Lynn Johnston has posted several strips that never hit the newspaper – or some that did after getting reworked. Several times she notes that some strips should have run, but sometimes she was just too hard of a self-editor and othertimes, the gag was okay by today’s standards, but not so much for the early […]
Not just “breaking with format” today but actually violating the Prime Directive. I don’t like these cartoons, and some of them are by cartoonists I like a lot. But c’mon, man.Look, I ran an early one by Pat Oliphant. Even then (a week ago) I said the analogy was strained, and further developments have made […]
Matt Bors has got it.But the thing is, I don’t mind when the lunatic fringe responds to something in a lunatic manner. That comes with the territory.I object, however, to sloppy, incomplete reporting feeding into their delusions of persecution. They’ve got people within their own organizations to do that, thank you.Yet we keep hearing on […]
Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis announces that fellow cartoonist Dick Locher is retiring after 40 years with the Tribune. Dick’s career as an editorial cartoonist began inexplicably in 1973 when he was offered the staff cartoonist position at the Chicago Tribune even though he had no experience in the job. (He had assisted on […]
Jim Romenesko has details on a lawsuit filed against Cagle Cartoons Inc. and Daryl Cagle by one of his employees Cari Dawson Bartley. The suit appears to be an issue of compensation.From Romenesko: When Plaintiff began her employment with Defendants, she was paid on an hourly basis. Over the past four (4) years, Plaintiff was […]
I had to move most of what I own last week so that the electricians could rewire the apartment. There were some inconveniences, but also some benefits, chief among them being finding things I hadn’t seen in quite awhile, and high on that list was a collection of Charles Addams cartoons which my father gave […]
When you’re right, you’re right, and, in today’s The Buckets, Greg Cravens gets it right.I vented pretty thoroughly on my Braveheart/Babe theory a year and a half ago, but it’s still relevant if you like a good rant and don’t mind that the video at the end has disappeared. (Here it is, for that matter.)The […]
Joel Pett makes the connection that has seemingly eluded other cartoonists. The use of Kermit Gosnell as an argument against keeping abortion legal boggles the mind.To start with, the fact that he was on trial at all shows that what he was accused of doing was outside the law, and now his conviction underlines the […]
Part of the National Cartoonists Society Reuben awards weekend is a panel entitled Women in Cartooning. Panelists will include Hilary Price (Rhymes with Orange), Cathy Guisewite (Cathy), Lynn Johnston (For Better or Worse), Terri Libenson (Pajama Diaries) and Jen Sorenson (Slowpoke). The event is presented by Carlow University and the National Cartoonists Society Foundation.From the […]
No kidding, Harry Bliss. No kidding.Thank goodness comics cover a variety of topics, although right now a substantial portion of them appear to be dedicated to depictions of Barrack Obama as Richard Nixon. Many cartoonists avoid looking at other cartoons for fear of absorbing an idea and later inadvertantly using it without recalling that it wasn’t […]
Yolanda Johnson Bryant interviews editorial cartoonist Kerry G. Johnson who is also an art director, caricaturist, cartoonist and graphic designer. Listen to internet radio with ymjauthor on BlogTalkRadio
Robot 6 reports that Frank Cho was blocked from Facebook for 14 hours after someone took offense to one of his drawings. His access was finally restored 14 hours later.From Robot 6: After 14 hours of hell, my Facebook account is working again with no explanation,“ the artist wrote. ”Every time I login, my screen […]
CNN’s Jake Tapper has a sits down at the drawing table with ‘Doonesbury’ creator Garry Trudeau to talk about Doonesbury…and about supporting wounded warriors…and about his show Alpha House?
I always like Tom the Dancing Bug’s Super-Fun-Pak Comix, but I particularly like the sidebar of garbage served up with this installment.Fact is, I was hoping that somebody would post a cartoon today that was light and breezy and funny and would get me off the political kick for a bit. In part because, when I […]
So you couldn’t afford an original Bill Watterson oil painting of Cul de Sac character Petey, or any of the two original strips that went to auction earlier this year. But maybe you can afford to buy one of five autographed Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Watterson or maybe even one of the five Watterson […]