Comic strip, comic book, animation, and courtroom sketch artist Bill Lignante has passed away. Word is spreading of the death of cartoonist Bill Lignante with this posting by Mark Evanier. above: Bill’s National Cartoonists Society mini-autobio cardWilliam G. (Bill) Lignante March 20, 1925 – February 27, 2018 Bill Lignante drew comic strips and Western/Dell/Gold Key […]
Editorial cartoonist A. F. Branco‘s new book, Make America Laugh Again, is available for pre-order now from Amazon, and will be released next week.Promo as seen at Ammoland.com. Volume One is Comically Incorrect and still available from Amazon.
Crying girl not taken from mom: Corrected/Updated Darcy cartoonCleveland Plain Dealer editorial cartoonist Jeff Darcy has corrected and apologized for making a factual error in his June 20th cartoon. above: the original cartoon as seen on Cagle.com My June 20 cartoon, in which I drew the image of the girl, erroneously stated the girl had been […]
Both new 2018 syndicated comic strips (Wallace the Brave and Daddy Daze) continue to get press coverage. Will Henry‘s Wallace the Brave gets in a local newspaper about the comic strip and the cartoonist appearing at a meet and greet Sunday June 24.The article about the new comic also has an interview with William Henry […]
The SF Gate is reporting that legendary Bay Area cartoonist Phil Frank (1943 – 2007) will be commemorated in two bronze statues. Frank was the cartoonist of the long-running San Francisco Chronicle comic “Travels with Farley” and the syndicated comic “The Elderberries” with Joe Troise.From the story:He also would have made light of the fuss […]
The Huffington Post’s Caroline Bologna covers King Features’ “Daddy Daze” launch with an interview of its cartoonist Jon Kovaleski.From the story:“When my son was about 6 months old he started verbalizing, except he only said one word ? ‘Ba’ ? over and over, but he really thought he was talking. I decided to give this […]
Today’s “One Big Happy” by Rick Detorie over at GoComics has a Laura Ingalls Wilder joke as the Internet storms back and forth over the removal of her name from a book award. It should be noted that “One Big Happy” does not run its comics on the same day on GoComics as they run in […]
In “Anne and God,” Anne Morse-Hambrock breaks away from the lighter questions she normally poses to confront the Deity with this more fraught issue.The obvious answer is to repeat the well-know koan of the two monks and say, “Put her down; I did a mile ago.”But, as she says, she already knows that the burdens […]
Mike Curtis, writer of the Dick Tracy comic strip, sent a note to the Dick Tracy Depot:The next MINIT MYSTERY is ready and now it’s two weeks long! Guest artist is RICH BURCHETT, known for his work on BATMAN, BLACKHAWK, ARCHIE, and THE JUSTICE LEAGUE. His stint on MINIT MYSTERY begins SUNDAY AUGUST 19 and […]
The (Columbia) Missourian has moved their Sunday Funnies. No longer a free-floating insert, the Sunday comics are now a part of the regular newspaper pages just like the daily comics. The June 24, 2018 Missourian front page.From Editor Mike Jenner: Dear Reader, You may have noticed something different about today’s print Missourian — the Sunday […]
Sunday’s (6/24) Dick Tracy features a “do you recognize” cameo from another syndicated comic.Do you?https://www.gocomics.com/dicktracy/2018/06/24Check the signature for a hint if you’re stumped.
We’ll start with the most random musing of the day, touched off by Vintage Juliet Jones Sundays, which is not too far into a new adventure.I would look at anything Stan Drake did and I’m glad they are shooting from the black plates and not trying to reproduce the full-color version, because his work stands […]
The phone calls and emails started on March 14, the first day The News & Advance was without “Snuffy Smith” on its daily comic pages. “Please bring back Snuffy Smith. I have enjoyed that comic strip for more than 50 years.” “We enjoyed reading Snuffy Smith and do not care for the replacement. As long […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning and Washington Post News Service & Syndicate cartoonist Nick Anderson writes on CNN.com about the Rob Rogers’ firing.From the article:But what’s missing from the situation is the outrage for the quiet firing of over 100 cartoonists around the country over the past few decades. The generally accepted number by the Association of American […]
Michael de Adder spins Melania’s husband’s TIME cover, marking her part in our shattered dialogue, but don’t laugh too hard.If you dare to think you’re not part of the problem, then you’re surely not part of the solution.It’s not just a jacket. It’s a fashion statement about us, and about the society we’ve built, that goes […]