Beetle Bailey Goes to the Dark Side in Comic Book Parody Spencer & Locke, the comic that mixes Calvin & Hobbes with the noir attitude of Sin City, is returning for a second series later this year, and things are going to get even darker than before. [Roach Riley is] an analog for Mort Walker’s […]
New Jersey Chiefs of Police Upset with Signe Wilkinson Last month The Asbury Park Press published a Signe Wilkinson cartoon and the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police took exception to the portrayal. A conservative blogger picked up the story. Against the Grain: Bombthrowing in the Fine American Tradition of Political Cartooning Bill Sanders […]
Web cartoonist and book author Nick “The Awkward Yeti” Seluk has delved into the 4 to 8-year-old reader world with his new book, “The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal.” From the Kirkus Review:This charming star shines bright.
Let’s start with Prickly City, where, for the last couple of days, Winslow has been looking for Carmen and we have what I guess passes for a happy ending now.It is indeed scary what passes for reasonable these days.It’s also scary and depressing, by the way and excuse me for being a Grinch, what […]
The Herald and News of Klamath Falls, Ore., is reporting on the opening of a new park dedicated to legendary Disney illustrator Carl Barks.From the story:Three interpretive panels were installed at the park to tell the history of the Lost River, wildlife in the area, and Barks’ life story. Born in 1901, Barks spent his […]
Courtesy of Tom Heintjes, David Folkman, and Hogan’s Alley magazine are dozens and dozens of pictures from the 2018 National Cartoonists Society Reubens gala.
Conservative editorial cartoonist Gary Varvel, like so many others, didn’t take Donald Trump seriously.In this braggadocios “I’m the greatest” culture, Trump became the Muhammad Ali of politicians. His claims of, “I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created,” “I’m really rich,” “I’m very highly educated,” “I’m the best (fill in the blank)” […]
I like Tom Toles’ commentary, but, then again, there’s a strong element of “So what?” in the air these days.Not “So what? It doesn’t matter,” but “so what?” in the sense of “So what are you going to do about it now?” because, from the moment Bernie Sanders conceded the nomination to Hilary Clinton and […]
The Kids can’t spend their entire summer vacation in the pool (or the river), and after the morning cool wears off they got to get out of the sun, and they certainly need a break from all that video – so reading!The Today Show and Amazon has teamed up to recommend 18 books for pre-teens, […]
National Cartoonists Society President and MAD Magazine editor Bill Morrison was profiled by The New York Times for his work on Dark Horse Comics adaptation of The Beatles “Yellow Submarine” from film to graphic novel.From the George Gene Gustines story:Mr. Morrison, a co-founder of Bongo Comics, whose titles include “The Simpsons,” and the editor of Mad […]
MacMillan Publishers and Roaring Brook Press have announced the release of Lio and Heart of the City creator Mark Tatulli’s new children’s book “They Came.”The Daily Cartoonist caught up with Mark and asked him about the new book.Mark:I was inspired (or moved) by the rising lack of empathy for immigrants that I was seeing … […]
Patrick Chappatte with a cartoon so wonderful that I don’t mind that it may well be obsolete by the time you see this.With the US not qualifying, I’ve been picking teams throughout World Cup only to have them disappear, and I’m reluctant to say that I’m rooting for France today, not simply because there’s a […]
Over at Nielsen Bookscan and for the week of June 24th, Mo Willems clocks in at No. 31 with his 2017 book “An Elephant and Piggie Biggie.” To date Nielsen reports more than 180,000 of the new Willems’ book have been sold.While Instagram and Facebook cartoonist Catana debuts her new book “Little Moments of Love” at […]
We’ll start with a rare example of an artist beating the bureaucracy, with a hat tip to Bado for pointing out this WashPost article.The Postal Service wanted to feature the Statue of Liberty on a stamp. They found a nice photo of her and purchased the rights from Getty Images for $1500, then ran off […]
Q: You’ve decided to put the pen down on “In the Bleachers” … What gives? The comic is only 33 years old.A: Yeah, 33 years. Would you believe I started Bleachers when I was 4-years old?I didn’t think so. Anyway …I still have three youngsters who need to burn through Dad’s hard-earned cash until they’re […]