Baltimore Magazine has proclaimed Kevin Kallaugher aka KAL as the best in the area. KAL tells us: I was delighted to learn that the 50th Anniversary edition of Baltimore Magazine named me the region’s best cartoonist. I was particularly taken by the kind words that accompanied their announcement. KAL gives us the Baltimore Magazine’s assessment […]
Talkin’ ’bout this ‘n’ that with Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe, Doug MacGregor, William Randolph Hearst, Michael Ricigliano and Kevin Kallaugher, Jason Lutes, and Charles Brubaker.Francesco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe Ever started a podcast and wondered if you’d accidentally clicked “play all”? Yeah, we’re feeling it too. On this delightfully never-ending episode, we dive deep with […]
It has come to this.There are differences. The Third Reich was specifically rounding up Jews, while the Trump administration continues to say it is only arresting foreign criminals.But the Nazis were also rounding up Roma and LGBTQ people, and the Trump administration is also rounding up people who look like immigrants. The Nazis never said […]
At the National Cartoonists Society’s 79th Reuben Awards [August 15, 2025], comic arts legend Sy Barry will receive the Elzie Segar Award, presented by King Features, in recognition of his enduring influence on the art form. The National Cartoonists Society announced the honor bestowed on Sy Barry earlier today: Named after Popeye creator Elzie Segar, this prestigious honor […]
The Observer has apologized and removed a cartoon by Saffron Swire after Member of Parliament Zarah Sultana called the cartoon racist and called the cartoonist a “right-wing hack who is the daughter of an aristocrat and ex-Tory MP”.The topic of the cartoon was a reaction to Sultana and former Member of Parliament Jeremy Corbyn announcement […]
Spotlight on Arlo and Janis; Luann; Crankshaft; Barney & Clyde; Reply All/Reply All Lite; Bottom Liners; Lio.Come July 29 Arlo and Janis will have been around for 40 years and cartoonist Jimmy Johnson, as is his wont, will be celebrating the anniversary this coming week, but with a twist as he “remasters” some classic comic […]
Karoline Leavitt repeatedly says that this is the most transparent presidency ever, prompting the wisecrack from the left of “Yes, we can see through you.” And Leavitt herself is often cited as the most blatantly dishonest White House Press Secretary in history, not simply spinning the facts to put them in the most advantageous light […]
By now regular readers of The Daily Cartoonist are aware of my obsession with comic strip title panels. So it should come as no surprise that my biggest note about today’s Sunday comics pages is the new look Blondie! This is a major change in the look of the Blondie Sunday strip since its change […]
Pogo, Scopes, BodéWe’ll Not Meet His Like AgainFifty years ago, on July 20, 1975, 21 months after Walt Kelly died, Pogo ended. That same day Bill Vaughan, a contributor to the comic strip in its last couple of years, said goodbye: Religion v. ScienceOne hundred years ago tomorrow The Scopes Monkey Trial was decided. The […]
Sorensen is right. We get righteously upset about cruelty and stupidity and dishonesty … and then the fire dies down and it all becomes normal.The challenge we face as we slip into fascism is maintaining some level of outrage. If nothing else, our grandchildren will wonder how we could sit back and just watch it […]
The Berndt Toast Gang gathers; Tom Bone exhibit; Chris Ware stamps; New Yorker cartoonists Substacks; David Levine remembered; Kevin KAL Kallaugher coasters; and Jim Davis’ anatomy class.Berndt Toast It’s the last Thursday of the month, and as it has for more than 50 years, one of Long Island’s more exclusive clubs is meeting. Some of […]
It began with the cartooning team of Margolis and Cox drawing Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as a clown which made her look like a representation of Black people in cartoons from decades past. Liberal political cartoonist Clay Jones saw the cartoon and (“I’m going to get in trouble again”) noted: There’s a duo […]
One of the options at the moment is despair, but that’s an unacceptable choice.Besides, we’re not there yet and there’s still plenty of room for comic relief. Like the guy in Bliss, you can still stay aware of things, as long as you’ve got some good coffee, to which I would add “and a few […]
Internet Memes as Digital Successors to Comic Strips It seems we have transitioned from the nostalgic charm of newspaper comics to the instantaneous gratification of internet memes. Michelle Ann Abate of The Ohio State University sees memes in a different, perhaps more scholarly light—they might just be the digital age’s answer to comics. In a […]
Looking to get out of the studio this summer? Here are five UK cartoon exhibits to visit: Samuel Ojo’s show at The Cartoon Museum dives into his experience as a migrant artist. In Herne Bay, “Out of Line” takes aim at Michelangelo’s David. Paul Shadbolt’s work is on display at The Crown in Hastings, Pete […]