A well-named cartoon strip this morning, “The Buckets,” given that the most of the stuff I drink is shipped in them. I share the inability to find hints of blackberry and essences of chocolate in wine made from grapes, and I suspect that I share Greg Cravens’ apparent suspicion of those who claim to.Mind you, I […]
Jim Keefe on Making Comics – The Assembly Line Jim Keefe on the assembly line of making syndicated comic strips. Terri Libensen, Invisible Emmie, and The Sixth Grade Terri Libensen visits New Richmond Middle School. The Evolution of Wayno Panels Wayno’s blog about his daily panels, but with first drafts added this week The 2018 Lucy Shelton Caswell […]
Stephan Pastis The Punmeister The pun has been around for thousands of years, but Stephan has co-opted its use. These days when cartoonists puts a pun in their comic they are accused of stealing the idea from Pastis. Those puns are part of what has made his Pearls Before Swine one of the most popular […]
Thomas W. Gammill, the man most famous for writing The Doozies turns a year older today. If you see him, wish him well.
I thought this morning’s Candorville was unusually prescient until I thought about it a little more and realized how many times this could have run in the past few months and seemed unusually prescient.Then I pulled down my copy of The Quote Verifier and confirmed what I suspected, which is that there is no evidence […]
No, no, no – Signe Wilkinson is not retiring. But that was my first thought when I saw the headlinePulitzer Prize winner, ex-Hiller, reflects on careerwith a Signe self-caricature attached to the article.The lead didn’t ease my fears:Famed Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer political cartoonist Signe Wilkinson was the first female political cartoonist to […]
Glenn has decided to stop his syndicated editorial cartoons after he left the Belleville (Ill.) News Democrat last week.More to come.
Glen Keane “I always wanted to draw ever since I can remember.” And why not, with a cartoonist for a father he grew up around art and art supplies and Bil Keane for inspiration. But Glen’s cartooning took a different route.In September 1974, he accepted a position at Disney as an animator, and spent three […]
Team Cul De Sac chief Chris Sparks is helping throw another Drink and Draw at this year’s Heroes Convention in Charlotte.https://www.heroesonline.com/heroescon/From Chris’ Facebook post: Heroescon(June 15th-17th) is right around the corner. Guess what folks, it means it is time for me to ask for more wonderful donations for this years Drink and Draw! Which will be held […]
Ginger Meggs, New Yorker and MAD Magazine cartoonist Jason Chatfield is dandruff.See the video proof here: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wvMO/selsun-blue-date-night photo from Jason’s site.
Friday Funnies is supposed to be a refuge from ponderous significance, but we’ll start and end with wisdom today and I hope sprinkle in a little more throughout. After all, humor is derived from wisdom, in that you have to know how things work before you can appreciate seeing them twisted.This includes understanding that wisdom is, […]
You may think Ginger Meggs is Australia’s favorite and longest running comic. But allegedly (fwiw, we have not been able to independently confirm that this ran) the editors at The Advertiser in Adelaide, Australia thought it was a great way to describe England’s favorite engaged couple.
Lynda Jean Barry – NCS Cartoonist of the Year nomineeLook at that photo above, now look in a mirror – what are you doing? If you are anything like me you are smiling. Every time I see that wonderful young lady I smile. For that alone she should receive awards.From her agency’s introduction:Lynda Barry has […]
In the tangy and delicious honeycomb mold of Tom the Dancing Bug’s Inner Hive subscription model, Herblock-Prize and RFK Journalism-Award winning editorial cartoonist Jen Sorenson has announced the launch of the “Sorenson Subscription Service” or “S.S.S.”From Jen’s site: Those who join the S.S.S. (which may eventually take on a more novel name — The Eagle’s Clutch, anyone?) […]
Pretty harsh treatment by Belgian cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker, and, yes, it’s pretty easy to yell “Hitler!” Calling people “nazis” has weakened the insult over the years, and comparing egotistical leaders to Hitler has weakened that simile as well.I guess the neglected part of the story of the boy who cried “Wolf!” is that he wouldn’t have pulled […]