Pros and Cons riffs on the line between terminology and jargon and triggers my PNSD (post-newsroom stress disorder).One man’s terminology is another man’s jargon, but you do have to assume some level of shared vocabulary. Unless you are a copy editor.One man’s copy editor is another man’s nuance-destroying, prose-homogenizing, style-book-wielding grammar nazi.I’ve had my rhetorical […]
So let’s extend the discussion of niche-y inside humor from Saturday’s posting with today’s Heart of the City.I’m not a huge movie fan, and certainly not enough of one to know all the directors. I know the ones who genuinely become brands, so a gag like this PBS from 2003 is not lost on me […]
This being the Sunday before Valentine’s Day, the comic pages are full of bow-and-arrow gags and jokes about chocolate. The only strip that struck me as particularly romantic didn’t mention the holiday at all: Judge Parker manages to combine storytelling with classic graphics and a sense of humor that doesn’t involve jokes. And hot, brainy […]
The Comics Page — that is, the collection of syndicated comic strips that appears in your local paper — became twice the topic of insider kerfufflagration this week. For fans of the form, it’s worth a look at them both.Let me start by saying this is not going to be an example of responsible reporting. […]
If you are American, you can probably guess most of what’s going on in this Africartoons contribution by Rico Schacherl: Demands made on schools but no resources provided.Specifically, the African National Congress, South Africa’s ruling party, wants to declare teaching an essential service with the goal of ending teacher strikes. As with all such moves, […]
The first Snuffy Smith collection by John Rose is now available. The book is entitled The Bodacious Best of Snuffy Smith and contains John’s favorite strips from 2004 through 2013. “Having this collection published is truly a dream come true. Comic strip collections have lined the shelves of my bookcases for as long as I […]
John Gruber, of Mac blog Daringfireball fame, noted the increasing number of times he sees people use (*cough*) as a visual indicator of a verbal response to something the author just stated. After tweeting his curiosity on the matter, David Friedman ran it through Google Books looking to see when it started *cough* came into […]
Several cartoonists addressing the same topic in their own ways:”Gray Matters” is a relatively new strip by Stuart Carlson and Jerry Resler. It doesn’t have as much Tabasco as I’d like or that you might expect from years of seeing Carlson’s editorial cartoons. It has more of an “ain’t it the truth?” atmosphere, but sometimes, […]
A couple of unrelated editorial cartooning news. John Carey, editorial cartoonist for Greater Media Newspapers in Central New Jersey was laid off in January due to new budget constraints. He had been the cartoonist for 11 weekly newspapers since 2005. Over at The Times-News in Twin Falls, ID, the paper has started running cartoons by […]
USA Today profiles Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist and how his new hometown of Nashville TN is energizing him. But while Gilchrist has preserved the strip’s style and tone, he’s also taken Nancy in new directions. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz once gave him a valuable bit of advice: The only way to do a comic strip […]
A Gerald Scarfe cartoon that ran in the Sunday Times is being called anti-Semitic by Jewish groups. Even Rupert Murdoch, the paper’s owner, tweeted, “Gerald Scarfe has never reflected the opinions of the Sunday Times. Nevertheless, we owe a major apology for grotesque, offensive cartoon.” The cartoon depicts Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a […]
As CSOTD marks three years and starts a fourth, this Jeff Danziger classic is a good way to open up a post marking the event with some favorite cartoons and a smattering of reflection.The blog began mostly as a reaction to snarky cyber-bullying blogs that tear down comic strips for the amusement of a depressing […]
An NRA blacklist of individuals and associations that “have officially endorsed anti-gun positions” is making the rounds across the internet. The list includes media outlets, individuals, corporations, journalists, national figures, celebrities and singled out on the list are 14 editorial cartoonists. Those cartoonists include:Tony Auth Steve Benson Jim Borgman Stuart Carlson Mike Lane Mike Luckovich […]
Last December the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists announced they’d hold their 2013 convention in Salt Lake City, UT. In a post yesterday, a few more details have emerged. The official dates are June 27–29 and the hotel is Little America – one of the finest hotels in SLC with a really great rate.From the […]
Saturday’s Doonesbury attempted at humor at the current state of newspapers by asking “what happens to comics if newspapers go away?” The strip left the 2nd and 3rd panel blank with the characters stating, “stick with print, folks. This doesn’t have to happen” in the last panel. You can read reader reaction on Doonesbury’s site. […]