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.
Coming soon is Comic Book Cartoonist #1 from Comic Arts Press. Featuring Don Simpson‘s Megaton Man and interview, Graham Nolan‘s Monster Island, Jay Piscopo‘s Adventure Comics, and The team behind Wolverton, Thief Of Impossible Objects. Printed to order so, if you are like me and prefer a physical magazine, order a copy soon. PDF editions […]
I’ve been back and forth on Bill and Monica and #MeToo, but I can certainly endorse Mike Thompson’s take.There are a million layers to this whole thing and ain’t none of them clean and clear, but the one that rises to the surface is that Bubba wasn’t dragged kicking and screaming back into the limelight.As […]
From The Nib: Censored: Ten Anti-Trump Cartoons the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Refuses To Publish. The paper suddenly won’t run the work of veteran cartoonist and former Pulitzer finalist Rob Rogers’ work for being too critical of Trump. But we will.https://thenib.com/pittsburgh-post-gazette-anti-trump-cartoons-rob-rogers?t=recent
More coverage (with photos) of Lynn Johnston’s NCS Medal of Honor Award from GoComics.https://www.gocomics.com/blog/4546/lynn-johnston-receives-honor-from-national-cartoonists-societyHere’s a quote (possibly overheard in Philadelphia) from Lynn on the Reubens that didn’t make the GoComics story:Did you ever see Bil Keane when he was MC? Wow. What a skill he had for comedy. He worked hard on his “roast” and […]
Instagram phenom Lord Birthday was featured a year ago on NPR’s “Invisibilia” and it’s still well worth a listen for all introverted creative types. It starts around the 20:00 minute mark.Check out his book here.Lord Birthday Instagram here.Dumbwich Castle at GoComics here. The Daily Cartoonist is owned by Andrews McMeel Universal.
Pearls Before Swine offers the best possible kickoff for Friday Funnies, and I couldn’t be more pleased to not do politics today.Even if I were in the mood, it’s going to take me a little while to process the apparent fact that Bill Clinton is once again our president. Or something. Anyway, he’s suddenly all […]
Is that right Bruce Haight?
CNN interviewed Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers to discuss the paper’s recent decisions not to run Rob’s work.https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/06/cartoonist-anti-trump-sketches-cut-from-paper-tapper-lead.cnn
Huffington Post UK is reporting that The Guardian has rejected a Steve Bell editorial cartoon, about the death of Palestinian medic Razan al-Najjar, as being anti-Semitic. Cartoonist Steve Bell denies using anti-Semitic tropes saying in a couple e-mails to the paper:“I cannot for the life of me begin to understand criticism of the cartoon that […]
As the ads inform us, it’s only 10 days until Father’s Day.The same June 17th date will debut Daddy Daze, and there is activity showing that launch is getting closer.King Features has set up the Daddy Daze page at the syndicate’s website, which features some samples of the new comic strip.The Daddy Daze official website […]
Juxtaposition of 15 Years (Ann Telnaes, July 7, 2003) (Ann Telnaes, June 7, 2018)This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a fanfare.Nearly 15 years ago to the day, Telnaes captured an array of horrors, because it wasn’t just Bush and his cronies — Ashcroft in this case — piping a […]