Jumble cartoonist Jeff Knurek was interviewed by WFYI Art of the Matter (Indianapolis) about the puzzle and his new music album “Risk Taking Is Free!”Skip 12 minutes in to the interview.
Interesting silent video of Milt Caniff, creator of Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates.Via Mike Lynch
Arctic Circle points out a certain degree of imprecision in the risk assessment capabilities of our food and drug safety regulators.Though, actually, they’re quite accurate in assessing who swings a big bat and who doesn’t, which is what truly matters.Regulation of food safety (and making sure it is what it claims to be) became part […]
Legendary editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant will be honored at this year’s AAEC convention in Salt Lake City (June 27–29). The feting will be held at a special reception in the Sky Gallery and roof patio of the Natural History Museum of Utah on Friday June 28. Attendance will be limited to those registered for the […]
The fundraising efforts to create a statue to honor the late Bil Keane is running short with an end of April deadline. According to an article in the Arizona Republic, the town of Paradise Valley says it still needs $23,000 or the project will be canceled or the date to have it dedicated will have […]
The National Cartoonist Society has announced this year’s division award nominees. The winners will be announced during their annual Reuben Awards dinner in Pittsburgh, PA. Here are the nominees: Television Animation Todd Kauffman, Executive Producer, “Sidekick” Alberto Mielgo, Production Design, “Tron: Uprising” Rich Webber, Director, Aardman Animation Studios, “DC Nation” Feature Animation Rich Moore, Director, […]
Nick Anderson with a beautiful fit between symbol and trend. The ah-ha moment must have nearly knocked him off his stool.Save this one for the Pulitzer portfolio, Nick.The upcoming Supreme Court decisions are not going to be so much a test of gay marriage as of the Supreme Court itself. They have a choice between […]
Tom Toles with a hopeful take on the wavering loyalty of the wage slave. In Wiley’s world, the victims of the new economy are fully aware of their status. Does that mean they are going to revolt? The notion is a non sequitur.There’s a gap between wising up and rising up.The other day, I ran into […]
Drew Sheneman with a commentary that matters, but seems a generation or so too late. That teacher, and the parents of those kids, grew up with corporations already well-entrenched in the classrooms. Sheneman himself, who graduated from college in 1998, might have seen the tentacles stretching in, if he’d been in the right school district […]
It’s an appropriate time of year to ask the question, “Quo vadis?” In Scott Stantis, the Chicago Tribune at long last found the right cartoonist to replace the late Jeff MacNelly: Stantis not only proves that a conservative can be funny, but that you can be thoughtful, even reflective, without having to give up your […]
From Robot 6: A federal judge confirmed Wednesday that the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel relinquished any claims to the character in a 2001 agreement with DC Comics. However, that seems unlikely to end the nearly decade-long legal battle over the Man of Steel. The order by U.S. District Judge Otis Wright III follows […]
Las Vegas Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith has been doing NASCAR cartoons for years. He even has a book collection of his race car cartoons. He’s been doing weekly cartoons for the Sporting News. That gig also got him an opportunity to ride in the pace car.
The Chicago Tribune, the home of the legendary cartoonist Jeff MacNelly, has announced that it has dropped Jeff’s comic strip Shoe. In an email to Jim Romenesko, the tribune editor Geoff Brown said that it was just a matter of trying to keep the comics page fresh. Shoe was replaced by The Middletons, a Tribune […]
Lio has been skewering the selection of strips in newspapers this week, and it’s been funny, pointed stuff. Mark Tatulli is in a good position to rant on the topic, not just because he’s funny about it, but because, between Lio and Heart of the City, he’s got a pair of successful strips.So it’s not […]
From Palestine News Network: On Tuesday 19th March, Salem Military Court requested once again an extension in the detention of cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) in a press release. Jawad Boulus, head of the legal unit at PPS, said that even though the court was supposed to announce its decision Tuesday, […]