A couple months ago cartoonist Greg Cravens endured a life threatening medical emergency.Thankfully all is well now. Greg did, however, turn the episode into a sequence for his The Buckets comic strip.The “comic” story started a week ago.
Heart of the City wanders into the new Nancy hubbub.For those who have been living under three rocks, the old strip was taken over a month ago, garnering a lot more attention than I would have expected, though GoComics did make a big deal out of it, and it coincided with publication of a book […]
Priya Sridhar had the optimism of youth.I wanted to make a webcomic when I was a kid. Rather, I wanted to submit my work to a syndicate and produce a daily newspaper strip. Bill Watterson’s story inspired me, as did Charles Schulz’s success with Charlie Brown. At the time, my career path seemed simple. After […]
“You must be looking through my windows!” is a common remark made to cartoonists, but mostly about domestic comedy strips. However, today’s Carpe Diem makes me suspect that Niklas Erikson was following me around at one newspaper I worked where, at the department head meetings, I made myself unpopular by, when someone mentioned an uptick or […]
Modesty insists I begin today’s exposé of nitwits with Maria Scrivan’s relevant diagram of how I use reusable bags.I’d do better if I could get them to the car, because both my co-op and my (usual) grocery store have signs at the door reminding you, which is okay if the bags are 50 feet away […]
On Sunday June 17, 2018 (Father’s Day) Daddy Daze by John Kovaleski will appear as a syndicated comic strip from King Features.John Kovaleski was the creator of Bo Nanas, a syndicated comic strip that ran from 2003 – 2007.Eight years ago Kovaleski helped create a human being. That, in turn, inspired him to create a […]
From The Pulitzers in mid-April to The Reuben come late May, it’s Awards season.Let’s start with the 18th World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Competition. This year’s theme was “The high price of a free press” and Bado shows us the winners and some very profound cartoons at http://bado-badosblog.blogspot.com/2018/05/18th-world-press-freedom-international.htmlLast month The Society of Professional Journalists […]
Top story of the day is that tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day and a chance to check out what the comic book people think is hot and attractive. Johanna Draper Carlson has a look at what she considers the top titles.I suspect this is a time when living in a major metro helps. Out […]
I am worried about King Features Syndicate. I am not sure that their Acquisitions Department is ACTIVELY engaged. The recent news of Deflocked leaving KFS for A/M pressed my apprehensive button.In the past three years, King Features has lost eight comic features: Grin and Bear It (2015), Apartment 3-G (2015), Edge City (2016), Bleeker, the Rechargeable Dog […]
From cartoonist Mike Lynch:The new issue of Reader’s Digest is on the stands. And there are three cartoons in it. Not bad. One was originally published by The New Yorker magazine some years back. The cartoon was then bought by RD this year from the New Yorker’s Cartoonbank. There is a cartoon from Cartoonstock, an […]
It’s World Press Freedom Day, which seems to be noted in other countries more than it is in the United States. This cartoon is one of several on the topic at Cartoon Movement and is by Egyptian cartoonist Doaa Eladl.I’ll admit I haven’t kept up with the specifics of the back-and-forth in Egypt since the Arab […]
A couple weeks ago I noticed that Jeff Corriveau’s Deflocked suddenly had a page on the Andrews McMeel site.http://syndication.andrewsmcmeel.com/comics/strip/deflockedBut Deflocked is a King Features strip. What’s up? Reaching out to creator Corriveau he was kind enough to reply, and confirms he is indeed switching syndicates.Deflocked by Jeff Corriveau debuted May 5, 2008 at KFS. As Jeff tells me, “I […]
What can be done as far as comics history books? Who’s going to improve on Brian Walker’s The Comics? Who’s going to out-reference Holtz’s American Newspaper Comics?The answer is to get specialized. Take a subdivision of the genre and go in-depth. That’s what Ron Goulart did with his The Adventurous Decade years ago, and that’s what Eddie Campbell does […]
Cartoonist William Hamilton’s widow recalls a peculiar work habit of the cartoonist. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-sound-of-wit/Later this month the National Cartoonists Society will award The Reuben to The Cartoonist of the Year. What better time to remember Rube Goldberg. Yesterday The Smithsonian did just that.During his 72-year career, cartoonist Rube Goldberg produced more than 50,000 drawings and thousands of comic strips. In 1922, […]