Rachel Maddow dedicated 10-minutes to the comic book (and the recreation of the original) Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story. The recreated comic book is being done by Congressman Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and cartoonist Nate Powell. The comic book is not only a history of the March, but has been used as […]
The timing is purely coincidental, but it’s not a bad day to reflect on where we’ve come and how we got here, and this cartoon by Wolfgang Ammer ties in with some recent headlines that left me scratching my head.That is, it’s easy enough to discount criticism of the Affordable Care Act as a testament to the […]
Ah, Edge City evokes such memories!I think it’s well established that one of the joys of being a grandparent is watching your kids go through what you went through. Parents’ Night ranks right up there. I don’t remember much from Parents’ Night in elementary school except that we had to prepare special packets of our […]
Big Nate hits the mark with this one.There are many cartoons based on kids, but Big Nate stands out as being, on the one hand, ridiculous and yet, on the other, pretty accurate. This week’s arc, in which Nate has been attempting to break into the school paper’s lineup as a critic, has been particularly […]
Starting next Monday, the JUMBLE puzzle will feature Guest Jumblers: Bizarro (Dan Piraro), FoxTrot (Bill Amend), Family Circus (Jeff Keane), Garfield (Jim Davis), , Rhymes with Orange (Hilary Price), and Speedbump (Dave Coverly). When Jumble artist Jeff Knurek invited some of his cartoon heroes to the Jumble space, Davis was happy to oblige. “Incorporating Garfield […]
Swedish painter Andreas Englund is mostly known for his humorous photo-realistic paintings. His latest paintings are a candid look at an aged superhero. The old superhero in the mix ? by artist Andreas Englund from Andreas Englund on Vimeo.
The Republican (Springfield MA) is with out an art department after their illustrator, Bob Rich took a buy-out. From Bob: It was my choice, probably long over due. For a while now I have wanted to dive into the world of freelancing and, when the paper announced the buyout, I figured this was the time. […]
I said yesterday that there had been cartoons about the Dolphins’ harrassment issue but none worth passing along. Now here’s one that is, from Rob Rogers.The story is getting coverage beyond the sports page, as it should, for a couple of reasons.One is that, if you’re going to lecture our kids about bullying, you can’t […]
Jabbeur Mejri was sentenced to seven and a half years in jail for posting caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed on his Facebook page. He’s been in jail since March of 2012. Tunisia’s President Moncef Marzouki says he will free him.Maybe it’s just me, but he doesn’t sound very convincing. Here’s the quotes from IOL: “I […]
Back in September I reported that Universal Uclick was going to launch their first comic in three years. The feature was a Danish comic called Wumo that had a large following in Europe. You can read my interview with UU President John Glynn for details on the business side of the launch.On the creative side, […]
Brian McFadden is often too talky for my taste, but this time, his art-to-chat ratio works out well. I heard a little coverage of these hearings and some posturing Senator was demanding that Sebelius resign over the rollout, and I thought if I were in her place that I’d remind him that I served at the […]
A UK comic book artist solved his dilemma of what tattoo he should have, but having four panels tattooed to his arm and then he fills them in with his own comics. A comic book artist by trade -and therefore well placed to design his own tattoo each day – Patrick Yurick wanted to combine […]
Yesterday I received a very large shipment of books and calendars from Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Publishing. They’ve provide a number of items for the fundTDC campaign I’m running on Indiegogo.Starting today, I’ve listed new perks at the $25 level. The Argyle Sweater 2014 Day to Day Calendar, Scott Hilburn The Mighty Alice, Richard Thompson The […]
Gonna start out with a couple of quick takes before getting onto a more substantive topic: It’s not so much that I like the current Sherman’s Lagoon, though I have been chuckling this week. But today’s was a good demonstration of the way Toomey handles a punchline.I haven’t made much of a secret of my […]
Dana Summers may not want to take this line of thought where I do, but he’s on the right track. The shooting-up of LAX has inspired some cartoons like this one by Darrin Bell, which is a general reflection on shootings in general … And this more (heh) targeted one by Steve Benson. I like all […]