My apologies for the lack of updates this week. I’m traveling for work and it would seem blogging would be easier when I travel – especially to places like Vermont. It’s freezing cold outside – not much to do except stay inside and try to keep warm. But Vermont turned out to be a great […]

There were a flood of cartoons based on what was assumed to happen in the SOTU address, some based on the portions of the text already released, others based on past experience, yet others based on partisan talking points. Here are two that I found worth passing on.(Mike Thompson)(Tom Toro)It might be that you had […]

Amid a torrent of mediocre cartoons about security at the Sochi Olympics and predictably partisan back-and-forth views of tonight’s State of the Union (all of which, in both categories, seem to be hoping for an I-told-you-so disaster), comes this quiet, pointed commentary from Tom Tomorrow.Not only does it stand out because everyone else seems to […]

Yesterday news broke the Wee Pals creator Morrie Turner had passed away. He was the first African-American to be syndicated. He impressed and inspired many. From Creators Syndicate where Morrie’s strip was syndicated: “Morrie was a pioneer with his ‘rainbow power’ message many decades before it became a household name,” said Rick Newcombe, founder of […]

This week’s sponsor is Smith Micro. Smith Micro has a number of software products that are specialized for artists such as Anime Studio and MotionArtists. Don’t let the name Anime Studio fool you – you don’t have to create Anime with it. It’s animation software to create 2D movies, cartoons and cut out animations. It […]

Here’s a page from “Wee Pals,” the barrier-busting comic strip (and also a short-lived but interesting Saturday morning cartoon) by Morrie Turner. Launched in 1965, “Wee Pals” was the first truly inclusive strip syndicated by a mainstream syndicate, and it literally changed the face of the comics pages. Morrie Turner died Saturday, not quite six weeks after […]

Wee Pals creator Morris “Morrie” Turner has passed at the the of 90. From KTVU:Turner developed the ethnically diverse comic strip in 1965 at the urging of his mentor Charles Schulz, the creator of the Peanuts comic strip. He was recognized in 2003 by the National Cartoonist Society for his work with the Milton Caniff […]

Maybe it’s because I mentioned the fall of Saigon yesterday, but today’s Doonesbury struck a particularly responsive, if dark, chord.As with Syria, I don’t have a solution for Afghanistan, but, then, nobody ever has. Well, Alexander the Great, but that was a long time ago and that didn’t last indefinitely, though it eventually became part […]

(Nick Anderson) (Pat Oliphant)(Paresh Nath)Anybody got a solution to this?I’m certainly not backing off from my previous gratitude that Russia stepped in to defuse the chemical weapons issue, whether it golly-gosh just happened or was a quiet agreement between Russia and the US.But the utter lack of improvement since in any other respect also makes me willing […]

(I began to reply to Dann’s comment about “jumps” in regards to this post, but decided that the way newspapers are laid out is of interest to both general readers and cartoonists. So here’s an Afternoon Special on the topic.)Here’s the inside view of how the daily grind happens at newspapers:Step one in laying out […]

I’d like to thank King Features Syndicate for sponsoring The Daily Cartoonist this week and for being a great organization to work with in general. Their stable of cartoonists are pretty cool too! King Features just launched a complete revamp of their DailyInk comic portal under their Comics Kingdom branding. You can read all of […]

Pickles creator Brian Crane is a cool Mormon. A lot cooler than other celebrity Mormons according to a Utah magazine polling readers for their top 50 Coolest Mormon Men Alive. Brian came in at #16 beating out nationally and internationally men such as #40 Mitt Romney (politician), #19 Brandon Flowers (frontman for The Killers), #32 […]

The Cartoon Network has pulled a subscription-only cover to the sixth issue of the IDW Publishing?s The Powerpuff Girls comic book series because of complaints that the cover created by Mimi Yoon depicts the Powerpuff Girls in an overly sexualized manner. The girls were drawn in skintight mini-skirts and white stockings. The Powerpuff Girls are […]

Palestinian cartoonist Majedah Shaheen has posted an apology on her Facebook page after many Palestinians denounced her as a “Zionist agent,” “traitor” and “prostitute” according the the Jerusalem Post. From the Jerusalem Post: The controversial cartoon refers to Hamas efforts to rein in Islamic Jihad’s military wing, Al-Quds Battalions, whose members are believed to have […]

Buried at the end of this interview between John Seigenthaler of Aljazeera and Executive Editor of the New York Times Jill Abramson is an admission that if there was one thing that was missing from the New York Times is that there are no cartoons. Here’s the pertinent snippet: What do you think is missing […]