Conservative editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis has changed his position on same-sex marriage. The Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist ran a cartoon last week depicting Abraham Lincoln holding a rainbow colored flag in response to Illinois state lawmakers approving same-sex marriage for their state. He states that he had always been protective of the sanctity of marriage, […]
The Fox network has picked up a new show called Bordertown by Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. MacFarlane has tapped comic strip creator La Cucaracha Lalo Alcaraz to be one of the writers. Lalo tweets that he’s already had his first day as a writer.From the Deadline Hollywood: Set in a fictitious desert town near […]
It took me a little while to comprehend my dislike of a relatively new format, the animated comic strip, but, once I found the simile, it fell into place: If we’re sitting around reading the paper and you come across a comic strip you think is worth reading, I want you to pass the paper over, […]
This year’s Fund The Daily Cartoonist has been amazing. The support from those donating money to the campaign for a better The Daily Cartoonist has been overwhelming. I’ve had terrific support from generous individuals and companies that have offered their original artwork, books, sketches and products to be given away as incentives and perks. It’s […]
Running my own crowd-funded campaign has made me more sensitive to the hard work that goes into a campaign. Here are a few that have come across my email that you might be interested in (after you support TDC???)Tundra creator Chad Carpenter is raising $50k for a live action comedy/suspense movie. With a few hours […]
Jim Morin’s cartoon amuses me, but it also depresses me.We’re at a point where negativity is gaining an edge, and health care is only a portion of the issue.Thing is, he’s absolutely right. But … well, yeah, he’s right, and what the hell difference is it going to make?I mean, if talk radio hosts and […]
The webcomic Penny Arcade turns 15 on the 18th of this month. We?ve done a lot in the last 15 years. We were among the first people to create webcomics. We?ve used the strip to tear down and applaud countless games. We accidentally sold the rights to the comic and then got them back. We […]
Last Monday, I posted an original Jeff MacNelly Shoe as a perk to a lucky (and quick!) donor to the Fund The Daily Cartoonist campaign. It was claimed in less than an hour.Susie MacNelly, who has always been a generous supporter of the blog, has offered to provide an original so we can do this […]
Time Magazine looks at the success of Matt Bors in the comic world.“I’m a lot more interested in breaking out from this little rectangle,” Bors said in a recent interview. His style demonstrates this well: Bors uses rich colors and strays from the standard white background that has become so ubiquitous in his craft. He […]
The Fund The Daily Cartoonist campaign has 10 days left to meet the goal of $5,000. In my mind, this is the toughest stretch. Those who are regular readers or friends of the blog have already donated. This last stretch is convincing those who haven’t yet contributed that it’s worth it.Let me recap what I’m […]
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 […]