As readers know comic strip time has a different continuum than real life. A Luann Comic Strip timeline from Karen Evans: [I]n 2014 Luann aged for the second time in her life, turning 18 in September that year (and therefore, because he’s three years older, Brad quietly turned 21–how did we miss telling that story?!). […]
Monday It’s always great to get a laugh when reading The Funny Pages and that is mostly a guarantee with The Duplex. Eno and Fang have moved toward the top of my favorite, must-read comic strips. What’s not laughable is the truth in Monday’s Tank McNamara. I have spent the last few years watching my […]
Benson’s provokes a double-take, by positing the panic she says that Democrats are in because James Carville said they should stop fighting Voter ID laws. It raises the important question, “Who’s fighting Voter ID laws?”I’m not crazy about requiring photo ID, because in rural areas, they can be hard to get. You vote in your […]
In the queue: Biplob Chakroborty, Asher Perlman, Anna Haifisch, Jack Ohman, Alex Hallatt, and Colleen Doran. Biplob Chakroborty‘s 2026 World Cup Cartoons ReviewedBefore the memories fade too much The Daily Star gives us a review of Biplob Chakroborty’s cartoons and caricatures of the 2026 World Cup. As billions around the world followed the drama of […]
Art Smith reminisces about the comics pages of The Marietta Times and obviously delved into the newspaper’s archive to get the history right and refresh his memory. But did he get it right? Art could have used a fact-checker – if newspapers employed fact-checkers any more. The early comics page history of The Marietta Times […]
Had a medical thing that involved a nerve block that hasn’t worn off, so I’m typing one-handed. That ought to keep my observations pithy. Yes, of course it’s my left that works. And, no, I’m not lefthanded.The dog goes everywhere with me, which makes for more exciting reunions on the rare times she doesn’t. Do […]
The Eisner Award winners were officially announced Friday night at the San Diego Comic Con (the results of the voting had unintentionally been revealed earlier in the week).The Will Eisner Hall of Fame inductees had been honored earlier during the Comic Con. This year the Judges’ Choice inductees were Bob Bolling, Gerry Conway, Denys Cowan, […]
Who would you choose as the greatest editorial cartoonist of all time? James Gillray? Thomas Nast? Robert Minor? Paul Conrad? Last week David Von Drehle writing for The Washington Post made The Case for Pat Oliphant (or here). There are many forms and expressions of greatness — not one GOAT, but herds of GOATs; nevertheless, […]
Nothing grabs public attention like poop, and there have been a whole lot of cartoons showing Uncle Sam or Liberty or Donald J. on the toilet. The source of all this is interesting, because it’s a parasite rather than a bacterial outbreak, and I heard an interesting conversation about it on 1A, but it seems […]
As a child and youth Warner Brothers cartoons of the 30s and 40s and 50s were a staple of my TV viewing, so I have an understandable nostalgia for the the characters and a bit of a fondness for the subsequent reiterations, at least the better ones (Tiny Toons comes to mind). Not a big […]
“Certain rights and privileges, we say, are only for certain people. This is but half true. Privileges are always for certain people. Rights are for everybody, otherwise they, too, become privileges and nobody has any rights.” Walt Kelly, The Right Freedom for The Right People, in the Right Place, at the Right Time Steven Heller […]
The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. — Sun TzuSome follow Sun Tzu, some read von Clausewitz, the best study both. And then there’s Pete Hegseth, who apparently follows gladiator and kung-fu movies and, as Anderson suggests, […]
Editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba is co-producing an “adult-leaning” animated series called Bunny and Bear based on a comic strip idea he came up with during the pandemic. His co-producers include screen writer Christine Burright, and animator and improv comedian Matt Geiler. All three, along with voice talent, are based in Omaha.The project started with Jeffrey […]
Aussie caricature artist Brett Bower announced he’s launching AI ‘caricature bots’ in Sydney Australia, and San Diego, CA. These mechanical arms use AI to draw a caricature in front of individuals on cruise ships, attending corporate events, or special events.This technology isn’t new. Bot staff take a photo of an audience member which is loaded […]
The San Diego Comic Con opens today, July 22, and runs through Sunday, July 26. It is of course a major celebration of comic book creators, role-playing games, and information on new and upcoming Hollywood films and TV. Here we highlight some of the other panels and events more in our bailiwick. Animation History with […]