The Washington Examiner (I know, I know) published an article this morning by Mark Judge titled “Celebrating Superman’s Jewishness.” The writer begins with people doubting Superman’s Jewishness: Yet, in his origins, different names, and even his costume, Superman is a deeply Jewish creation. With a new Superman movie about to be released and American Jews […]
While Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts 75th Anniversary is getting the bulk of publicity this year, a month before that October 2nd, 1950 day is September 4th, 1950 – when Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey debuted. And Beetle Bailey, unlike Peanuts, has been issuing new comic strips for all of its 75 years. While not the licensing […]
Anderson is 100% right, but the real message is not in his cartoon but in the shrug it inspires.January 6 was only a bit over four years ago, and everyone of voting age remembers that day. The fact that the architect of that attempted coup was voted back into office is astonishing and hinges on […]
It was good news today as GoComics/Andrews McMeel has heard the pleas of comics fans and restored their Sunday comics to the full three tier format or title panels to most of their strips and panels. Comics that have full original content making up the top tier of their comics all seem to be posted […]
Something*Positive [link added] is a ‘day in the life’ webcomic that follows the main character of Davin MacIntire and his group of friends. Started in 2001, it is loosely based on the life and friends of creator Randal “R.K.” Milholland, and is darkly funny, skewering everyone and everything it can. It is sweet and sad […]
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Drew Litton, 67, wanted to be two things when he grew up. He yearned to shoot like “Pistol Pete” Maravich and to play the guitar like Eric Clapton. “I instead ended up playing basketball like Eric Clapton and guitar like Pete Maravich,” said Litton, laughing as he sat in his studio chair […]
Our little slapfight continues and the world — in this case, Ireland — watches with a combination of fascination and detachment, realizing that they dare not be too detached because of the global stakes at risk and they shouldn’t be too fascinated because it’s degrading to watch it like an episode of Jersey Shore.Though here […]
The Doug Wright Awards were held Saturday night in Toronto. A part of the ceremony there are cartoonists inducted into The Giants of the North: The Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame. After 20 years of seating cartoonists into the Hall of Fame they finally got around to installing Lou Skuce, aka “Canada’s Greatest Cartoonist,” as […]
We haven’t checked lately, but we’re guessing Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez didn’t register at Bed Bath & Beyond. Luckily, though, we’ve stumbled on the perfect wedding gift — at least for the groom, who not only now owns the 007 franchise but also appears to be taking styling cues from Ernst Stavro Blofeld. For […]
Here’s what I’m not talking about today, and why. On the one hand, I agree with the couple in Byrnes’ cartoon, because it’s not much of a surprise and I don’t respect either of them and, overall, I don’t much care.On the other, I also agree with Deering’s suggestion that we’ve got plenty of more […]
Joann Mackenzie for the Glouchester Daily Times talks to local cartoonist Mark Parisi (or here), nominated for the National Cartoonists Society’s 2024 Cartoonist of the Year aka The Reuben Award. Now in its 38th year and distributed daily by United Press Syndicate [sic] to some 100 newspapers, “Off The Mark” [link added] has been described […]
The folks at the San Diego International Comic Con are beginning to feature profiles of guests scheduled to appear during the gathering next month. Some have comic strip bona fides.This list of Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For), Eddie Campbell (The Goat Getters, Kate Carew), Greg Evans (Luann), Karen Evans (Luann), Chip Kidd (Peanuts […]
Another of those where-do-we-start days, but fortunately Tom the Dancing Bug has not only provided the big picture, but has done so in explain-it-as-if-I-were-in-kindergarten fashion.If we wanted, we could just run in circles offering theories and insights for everything here until the cows come home, or, more appropriately, until the chickens come home to roost, […]
Marty Two Bulls, Sr. won the 2025 Herblock Prize. The award ceremony was held on March 28, 2025 at the Library of Congress and photographer Bruce Guthrie was there to record the reception, the exhibit, the accompanying lecture, and the presentation itself, Hundreds of photos from the presentation and of the exhibit/reception featuring Marty Two […]
I admit that I don’t follow Brooke McEldowney’s 9 Chickweed Lane religiously due to the weird (to me) arcs. But this week’s amusement with Edda and Amos is sweet and endearing (so far). We’ll see if Brooke can keep it on course, meaning the course I want. Though my favorite individual comic of this week […]