(Jen Sorensen) (Pat Bagley)Jen Sorensen notes the ugly attitude that pervades our increasingly ugly culture: We won’t help you with aid, nor will we help you with policies that might let you lift yourself out on your own.Meanwhile, Pat Bagley depicts the paranoid hostility that fosters this ugly, hateful attitude in what should be a […]
Friend-of-the-Blog Brian Fies passed along an educational comic about an interesting woman of whom I had not heard, Gertrude Bell, in large part because she reminded him of Nellie Bly, of whom I did a children’s biography a few years back.Bell and Bly come out of a period in which a lot of very intelligent […]
Judging from the flood of cartoons about the GOP’s whining, it’s just me and Matt Wuerker who recognize that the media hasn’t exactly been faultless in this.As I noted in the immediate aftermath of the CNBC-hosted debate, the rude incompetence of the moderators handed the candidates a weapon. I’ve got little to add to what I […]
Hilary Price sends out a “charming yet infrequent” newsletter with an assortment of things related to her comic Rhymes With Orange. Her last one is packed with really cool tidbits, so I hope you click through and give it a full read. Here’s a summary of her post. She, and other artists in her studio, […]
Funny (and instructional) video from Arizona Daily Star’s David Fitzsimmons on how to draw Donald Trump.
Mother Goose & Grimm with a pretty good analysis of how it works.The dog and I walk past a “wealth management” company each day and I always shudder a bit, because, my experience is that, when they talk about “wealth,” they don’t mean yours. I liked them better when they called themselves “financial planners,” probably for […]
Cartoon courtesy of Cagle CartoonsThe Daily Illini, a college newspaper at University of Illinois, ran a Rick McKee cartoon (above) last week that offended many in the student body. The paper has since issued an apology stating that the “cartoon was run with frivolous regard, and in no way represents our ideals as an organization, […]
Congratulations are in order to Anne Morse Hambrock, the creator of The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Anne was one of four who were recognized by Kenosha city for their efforts to expand art appreciation in the city.From the Kenosha News:Kenosha’s Commission on the Arts wants to make one thing clear: The city?s vibrant art community […]
This one (pleasantly) surprised me, because Francis is basically a papal fan-page, and I would expect silence on this topic rather than a slapdown. Here’s the thing: Popes aren’t expected to be perfect, but, dammit, saints are. That’s why they are saints. Over the centuries, the Church built up a complicated, Rube Goldberg system of explanations that […]
Last week The Daily Cartoonist hit the 10 year mark. I started the blog as an experiment in 2005 to better understand what was going on in the comic industry. I didn’t expect the blog to take off as quickly or become as popular as it did. At the height of its popularity it was […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Multi-talented Rob Harrell joins me to talk about the recent release of his second “Life of Zarf” book…“The Troll Who Cried Wolf” which you can pick up here! Rob also […]
An original 1936 original art piece by Belgian cartoonist Herge for a Tintin comic has fetched $1.2 million at a Hong Kong auction. According to the BBC, it is the only original from the book The Blue Lotus.The Asian people do take their cartoon art seriously.
Editorial cartoonist Bob Englehart is celebrating 35 years with his paper the Hartford Courant. The local Fox station has posted an interview. Bob is also enjoying an exhibit of his work “Drawn and Cornered: 35 Years of Engelhard Cartoons” that will run from October 23 through November 28 with an opening reception Oct. 22.
The Cartoonist Rights Network International is reporting that a fellow prisoner has stated that Syrian cartoonist Akram Raglan died in a Syrian hospital as “possibly a result of torture” two and a half years ago. Two years ago a PRI story reported the cartoonist’s death, but the family stating that they were unsure of the […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Ryan Fisher of the all-ages graphic novel “Torchlight Lullaby” is here to talk about his ambitious project, the Kickstarter he’s running for it, and the deeper themes of kids’ literature […]