Let’s start with John Deering’s commentary, because the drek-to-brilliance balance on this topic has been way off, perhaps because all the good ideas were used on previous mass murders.Well, not all of them, because Deering hits a poignant note with an understated piece that works on a couple of levels. The first, most obvious and probably […]
A tweet by Wiley Miller: New weekly feature by the great Ann Telnaes! Go there NOW!!’Which led me to “Mo” by Ann Telnaes.Now you know as much as I do.
Joel Pett interviewed The Lexington Herald-Leader’s editorial cartoonist interviewed. Shutting Down the Opposition – 100 Years Ago In 1918 Paul Berge finds the First Amendment under fire… from the press. German Newspaper Fires Editorial Cartoonist Dieter Hanitzsch fired after cartoon that passed editorial muster is printed. Santa Rosa cartoonist’s Black Panther cartoon goes viral The story behind Tom […]
Hilary Price “Hilary Price is an amazing cartoonist, educator, and communicator…She is truly a delight!” – Phil O’DonoghueWhen Rhymes with Orange made its debut in June 1995, Hilary became the youngest woman with a syndicated daily comic strip. An early (1996) Rhymes With OrangeMy early inspirations were Shel Silverstein for the clever word play and […]
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, […]