I don’t know that I should call USA Today your neighborhood newspaper but tomorrow June 16 it will be friendly to Spider-Man and Marvel Comics fans as a Spider-Man comic returns to a newspaper.* They are playing it close to the vest but the promotional material is coming through the USA Today Play setup. That […]

Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for June 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. MAD #600 by THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS MAD #600 features a wraparound cover illustrated by […]

I gather it happened, though I don’t subscribe to Paramount+ and I wouldn’t have stayed up that late anyway. But from what I’ve read, it came off and people who made the effort to be there had a good time, which is unsurprising. If they were apt to view it the way Rowe did, they […]

Peter Gallagher and Heathcliff; The Dartmouth Cartoonists: Mindy Kaling, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Jake Tapper; and Marjane Satrapi cartooning for Le Monde. Heathcliff in The New York Times Calum Marsh for The New York Times profiles Peter Gallagher, “He Made ‘Heathcliff’ Absurd.” On a recent afternoon, Peter Gallagher was wrapping up a lecture on […]

Well That Would Explain It, If Only… On the last Sunday of 2002 a Mandrake the Magicain adventure ended and so did the Mandrake Sunday page. And today we learn why. Mandrake was kidnapped by Sea Hag’s witch sister and kept in her dungeons until now. Which would be a great reveal except Mandrake continued […]

Well, perhaps.It’s clearly a good thing that we defeated the Nazis and thwarted Japan’s imperialism, and the famous raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi is an iconic image of how America rallied in that time of crisis.However, we shouldn’t forget that, while we rallied on the battlefield, we had also rallied on the home […]

Nigerian cartoon award, East Asian webcomic pirate busted, Indian political cartoons boom or bust, Subversive cartoons against Tanzanian authorities, it’s still Dennis the Menace’s 75th in the UK, and Korea is retraining middle-aged cartoonists. Albert Ohams Best Cartoon Illustrator The Humor Awards Academy in Nigeria has bestowed the title Best Cartoon Illustrator to Albert Ohams. […]

As has been noted today is the last weekday Big Nate as cartoonist Lincoln Peirce has decided to ease his comic strip workload to give himself more time for other projects. Let’s state upfront that Peirce will continue to create Big Nate for the Sunday Funnies. Today’s final Big Nate daily begins as if, maybe, […]

It’s hard to write about current events when you’re scared to check your news sources in the morning because you recorded last night’s US/Paraguay game and fear coming across spoilers. Fortunately, there’s enough that hasn’t likely changed overnight, and the real issue here is admitting that, despite the combined character flaws of FIFA and one […]

With John Rose and Tom Heintjes, Jim Keefe and L.K. Hanson, Mo Willems and Jerry Craft, Pat Rosenkranz and Don Donahue, Charlotte Beach and Ivan Ehlers. John Rose and Tom Heintjes On Stage A really late notice that if you are at Heroes Con or near Charlotte N.C. tomorrow try get to the panel featuring […]

Penguin Random House India is demanding changes to renowned graphic journalist Joe Sacco‘s latest book before it is willing to publish the graphic non-fiction The Once and Future Riot for its Indian audience. Shahana Yasmin for The Independent reports: Penguin Random House India has withdrawn Joe Sacco’s latest book on a 2013 episode of sectarian […]

I choose “Neither.” There’s a lot of news today, but it’s extensions of yesterday’s news and I had enough of that yesterday. Though, to contradict this cartoon, there are politicians trying to do something to stop it, but their legal cases are all pending at the moment, and it’s not clear that Dear Leader has […]

I had seen on the news that Glenn Close will be receiving an Honorary Oscar this Fall, but more importantly for us Jamie Lang at Cartoon Brew reports animator Floyd Norman will also be so honored. Animation icon and Disney legend Floyd Norman [link added] will receive an Honorary Oscar at this year’s Governors Awards, […]

Following the decision by the Australian Press Council (APC) to censure The Age and Sydney Morning Herald because they printed a Cathy Wilcox cartoon which “was likely to cause or contribute to substantial offence, distress and prejudice particularly to those who are Jewish,” Charlie Lewis for Crikey (registration required) takes a look at some past […]

In what would normally be great news for Archie Comics—a Hollywood deal to bring the Archie to the silver screen—has opened up a legal can of worms for co-CEO Jonathan Goldwater. Raven Capital Management claims that Goldwater defaulted on a loan in 2024 giving them control of the intellectual property and the deal with Universal […]