Mark Trail cartoonist Jack Elrod has passed at the age of 91.You can read the full obituary in the Gainesville Times.Jack Elrod Jr., a Gainesville native who spent 64 years working on the nationally syndicated outdoor comic ?Mark Trail,? died Wednesday. He was 91. Elrod began his time with the comic strip alongside its creator, […]
The Oregonian pulled three strips from a Non Sequitur week-long strip series that poked fun at the armed occupants of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon. The series ran January 25-30, but after one of the militant leaders was shot on the 27th during an attempt to arrest him by authorities, the paper […]
Well, the Foothills, anyway. I’d love to be up in the mountains, but the glimpse of them on the way from the airport to the conference hotel will have to do.Speaking of the airport, it didn’t take long to see that there’s some excitement going on around here.My sister, who lives here, sent me a […]
When I looked for a cover shot of Rosalie Lightning, I found a lot of entries and so perhaps I’m late to this, but, since I suspect the bulk of my readers are comic strip people rather than graphic novel people, maybe I’m not too far behind the curve.In any case, I’m writing about it […]
Let’s get this out of the way, first: There aren’t any new Groundhog Day jokes.None.Jimmy Johnson will admit it, other cartoonists won’t.Some cartoonists simply ignored the day and went about their business, but there were plenty of “six more weeks of whatever” gags.And here’s the funny part (’cause the gags aren’t): Jimmy nails it. It’s […]
Brigid Alverson writes at Robot6: The ceremony began with comedian Richard Gaitet, clad in a neon-blue suit and red bow tie, announcing, ?This will be the shortest ceremony in history, because all we want to do is drink and dance.? He proceeded to present nine awards in rapid succession, including the award for best series […]
(Kevin Kallaugher) (Clay Jones)We’ll start the new week with a Juxtaposition about the start of the actual choosing, and the ephemeral nature of caring about Iowa or New Hampshire, though we ought not to forget that Iowa has ethanol and large pork factories, so it won’t slip off the radar entirely.New Hampshire, by contrast, is […]
From the New York Times:An Egyptian cartoonist, whose work is occasionally critical of government figures, was arrested in the capital, Cairo, on Sunday and charged with running a webpage without a license, the country’s Interior Ministry said in a statement. The arrest of Islam Gaweesh appears to be part of an intensified clampdown on activists […]
I’m going to put up this link before I even link to Pearls Before Swine, just to forestall the “Yes, it did!” crowd who will insist on ignoring the common understanding of “the Internet” in favor of its most technical definition. Yes, there was something up there when Pastis was in college, but please.I am enough older […]
Reply All gives me flashbacks to my days covering local real estate, which included a weekly breakfast of some 300 Realtors and title people, mortgage lenders, movers and such.There were times when the guest speaker actually addressed real estate issues, but, more often, they were motivational speakers of one sort or another.People in sales eat that […]
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Today could just be one giant Juxtaposition, but let’s start with the Buckets as an introduction to the theme. The short answer is, “No, there isn’t,” or, rather, “Yes, you can post that sign. But it won’t do a damn bit of good.”The long answer begins the same way, but then adds “… and here’s why.”First you […]
From Niagra This Week: Bell-Lundy has invited some of her comic friends to form a speaker series aimed at inspiring a new generation of comic creators. She has teamed up with the Grimsby Public Library to offer three evenings of comic-centred discussion beginning next month. The speaker series runs the first Thursday of the month […]
First, a pair of odd prizes. The first to Joe Heller for an insightful commentary on the Flint water controversy, the oddness of the prize being that he didn’t go for the cliche of the week in addressing the problem of poorly maintained infrastructure and its underlying economic inequity.And, speaking of economic fairness, I’m hearing some chatter […]
Andy Marlette comments on Florida State University’s settlement of a lawsuit stemming from the (alleged) rape of a student by Jameis Winston, their Heisman-winning star quarterback, and the cartoon is of interest on several levels.To start with, I’m dismissing the “sports sucks” element.I don’t like modern dance and would rather be staked to an anthill […]