Ginger Meggs cartoonist and comedian Jason Chatfield has posted his review of the Wacom Cintiq Companion Hybrid drawing tablet after a month of use. Boiling it all right down, do I like drawing on it? The answer is yes. I?ve worked full days on it while traveling for the last four weeks and it means […]

Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan has reportedly been executed by the Syrian government and buried in a mass grave according to Dr. Robert Russell of the Cartoonists Rights Network International. He was arrested earlier this spring for alleged “sedition and disrespecting the head of state” for posting his cartoons on Facebook.From CRNI: We’ve learned that on […]

It’s hardly surprising when two or more political cartoonists come up with the same metaphor. Lord knows, Ted Cruz’s last name brought forth plenty of the same puns and I used the term “brought forth” because “inspired” seems inappropriate.But when a couple of strip writers happen onto the same general concept at random, it can […]

Sunday seemed like the right day to tackle (heh) the issue of racist names, or at least one in particular.It’s a sort of evergreen issue, so some of these cartoons are not from today or even the past week, which is how editorial cartoons are generally handled here. But none of the arguments are new […]

There are so many really bad cartoons about the shutdown — oh, excuse me, the “partial shutdown” — that I feel particularly compelled to feature ones that (A) seem to get it and (B) make a point beyond “gee, this sucks.”(And, yes, I do think it’s extraordinarily silly to add the word “partial” to make […]

Andrews McMeel Publishing and Universal Uclick have announced that they will be releasing for the first time three Calvin and Hobbes ebook collections. The ebook collections include The Essential Calvin and Hobbes, The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes, and The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes. All three will be available on November 12, 2013 for $12.99. The […]

This is the way the blog begins, not with a bang but a whimper.I was diagnosed with diabetes a year or so ago, though I’ve now lost enough weight that, if I’d been here then, I wouldn’t have been diagnosed, but it’s like being pregnant: There’s no going back and I have to exercise the […]

If you’re near New York City in the month of November and December, be sure to head over to the Society of Illustrators and check out the exhibit of original New Yorker cartons collected by Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin who are also long-time New Yorker cartoonists.The exhibit runs October 29 through – December 21, […]

The King Features Syndicate archivist profiles Phil Davis who was the artist behind Lee Falk’s Mandrake the Magician. When Lee Falk created MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN, he originally thought he might draw the feature as well as write it, but early on he realized his cartooning skills would not be equal to the task. Fortunately, he […]

Ben Zimmer, writing for Slate looks at the history of @#$%! and how it came to represent swear words in comics. In a 1964 article for the National Cartoonist Society, Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker coined the term grawlix, which, after a bit of evolution in its meaning, now refers to the string of typographical […]

Editorial cartoonist Jeremy Nell, who goes by the pen name Jerm, has joined eNCA – the largest television news network in South Africa and will be providing four cartoons a week. His first cartoon appeared Tuesday. Says Jeremy Nell, editorial cartoonist: “While print media dwindles, I am chuffed to be at the forefront of South […]

Here’s the opening panel of a cartoon by Bill Roundy called “Orientation Police: I’m gay. I date men. Some of those men have vaginas.”You should click on that link and read the rest of it.I think the timing is good, because society has begun to stop turning away from “alternative lifestyles” but remains, at this […]

From The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY): Local author and cartoonist Frank Cammuso spoke to children at Syracuse’s Salem Hyde Elementary today and gave out about 400 copies of his new graphic novel. Frank’s new book is The Misadventures of Salem Hyde: Spelling Trouble and it sounds like a fun premise – Salem Hyde thinks she’s entering […]

Peanuts Worldwide has announced that will create 500 90-second animated shorts based on the Peanuts comic strip and characters. The animation will be done by Normaal Animation and Télévisions. Distribution is set for the fall of 2014. The press release only states that the purpose is to “build its content portfolio” and mentions the new […]

Bug Martini on the requirements of public mourning, which throws me into the depths of a conundrum. And please, no “Lumpy Gravy” references of “Did you ever live in a conundrum?” because I’m focusing more on Pancho Pillow from “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” to whom Kesey delivered the oft-quoted-here line, “Why should I take […]