Editorial cartoonists struggled to say much of anything witty or insightful about the Trump/Kim Summit, though perhaps they’ll do better once there is more indication of what actually happened.Meanwhile, I like Mac’s take, if for no other reason than that I’ve seen some “Kim is crazy” cartoons, which makes me wonder who they think he’s […]
Updated June 11The Columbia Journalism Review is reporting on the controversy:Rogers took some time off from the Post-Gazette, but said he hopes to return to work this week. “I plan to draw the best work I can draw and submit it with the intention of getting it in the paper,” he says. “I know what […]
For sale on eBay: Prints of the art for a 1982 golf themed cover. Jam artwork by Hank Ketchum and Charles Schulz featuring Dennis the Menace and Peanuts characters.From the seller:I am offering a VERY RARE Peanuts / Dennis the Menace 1982 Golf Journal magazine cover print. Please see all photos and ask any questions, […]
The “official” Nick Meglin obituary:Nick Meglin was an American writer, humorist, and artist. He was known for his work as a contributor, comics writer, illustrator and editor for the satirical magazine Mad. He also scripted Superfan, a 1970s comic strip by Jack Davis. He was active as a lyricist of musical theatre and had columns […]
First and most important: Can anyone tell me if all is well with Jim Scancarelli? Gasoline Alley, in its centennial year, has been reruns since November 2017; and Jim doesn’t seem to be just fiddlin’ around. Why won’t Mark Schultz and Tom Yeates reboot their strip to “Tales of Young Val” like I want? What’s […]
Over at Hogan’s Alley, Tom Heintjes does an interview with “Cathy” cartoonist Cathy Guisewite.From the interview, Guisewite says:“It never would have occurred to me to put my thoughts into a comic strip if it weren’t for Peanuts. That strip was absolutely, 100 percent the guiding influence on my comic strip. I grew up reading Sparky’s strip […]
Signe Wilkinson leads off with the most trivial of today’s topics, the legalization of sports betting, or, more precisely, the ruling that you can’t forbid states from legalizing it.Most of the professional leagues and the NCAA are against it, because they feel sports betting can breed corruption.And, aside from the 1950 college basketball point-shaving scandal, and […]
The New York Daily News has replaced the recently ended “Soup to Nutz” with Hector Cantu’s and Carlos Castellanos’ “Baldo.”
The New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons: A Semi-serious A-to-Z Archive :This monumental, two-volume, slip-cased collection includes nearly 10 decades worth of New Yorker cartoons selected and organized by subject with insightful commentary by Bob Mankoff and a foreword by David Remnick. “…the most ingenious collection of New Yorker cartoons published in book form, The New […]
Beloved cartoonist Nicole Hollander reflects on a life after ‘Sylvia’ in a 30 minute radio interview. above Nicole Hollander and Justin KaufmannGroundbreaking syndicated cartoonist and writer Nicole Hollander (“Sylvia”) joins Justin [Kaufmann] to discuss her new illustrated memoir, “We Ate Wonder Bread.” Nicole talks about her illustrious career, why she decided to write a graphic […]
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Wallace the Brave is really growing on me. It’s been around for three years, so I can’t say that it’s because Will Henry is finding his niche. I think it is just a subtle enough comic that it takes a little while for it to really get under your skin.I’ve had it on my daily […]
Innovation and Tech Today has a short Q&A with Jim Davis on how he got his start in the business and how he’s created the comic for almost 40 years.Jim Davis from the Q&A:In college, I majored in art and business (I took the business classes to appease my parents), and shortly after college, I got […]
The Chattanooga Times Free Press proudly informs readers that Clay Bennett, their editorial cartoonist, won that divisional award at The Reuben Dinner. Mark Evanier took a vacation and spent the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (with a postscript) of Memorial Day weekend in Philadelphia with fellow National Cartoonists Society members. R. C. Harvey was also there […]
Depending on your perspective, these letters to the editor of The Washington Post are either hurtful, absurd and/or funny.W. Luther Jett takes issue with Hagar the Horrible using books for kindling.Read Luther’s letter here.While Asher Roth addresses what he thinks is a drop in quality in Mark Trail and Judge Parker.Read Asher’s letter here.