Cartoonist Beth Wolfensberger Singer‘s comic strip for The Boston Globe today reminds me that there are a few Edward Gorey items waiting in the queue to be cued up, and what better time than the eve of Halloween Eve eve eve eve to do so. And how better to start than with Edward Gorey’s recently […]
As we look back at the last 20 years of The Daily Cartoonist, its history would not be complete without talking about the sometimes contentious four year period between 2007 and 2011 when the comment section often became the center of heated discussions about webcomics and the future of print comics. Most comment threads were […]
The Ol’ Perfesser, Casey Stengel, added to his fame by becoming the first manager of the New York Mets, who racked up 40 wins and 120 losses that year, prompting Stengel’s famous quote, “Can’t anybody here play this game?”It seems a good question at the moment, to which I would add another from his volume […]
The art of today’s October 26, 2025 Sunday Prince Valiant page is credited to “Foster Murphy Yeates.” That’s Hal Foster, J. C. Murphy, and Thomas Yeates – all the signatures in the artists’ own styles by the way.As Aleta spins her tale of the past, Yeates has reached into the past for the illustrations. For […]
Updates on political cartoonist Clay Jones and Dick Tracy writer Mike Curtis, remembering Jules Feiffer and the WWII life of Charles Schulz, cartoonist Paul Dorin on gag cartoon clichés and comix pioneer Robert Crumb on paranoia, and Casper the Friendly Ghost is 80.Clay Jones Update Clay Jones is back to writing (dictating) on his Claytoonz […]
There are a lot of cartoons about the renovation/destruction of the White House, but I like Matson’s take because it not only captures the ambitious glorification involved but the combination of fantasy and madness behind the action.If nothing else, we no longer have to ask if Dear Leader believes the things he says, because as […]
Movie poster artist Drew Struzan has passed away. Howard Drew Struzan March 18, 1947 – October 13, 2025 From Tracy Brown’s L. A. Times obituary via The Seattle Times: LOS ANGELES — Drew Struzan, the artist who created some of the most recognizable posters for movies including “Star Wars,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “Blade […]
The Fearsome FluffyFrom Wikipedia: Fenrir (Old Norse ‘fen-dweller’) or Fenrisúlfr (Old Norse “Fenrir’s wolf”, often translated “Fenris-wolf”), also referred to as Hróðvitnir (Old Norse “fame-wolf”) and Vánagandr (Old Norse ‘monster of the [River] Ván’), is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology. In Old Norse texts, Fenrir plays a key role during the events of Ragnarök, […]
This certainly set a foul mood for the day. It’s perfectly valid to criticize Hamas, or the Netanyahu government, or ours. But I cannot understand the editing process by which this got through at Tribune or posted at GoComics, and I sincerely hope no newspaper editor would choose to run this hateful slandering of two […]
Editorial and sports cartoonist and sports reporter Tom Bone has passed away. William Thomas (Tom) Bone III September 11, 1954 – October 20, 2025 From the obituary: William Thomas (Tom) Bone III, cartoonist and writer, died on October 20, 2025 at Roanoke Memorial Carilion Hospital in Roanoke, Va. He graduated from Union High School in […]
From rubbercat (“the world’s #1 Simpsons fansite”) In The News: [A]t San Diego Comic-Con, Simpsons producers announced the opening segment of this Halloween’s annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode will be guest animated by The Onion‘s legendary editorial cartoonist Stan Kelly. A recent South Park episode making fun of President Trump caused a quite a stir, […]
Sorensen sets today’s mood, and I’d say she sets the agenda, but I’m not sure we’ll get to all this in a single day. But she captures the sense of everything being not just out of control but insanely so. Things are so beyond logic and expectations that it’s hard to know where to start.That […]
KAL on “Cartoonists Under Siege” Profs and Pints DC will feature an evening with Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher. Profs and Pints DC presents: “Cartoonists Under Siege,” on the rich history and uncertain future of political cartooning, with Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Economist, former artist in residence at the University of Maryland, Baltimore […]
Staten Island Advance editorial cartoonist, reporter and columnist Tom Flannagan has passed away.Thomas R. (Tom) Flannagan March 31, 1932 – October 19, 2025From the obituary: After graduating from Curtis High School, he completed correspondence courses with the Famous Artists School and Cartoonerama in pursuit of his passion for illustration. He joined the Advance as a […]
Today’s Bliss brought about a flashback. The kids were about 3 and 7 and we’d all been East to visit my family. This was before computerization and reserving your seats ahead of time, and somehow the airline broke up our party into three and one.We explained to someone or other that this wasn’t going to […]