Jones is often provocative, slinging purposeful insults, but generally backed by an intelligent political argument. This isn’t a particularly polite cartoon, but he addresses a critical question and, if the Mike Johnson character is ranting incoherently, the elephant cuts right to the nub of the issue: If the GOP has such a reasonable position, why […]
One of the things that sets The Daily Cartoonist apart from other comic-related news sites is its cultivated community of readers. People visit the site each day not only for the news but also for the comments. We’ll be looking at who has been active in the comments the longest, who the most prolific commenter is each […]
In January, the Washington Post spiked a cartoon by Pulitzer Prize–winning Ann Telnaes that criticized the supplicant attitude displayed by the paper’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, towards Donald Trump … She promptly resigned after the incident, the first time one of her pieces had been rejected over its subject. For 31 years, KAL contributed his […]
With Matthew Diffee, Larry Day, Yaakov Kirschen, Ruben Bolling, Mort Walker, and the Society of Illustrators.Matthew Diffee New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee will be launching his debut picture book, Zip Zap Wickety Wack with a story time and book signing. One of Maureen’s favorite books of the year, this will make story time fun and […]
Does anybody even care about Ronald Reagan anymore? His presidency (1981-89) is cited as the starting point for the Republican revolution, though many more politicians and commentators were involved in that movement. But Reagan was more than a figurehead; he was active and charismatic and, as Ohman recalls, intent on uniting the nation, even if […]
Exclusive to The Daily Cartoonist is Patrick McDonnell‘s Introduction to The Essential Peanuts. “A Bringing of Happiness” – Introduction by Patrick McDonnell People like to celebrate time and numbers—the 75th anniversary of the world’s greatest comic strip, fifty years of one man’s genius, and his nearly 18,000 combined dailies and Sundays. That’s a lot of […]
October 2, 1950, 75 years ago today, began what is inarguably one of the greatest comic strips of all time.Charles M’ Schulz’s Peanuts is celebrating its 75th anniversary and some publications are taking notice. How Charlie Brown Captured the American PsycheCatharine Hughes at The New Statesman gives a brief history and social impact of the […]
There’s no Hump Day Shutdown but there is a shutdown of National Parks, which was a last minute decision. The Park Service argued that, with no rangers and other parks officials working, the level of vandalism would skyrocket and there’d be huge delays in rescuing people who stepped into pools of boiling water or antagonized […]
From the Jane Goodall Institute: Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, UN Messenger of Peace and world-renowned ethologist, conservationist, and humanitarian, has died at the age of 91 of natural causes. Dr. Jane was known around the world for her 65-year study of wild chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania. However, in the […]
Twenty years ago, I sat down and hammered out a quick blog post that became the start of what is now The Daily Cartoonist. The blog began as an excuse to keep tabs on comic syndication and editorial cartooning—the two genres I was most passionate about. I could never have imagined that, 20 years later, […]
Here we will identify the tenth artist to draw baseball card cartoons for Topps who is now known by name. As was the case for the cartoonists featured in Part II, the artist in question here is known to have worked for Topps in other, non-sports capacities – for what it’s worth, the assertion that […]
This being a “where do we start?” moment, we’ll start before yesterday’s gathering of the brass with Marty Two Bulls’ reaction to the Secretary of Defense War’s restoration of medals of honor to soldiers who participated in the Wounded Knee Massacre. Granted, Two Bulls is Lakota and so has a particular reason to feel that […]
Author, cartoonist, and “professional epigrammatist” Ashleigh Brilliant has passed away. Ashleigh Elwood (Ash) Brilliant December 9, 1933 – September 24, 2025From the Santa Barbara Independent: Ashleigh Brilliant, Santa Barbara’s best-known practicing epigrammatist — not to mention newspaper columnist, community activist, perambulator, and all-around eccentric — died September 24 at the age of 91. According to […]
The National Cartoonists Society’s 79th Annual Reuben Awards ceremony recognizes special honorees, celebrates the 2024 nominees and award winners, and pays tribute to those we’ve lost. Open to members and nonmembers, the Awards are a formal, and fun!, celebration of cartoonists and cartooning. Recorded on August 15, 2025 at the Boston Westin Copley in Boston, […]
Davies proves that there’s no situation so dire that you can’t wring a laugh out of it, so long as the laugh is dark and points out the overlying absurdity of things. In this case, he draws an obviously good-spirited, harmless alien, in conversation with an obviously good-spirited civilian, and a half-dozen large, masked men. […]