I’ve seen this Paul Noth cartoon before, but he’s run it on his current blog and it seems timely though I wish it didn’t. There’s also a social media comment that seems applicable: “Elect a clown, expect a circus,” though he’s wrong: We’re not the only ones who don’t find things so funny.This Sipress piece […]
A roundup of various news items about comic strips and comic strip cartoonists. Synchronous Syndicate Symposium First is Comics Kingdom throwing a spotlight on Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey. Seventy-five years. That’s how long Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey has been making readers laugh, wink, and occasionally nod in recognition at life’s small absurdities. From his very […]
Before we get too far away from last Sunday… WallpaperA few “wallpaper” (where the image remains the same) strips Sunday with Macanudo, Slylock Fox, and Doonesbury. The Slylock Sunday included the above Two Scenes Alike feature plus Spot the Differences and How to Draw components so it had a lot of sameness on their Sunday […]
Parodies of official seals are a standard tool in the cartoonist’s magic box, but they can be hit-or-miss. Boris nails this one largely because the purpose of the FCC is so at odds with its current execution, so the irony of its malfeasance is striking and mockery of it is darkly humorous.Today’s headline is a […]
A few cartoonists of late have paid tribute to the giants that preceded them. For example: Lalo Alcaraz doing Jack Kirby. Michael de Adder does Joe Shuster. Dan Piraro memorializes Ernie BushmillerLalo Alcaraz, again, riffing on Gary Larson. And RJ Matson reworks Norman Rockwell. Finally Berkeley Breathed interrupts his The Bloom County Boys for a […]
Award winning editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman (Sigma Delta Chi, RFK Humanitarian, Thomas Nast, National Headliner, Scripps Howard, and on and on, including The Pulitzer when it meant something) and former president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and a fly fisherman has been a political cartoonist for nearly 50 years. Jack has seen the […]
The Chinese have their water torture and the Australians, well the National Cartoon Gallery anyway, have their own form of torment. This year’s Rotary Cartoon Awards were held two weeks ago but the disclosure of the winning cartoonists and the runners-up were announced one day at a time since the ceremony. But we finally have […]
The Walt Disney Co. will acquire a 2% equity stake in Webtoon Entertainment Inc., a digital comic and novel platform operator owned by South Korea’s internet giant Naver Corp., as they team up to build a new digital comics platform featuring the US entertainment giant’s marquee brands, including Marvel and Star Wars. Sookyung Seo at […]
The Constitution turned 238 yesterday, including the first 10 amendments, aka “The Bill of Rights.”In case you’ve forgotten, or went to a school that didn’t teach history, it was a struggle to come up with a governing document that everyone could agree with. There was a substantial debate in the newspapers between Founders who believed […]
Who Drew the Classic Topps Baseball Cartoons? Part III Here in Part III, we will identify the last of the three contributors to the 1960 set. My identification will be based entirely on stylistic comparisons, as I do not have any external corroboration that the artist I will name ever worked in any capacity for […]
Newsday illustrator Tony D’Adamo has passed away. Anthony F. (Tony) D’AdamoJune 12, 1931 – September 15, 2025 From the obituary: Born with a remarkable artistic talent, Tony dedicated his life to his craft. After graduating from the prestigious School of Visual Arts in New York City, his early career flourished in the vibrant world of […]
Funny you should mention it, Jen. My friend and I were discussing movies we were supposed to like but didn’t, which included a mashup of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and the Lion in Winter called “Guess Who’s Coming to the Crusades,” in which Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine exchange witty suburban repartee some […]
Featuring John Rose, Gilbert Shelton, Terri Libenson, Steve Breen, Chris Schweizer, Rich Powell, Drew Friedman.Barney Google and Snuffy Smith and John Rose John Rose, who since 2001 has been the cartoonist for the Barney Google and Snuffy Smith strip, will be at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History at 1 p.m. Sunday for […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for September 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. E Is for Edward A Centennial Celebration of the Mischievous Mind of Edward Gorey E Is […]
The difference in our nation doesn’t get much starker than this, to which someone might say “Yeah, but how many people even remember Kennedy’s inauguration?”It’s a fair question. I turned 10 a week after he was inaugurated, so I remember him, but not in a political context. I remember that he was president and that […]