This is why you shouldn’t waste a good reference by overuse.As Jeff Danziger suggests, Edward Snowden has exposed the stunning secret that the United States spies on world leaders.What a great time to reference Louis Renaud’s quote from Casablanca: “I am shocked, shocked to find that espionage is going on in here!”But we’ve wasted its […]

Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Paul Feig has named as the producer for the Peanuts animated feature film slated to release in November 2015. This is his first animated feature. Previously he’s directing comedy movies such as Bridesmaids and The Heat.

Rob Harrel talks to Newsarama about his new graphic novel The Monster On The Hill while at the New York Comic Con.

The Australian Cartoonists Association’s Stanley Awards are being held this weekend. They have six divisions or categories with top honor being the Cartoonist of the Year. This year the nominees are:Peter Broelman, political cartoonist Pat Campbell, The Canberra Times Anton Emdin, MAD magazine contributor Glen Le Lievre, The Age and SMH contributor David Pope, The […]

I suppose I could have simply noted this as a “Juxtaposition of the Day,” but it happens to trigger a rant that’s been building up for about two weeks, but that I have been suppressing because being direct would have involved calling out particular cartoonists, a violation of the Prime Directive, and, besides, it also […]

Forbes’s annual top-earning dead celebrities has been released. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz is still in the top five. This year is his second year at number three with $37 million in earnings. One celebrity I didn’t realize was in the top ten is Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel). His books have always been beloved and mass […]

Medium has posted an article on the issue of touchy political and religious issue of blasphemy in Egyptian cartooning. Blasphemy is a punishable offense in Egypt. According to the penal code, “Any use of religion to promote or advocate extremist ideologies… with a view toward stirring up sedition, disparaging or showing contempt” toward one of […]

Too Much Coffee Man creator Shannon Wheeler’s first collection of rejected New Yorker cartoons (I Thought You Would Be Funnier) won an Eisner award. He’s releasing a second collection called, “I Don?t Get It” through Boom!You?ve got to be pretty funny when your rejected cartoons win an Eisner, but that?s what happened to Shannon Wheeler […]

As you know, The Daily Cartoonist operates much like NPR – it’s always there, always free and runs an infrequent annual guilt-trip induced fund-raiser to help cover costs of running the blog. I’m gearing up for a big “Fund The Daily Cartoonist for 2014” campaign set to launch next week. Because I don’t produce a […]

Editorial cartoonist Clay Jones, who was laid off from the Freelance-Star in 2012 due to budget cuts, is set to return to his former paper this Sunday as a freelance cartoonist. Clay will be contributing a weekly local cartoon to the Sunday edition and a cartoon on the topic of his choosing for the online […]

This is the second comic strip creator turned movie director story in the last week. This time, Michael Fry, co-creator of Over the Hedge (with T Lewis), is raising funds via Kickstarter to direct a live-action/animated short called New Soul. The short is about “a new human soul, before it’s born, sitting for an exit […]

For some reason, I’ve managed to stumble across a bunch of cartoons, each of which amused me, none of which triggered a major rant.You’ll have to get by today with a series of minor rants. Be strong.  A few roses grew out of the steaming pile of ACA commentary today. Drew Sheneman sums up a […]

Comic Book Resources has posted the results of a weekly themed sketch feature. Last week’s theme was drawing comic book characters in the style of a comic strip. For example, below is Batman in the style of Krazy Kat. There are some good ones featuring as Hagar the Horrible, Family Circus, Peanuts and of course […]

I’ll admit up front, that I wonder if this exchange between South Australian Minister Chloe Fox and The Advertiser Duke Fandango Flamingo is satirical – like an article in The Onion. But here’s the gist of it: The Advertiser ran a cartoon by Jos Valdman after the paper brought to light a high number of […]