and chaos in the streets, or the violence and chaos inside the convention hall, where Daley’s goons were beating up Dan Rather.It was more the unmasking of the divisions in our […]
The Wizard of Oz Comic Strips from 1907?–?1917 THE REVELATOR was a proud and earlier proponent of The Wizard of Oz comics, running the entire L. Frank Baum series from its inception as a national Sunday feature in 1904 through to the final daily strips starring Toto in 1917. Indeed THE REVELATOR, beneficiary of a hitherto unheard of […]
Phil Hands, the editorial cartoonist for the Wisconsin State Journal, has created a local comic strip for that newspaper.I’m launching a new weekly comic strip in the Wisconsin State Journal that will appear on the bottom of the Sunday Opinion page. The first two strips are running today. So, welcome to Mendota Marsh. Mendota Marsh […]
I was up late enough last night to see the first wave of McCain obituary cartoons on Twitter and Facebook, and thought I might have to begin today’s posting with a blank frame and a disclaimer.However, Pearls came through for me, albeit by happenstance.I have no idea how Stephan Pastis feels about John McCain, but […]
(Lisa Benson)(Scott Stantis)Let’s start with a Juxtaposition of Conservatives, and it’s rare that I take Lisa Benson’s POV over Scott Stantis’s, but her pun is both telling and fascinating.The man churns out one preposterous statement after another and yet the stock market continues to rise.Still, for all the sage rubbing of chins and tenting of […]
The United States court system has upheld Comic-Con International‘s contention that it holds a trademark on the term ‘Comic-Con”.From The Hollywood Reporter:San Diego Comic Convention was the plaintiff taking on Dan Farr and Bryan Brandenburg, who ran the Salt Lake Comic Con. At a trial held last winter, San Diego prevailed on its contention that […]
Comic book and comic strip artist Russ Heath has passed away. above image via The Beat RUSSELL DEHART (RUSS) HEATH, JR. SEPTEMBER 29, 1926 – AUGUST 23, 2018 A master of the art of sequential comics, Russ was one of a dwindling few survivors from The Golden Age of Comic Books. His specialty was war and […]
Beetle Bailey team member and comics; historian Brian Walker is the guest of The Columbus Dispatch’s “Life in the 614” Podcast.From the Dispatch site: Assistant Features Editor Ryan E. Smith talks with Brian Walker regarding his thoughts on MAD Magazine and the comic strips Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois. Next we go in depth on […]
The Park Record of Park City, Utah, has picked up a press release from the Park City Institute (PCI). PCI will host an evening with Doonesbury’s Garry Trudeau on October 13th.From the release:“I wanted to remind people just how long [Trump] been struggling with acute self-regard,” Trudeau said. “Even though he’s changed wives twice and party […]
Tall Tale Radio hosts Tom Racine and Lucas Turnbloom feature guest Lex Fajardo of the Peanuts’ creative team and children’s book author of the “Kid Beowulf” series.From the Tall Tale site: Old friend of the show, Lex Fajardo is here to talk about the latest “Kid Beowulf” book, “The Rise of El Cid,” an action and history/fantasy […]