January 7, 1929 saw the debut of the Tarzan daily comic strip featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ Tarzan of the Apes as adapted by R. W. Palmer and Hal Foster. The daily Tarzan comic strip lasted until July 29, 1972, by which time Russ Manning had been doing the strip for almost 5 years.Most every daily in […]
Michael Cavna covers the imagery and subject of Donald Trump as a baby in the comics industry. Featuring Shannon Wheeler, Tom Tomorrow, Barry Blitt, Sean Delonas, Nate Beeler and Clay Bennett.From the story:Yet one of the most consistent symbols of Trump-targeted satire and cartoon buffoonery over the past two years has been depictions of the […]
Bumped up to the top as a reminder of Keith Knight’s current strips. original July 10 post:Three days before the Capital Gazette shooting Milo Yiannopoulos texted that he “can’t wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists.” Bill O’Reilly, after years of debasing George Tiller as “Tiller the Baby Killer,” disavowed any culpalbility in the […]
An odd week of funny cartoons that hit me for specific, personal reasons, so bear with me. As a reward for your indulgence, I’ll start with the most tasteless, from the Barn.Not that crayons themselves are tasteless, though they’re pretty bland. But they also don’t digest and the result is not fully technicolor poop but […]
July 12, 1993 is when 9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney debuted, 25 years ago today.GoComics is celebrating with a gallery of some of their favorite strips through the years.Chickweed Lane began with United Features Syndicate, ran through Tribune Media Services and Los Angeles Times Syndicate,then returned to UFS in the year 2000. It now […]
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 […]