A great talk by New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff about constructing humor in the New Yorker and in cartooning in general.

Jeff Danziger is a hip old guy.Most artists think of themselves as pretty hip, but let’s be honest: There is a difference between the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the paintings in hotel rooms, and the fact that you draw stuff to make money does not make you an “artist” in the spiritual sense […]

Today’s Dilbert takes me back to the mid-eighties, when I was writing for a real estate magazine in Colorado and used to attend the weekly Realtors breakfast at the Holiday Inn. There were 3,000 members of the Board of Realtors in Colorado Springs and a couple hundred of them would turn up each Wednesday for […]

I feel bad for my landlords, who were told by their insurance company that it wouldn’t cover the house unless they upgraded its ancient wiring. (They’re in the main section, I have the apartment at the back.)Obviously, I feel better about the new wiring, because I’ve made a few trips to the basement to reset circuit […]

The Upcoming Pixar blog gives away a few Easter Eggs discovered in the new Monsters U feature film. Here’s one: Pizza Planet Truck: Since its prominent role in the first Toy Story, the Pizza Planet delivery truck has shown up in every Pixar movie barring The Incredibles. In Monsters University, it can be seen next […]

Liberty Meadows creator and comic book artist Frank Cho reports that for three days he was suspended from Facebook for the second time after he posted a sketch of a topless “Jungle Queen hanging onto a flying Pterodacty”.From his blog:Well, it happened again. Facebook lowered the boom on me. They censored my art and suspended […]

Congratulations to Tom Richmond whose blog, Tom’s MAD blog which turns seven this week. Well?belated birthday. This blog began seven years ago yesterday (I would have posted then, but it was ?Sketch o?the Week? Day!). Over 5.7 million page views (best day ever- 22,199 views), 2,570 total posts, over 9,300 comments, 343 Sunday Mailbag questions […]

Some days, it’s a struggle to find something. Other days, it’s a struggle to narrow it all down.I prefer the latter, but I’m not in a mood to narrow it all down, so let’s have a look at this day of cartoon plenty, in no particular order: Kevin Kallaugher’s latest is yet another cartoon about […]

I dislike political cartoon sites that are set up to present “differing opinions,” because they often — too often — have to dip pretty deep into the barrel to come up with a counterpoint, which then gets equal billing regardless of its actual merit.And it also does not allow for disagreements that aren’t strictly binary.Response […]

I’ll be attending the AAEC convention here in Salt Lake City and live tweeting the official events. If you don’t follow me on twitter, head over and follow.

(NOTE: Today’s post is not about brilliant cartooning. It is about cartooning as part of local coverage, and local coverage as the forgotten factor in why newspapers once mattered.)My brilliant career as a political cartoonist took place over about a two year period from 2006 to 2008, and was not only short but was only […]

Amazon has posted their “Best Books of the Year So Far 2013: Comics & Graphic Novels” for the first six months of the year.Here’s their list: Hawkeye, Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon, by Matt Fraction, David Aja, Javier Pulido and others (Marvel) Solo: The Deluxe Edition, by various (DC Comics) Thor: God of […]

Well, the game is afoot: Edward Snowden is wending his way across the friendly skies in search of a sheltering country. But, as Jack Ohman’s cartoon suggests, it’s a mystery that all these supposedly whiz-bang snoopedy-snoops can’t catch him.  I noted earlier that, by proclaiming his guilt, he protected himself from being quietly disappeared. Fair […]

Pixar’s Monsters University took home an estimated $82 million beating out Brad Pitt’s World War Z ($66 million). The Guardian reports that this is the second largest weekend opening for a Pixar film.I don’t think I’m going to see this one in theaters. Did any of you see it? Is it worth the price for […]

This week is the annual Association of American Editorial Cartoonists big convention. There are a few media interviews, book signings etc. in the days leading up to the convention (Thursday through Saturday). Today you can listen to Pat Bagley, Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, Jack Ohman and Matt Wuerker talk shop on a live video chat on […]