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Quick Hits – ed-op edition

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 29, 2018

The Library of Congress’ Herblock Gallery is updated every six months. Recently Curator Sara W. Duke posted about the newest additions. From 50 years ago – the more things change… Last week this site informed about Image Comics’ coming Li’l Donnie collection. Now comes news that Image Comics will be collecting Pia Guerra’s political cartoons as […]

CSotD: The Cosmetics of Comedy

by Mike Peterson 3 comments May 29, 2018

Ann Telnaes’ new comic, Mo, posted its second edition yesterday, as scheduled, but we were back in 1918 yesterday, so I held it.I also clipped it, because the format is ginormous enough that you should go read the whole thing yourself. Constant Readers will know I’m a longtime fan of Telnaes’s work, but this new thing […]

Questions, Thoughts and Overhead from the Reubens

by TDC Archive 0 comments May 28, 2018

Arnold Roth joined Rube Goldberg and Mort Walker as the only recipients of the Golden T-Square (for 50 years as a professional cartoonist). Who’s next on this august list? Is a Huntington Beach California fest-type-Reubens a done deal for next year’s? Sounded like it. Kudos to the NCS Voting Base for once again not forgetting […]

CSotD: Memorial Day 1918

by Mike Peterson 0 comments May 28, 2018

Since Memorial Day cartoons seem predictable, I thought I’d go back a century and see what they were doing then, when it was still called Decoration Day. E.A. Bushnell kicks off our coverage. The US was in the middle of the World War, on the verge of having a million men in Europe and not far […]

Soup to Nutz ends 18 year run

by D. D. Degg 3 comments May 28, 2018

The notice from The Meadville (Pa.) Tribune:Soup to Nutz ends its run in print syndication the week of May 21. The final daily is release date May 26.Soup to Nutz by Rick Stromoski March 27, 2000 – May 26, 2018 Newspaper Enterprise Association/United Feature Syndicate/(Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndicate for UFS) [daily reprints since March 5, […]

CSotD: Cultural Notes

by Mike Peterson 3 comments May 27, 2018

Start with the news, from DD Degg at the Daily Cartoonist via Tom Heintjes of Hogan’s Alley, with the smiling, self-posted face of Mark Parisi, who won the “It’s Not Actually A Reuben” award last night in the category of Newspaper Panels for Off the Mark.Here are the rest.Only the big one at the end […]

NCS Reuben Divisional Award Winners

by D. D. Degg 1 comments May 26, 2018

The National Cartoonists Society, on May 26, 2018, handed out awards at its annual Reuben’s Dinner. Nominees for divisional awards with winners in bold. – – – Updated June 2, 2018 – – –Editorial Cartoons Clay Bennett Mike Peters Michael Ramirez Newspaper Illustration Greg Cravens Glen Le Lievre Dave WhamondFeature Animation Benjamin Renner and Patrick […]

Weekend Quick Hits – no Reuben content

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 26, 2018

KaBOOM! has announced Peanuts: Dell Archive, a collection of Peanuts comic book stories originally published by Dell Publishing. Nat Gertler has a few details. Local Legend: Tom Batiuk in ‘Funky’ cold Medina Story from Cleveland.com about local cartoonist made good. Richard Pietrzyk to write and draw original Dick Tracy graphic novel ComicList has the story and an […]

CSotD: The Fire Next Time

by Mike Peterson 3 comments May 26, 2018

I’ve criticized — perhaps even “railed against” — young cartoonists for either misinterpreting history or presenting it as some new discovery when it’s always been there for anyone who wanted to know it.It’s only fair, then, to praise this piece from the Nib, “1968: The Revolution That Almost Was,” by Julia Aleksayeva, who looks at 1968 […]

Rush’s ‘2112’ Meets Peanuts

by TDC Archive 0 comments May 25, 2018

The A/V Club has a story on a person who’s set Rush’s 2112 album to Peanuts animations:From the story:If you had to describe the internet to somebody, you might say, “It’s a place where people waste an inordinate amount of time when they could be doing productive things in the real world.” Or, you could […]

CSotD: Friday Funnies

by Mike Peterson 5 comments May 25, 2018

Heart is a cute little kid whose irrepressible pretensions are adorable. One of my favorite strips.Because she’s about seven years old.By junior high, it becomes silly.If it persists into adulthood, we’re talking delusional and creepy. The unseen driver at the end is that guy, getting the hell out of town but now with the germ of […]

Reuben Awards Poster Reveals Special Honorees

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 25, 2018

Tom Richmond‘s poster for the National Cartoonists Society’s 72nd Annual Reuben Awards announces the Special Guests.Top row: Mark Tatulli, Arnold Roth, Mike Luckovich, Stephan Pastis, Glen Keane, Jake Tapper Bottom Row: Lynn Johnston, Hillary Price, Lynda Barry, Brendan Burford, Rick StromoskiThe Reuben (Cartoonist of the Year) nominees were highlighted here earlier this week, but now […]

Reuben Funnies: Heart of the City

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 25, 2018

Philadelphia homeboy Mark Tatulli, nominated for The Reuben AND for Comic Strip Divisional Award, anticipates his city filled with cartoonists in today’s Heart of the City.

Early Reubens Sights and Sounds

by TDC Archive 0 comments May 24, 2018

Hey, there’s Nick Galifianakis in a stylish hat.Tell me. Is that John Kovaleski fresh in from a two-and-half hour drive?Wait. Are those the McGarry brothers? Are they taller than last year?Off the record. I hear Mike Luckovich is hosting. Wasn’t he fab when he emceed in LA?-from special correspondent John Glynn 

Mike Peters and Grimmy Visit Philadelphia

by D. D. Degg 0 comments May 24, 2018

Mike Peters, who is nominated for divisional awards in editorial cartoons and comic strips this year, is attending The Dinner and he has brought a friend along for the weekend.While it is not surprising that Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike has previously won the Reubens’ Editorial Cartoonist division and also The (actual) Reuben, I am a […]

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