Funny story by one of this year’s Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year Rick Kirkman, co-creator of Baby Blues, whose fortune cookie weeks before his Reuben Award win predicted “Many successes will accompany you this year.” I can’t even remember the last time I’d had a fortune that actually told a fortune. Most have been cheesy […]
Jen Sorensen, on our new depths of heartless Darwinism.I realize that, over the course of history, humanity has sunk to some pretty low levels. But when you study those periods in history, the narrative is “for awhile some bad people did horrible things … “And then, given the triumphalist nature of history textbooks, it goes […]
Great news about Diesel Sweeties’ R. Stevens. From Boing Boing To help prevent lymphedema or control the swelling if it does happen, many doctors recommend we use compression sleeves. It used to be that the only kind of sleeves available looked like big ugly bandages, but LympheDIVAs, a company started by two women with breast […]
I want to want to like it. That’s not a typo. I have such low expectations of Pixar sequels now-a-days, I will be happy if I can just want to want to like it. Of course with expectations that low, it’s going to rock my world, right?The latest trailer reveals more of the plot.I did […]
MAD Mag cartoonist and National Cartoonist Society President Tom Richmond posted a recap of the Reuben Award weekend. The interesting part to the tie for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year was that the votes were tallied twice and still ended up in a tie. The big surprise of the night was that there were TWO […]
Johnny Hart Walk of Fame star missing; foundBC comic creator Johnny Hart was honored with a star on the Sidewalk of the Stars in 1991 in Bingingham, NY, but that star went missing recently. Fortunately the star wasn’t stolen, but had come loose during snow removal and the city removed it for safe keeping until […]
The portrait of Calvin discoverying Hobbes again by comedian Craig Mahoney is said to induce uncontrollable tears by the Huffington Post. Stuff says it was the number one story on Huff Post.I count myself as a Calvin & Hobbes fan, like most, but Mahoney’s work just doesn’t stir any emotion from me. Now had the […]
Between Friends eases into a storyline that reminds us that the term “helicopter parent” came into vogue through its use by college administrators.I say “eases into” because, while the strip does have well-defined story arcs, it also has a type of continuity that absorbs these stories into the overall setting. Sandra Bell Lundy works in […]
Davina Pardo has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary called “Very Semi-Serious” about the people and culture surrounding New Yorker cartoons.From the campaign description: Who are the people behind the signatures? And how do they come up with so many subtle and sophisticated ideas? I started researching the cartoonists (first surprise: there are […]
Italian cartoonist Paolo Lombardi comments on the impact of social media on the efforts of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to control reporting on the protests there.According to a Globe & Mail article linked at Cartoon Movement, Erdogan said, “Now we have a menace that is called Twitter … The best examples of lies can be found […]
Sally Forth has been getting downright domestic these days, what with Sally’s sister about to whelp and Sally not about to let things go, while, meanwhile, daughter Hilary is sorting out some middle-school BFF drama. Fortunately, we can always count on Ted to remain detached. Not necessarily in a helpful way, but detached nonetheless.I’m giving […]
Mr. Fitz doesn’t quite get out of the “insider” niche enough for wide appeal, but I get the sense that it has a good following among teachers, and that’s the advantage of a webcomic: It doesn’t rely on geographic distribution but can pick up a widely scattered audience. I really liked Mark Pett’s Mr. Lowe, […]
One of the techniques they suggest in teacher school is to structure your lesson plans to allow time for “guided practice,” which means giving the kids 10 minutes or so at the end of class time to start their homework. That way, if they get hung up on something basic to the task, they can […]
Another great video by Tom Gammill produced for this year’s Reuben Awards.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers has donated his prize money from the Thomas Nast Award to the Cartoonist Rights Network International.From Cartoonist Rights Network International: Normally, we reserve this space for news about cartoonists who are in trouble because of their cartoons. However, we think our readers should know that recently, American cartoonist Rob […]