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 […]

The Great Cartoon Insight Famine continues, and, with the shutdown (sorry, “partial” shutdown) over, the major issue now is that a bad web site means the entire overhaul of the healthcare system is a complete failure.I believe I flogged the issue sufficiently yesterday, but I thought Jim Morin’s cartoon showed some insight, if not a […]

I think every story I post here about OSU’s Festival of Cartoon Art ends with a reminder to go and register. If you didn’t heed my suggestion, you’re too late! It’s. sold. out.But, there are several other events that weekend that are running in conjunction with the festival that do have tickets available. Insert gentle […]

Here’s an interesting piece from the New York Times that the list the number of Silicon Valley/Tech company leaders are backing newspapers or other forms of journalism is growing. Amazon’s Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post; Pierre M. Omidyar, who founded eBay, is investing $250 million into a journalism venture with The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald. […]

Jen Sorensen has become something of the standard bearer for the Affordable Care Act, which is okay with me. I like my standard bearers to have some passion for the standard they bear, and I’m also glad she’s received some credit beyond the alternative comics world for her advocacy.(Before we go any farther, I’m going […]

Last week, The Daily Cartoonist turned eight years old. This last year was difficult. You may have noticed a drop in the number of stories and the frequency I posted. Fortunately, many of the things that were pressing during 2013 have been resolved and I’ve been increasing my attention on The Daily Cartoonist. I’m committing […]