The character of Anthony “Buck” Rogers first appears in Philip Nowlan’s 1928 novel ARMAGEDDON 2419 A.D. (itself a combination of two novellas that appeared in the AMAZING STORIES magazine) and serves as an origin story for the character. Rogers, after a mine cave-in, falls into a state of suspended animation and wakes up in the […]
Milt Priggee Gary Huck Clay Bennett Darrin Bell Steve Breen J. D. Crowe Pat Bagley Clay Jones Kevin Necessary Joel Pett Michael Ramirez Marc Murphy “We stand with our brothers & sisters at the Capital Gazette. Journalism is the only profession specifically protected in the Constitution, yet our lives are under daily threat these days from […]
Friday Funnies were never so welcome. For those just joining us, I’ve been posting humor-only on Friday, which not only gives me an excuse to use strips from the past week that didn’t fit into that day’s narrative, but provides one day a week when I do not have to gaze into the void in […]
Actor/comedian Jim Carrey has long had a talent as an artist.Carrey, who says he began painting six years ago to “heal a broken heart” following his split from Jenny McCarthy, primarily paints in his studio in downtown Manhattan, and his art has been featured in a number of galleries, including the Wyland Galleries in Waikiki, […]
Ask A Cartoonist: Where Do You Find Inspiration?James Allen: “Mark Trail stories are inspired, initially, from actual news stories.” Bill Holbrook: “…the process is a mystery to me even after all these years.” Alex Hallatt: “I always gain inspiration from walking, especially uphill…” (??!!) For the full responses from the above, and more, go to […]
Deflocked sure won the Serendipitous Timing Award this morning.I was at the park yesterday with about a dozen dogowners and our pooches.Somebody had brought ice cream to celebrate a birthday and we were having a lot of fun until a woman showed up who had just heard the news of Kennedy’s retirement as she pulled […]
A Tom Stiglich ed-op cartoon taking the conservative position about MS-13 and immigration and family separation for the Daily Gazette drew wrathful liberal responses to the editor.The Daily Gazette newspaper based out of Schenectady, New York, received dozens of irate letters over the June 20 cartoon from the syndicated, controversial and conservative-leaning cartoonist Tom Stiglich.“I’m […]
Mental Floss‘ comic strip series of Things You Might Not Know About… goes Before Christ (or was it After the Apocalypse?) with Johnny Hart and 8 Things You Might Not Know About B.C. Add the above strip to the #6 Thing about the problems with religious content.
I wasn’t planning to revisit the topic of civility so quickly, but here we are and I like Joe Heller’s commentary for a number of reasons, the first one being that the owner of the Red Hen is its owner, not its caretaker. So there’s a contrast right there.Another is that Heller distinguishes between denying […]
WOUB/NPR talks with Pultizer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman.Jack talks about the creative process of being a political cartoonist, some of the restrictions and some of the dangers of his profession. He gives us a view of how he goes about formulating a cartoon from the germ of the idea that starts the process […]
Happy Birthday Joe Giella, born June 27, 1928! Joe becomes the latest creator to join the Senior Strippers list. A list of cartoonists who for 90+ years continue to survive “the thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to.”Below is, as best as I can determine, a list of cartoonists who continue to carry on […]
Back in the day comic books were ubiquitous – found at newsstands, grocery stores, the five and dimes, drug stores, railroad stations, just everywhere. Now they are mostly relegated to the shelves of your local comic book shop.That seems to be changing. With the popularity of superheroes on TV and in movie theaters, comic book […]
Heidi MacDonald reports on the Barnes & Noble announcement that they will be promoting a pre-teen focused graphic book section:Barnes & Noble made it official today. As first reported in The Beat, the retail chain will be adding a separate kids graphic novel section to its stores. According to the official release the sections are […]
Mickey Mouse debuted November 18, 1928. Ninety years later art book publisher Taschen Books will release a big celebratory book about The Mouse’s animated cartoons, comic books and strips, the cartoonists involved, licensed merchandise, and more Mickey Mouse miscellany.As Amid Amidi at Cartoon Brew notes:The 480-page book by Daniel Kothenschulte will be extremely heavy, shipping […]
Mike Luckovich goes there.But it’s okay, and has been since Charlottesville, when the nazis declared that, yes, this is who they are, and Dear Leader gave them his blessing.And Godwin’s more recent thoughts on the subject are well worth reading.Now, in all fairness, Trump shouldn’t be expected to grasp the parallels, given that he is […]