How did it come to this?I’m hoping Retail is about to launch into an entire arc about the despicable lack of restraint in the “free market” that we have built for ourselves.I never resented working holidays when I was in the newspaper business, any more than I would expect my son and daughter-in-law to object […]
In a somewhat coincidental follow-up to yesterday’s post about kid-like kids in comics, we come to Baby Blues, a comic about parents for parents in which the kids are as exaggerated for comedic effect as are the situations.I say “somewhat coincidental” because I would have chosen this strip anyway, but it’s a nice match. Baby […]
In Big Nate, Nate’s soccer team has just lost 1-0 to a team that, up until this week, had lost 60 games in a row. He’s not taking it well. He’s got a legitimate gripe. The only goal came on an uncalled hand-ball into the net. His net, that is. Nate is a ‘keeper.But, still, he […]
The Norm creator Michael Jantze has started an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds to cover legal expenses due to a suit he says is “frivilous”.From his fundraising site: Here’s what happened to me in a nutshell: I worked for free for someone for a year and now he claims I owe him money. Really? That’s […]
John Lotshaw is developing a comic strip and he’ll be chronicling the progress on the National Cartoonists Society’s blog. John writes:Over the course of the next few months, I will be developing a new comic, entitled Ray Blaster in Blazin’ Phazers. My starting point for this concept was the idea of “Thimble Theater in space” […]
The Simpsons’ Mr. Burns is endorsing Governor Romney for president.
This week Bondie character Dagwood is running for President of the United States.Blondie cartoonist Dean Young:“Because everybody is having such conflicted opinions about the Presidential candidates this year, we thought we’d have some fun in the comic strip and have Dagwood run for President. As we all know, the road to the White House can […]
Boy, a rough day for granolas on the funny pages! Several cartoonists decided this was the day to take a shot:Let’s start in the snacks aisle with Glenn McCoy and the Duplex: Back when my new wife and I were ovo-lacto veggies, the idea of “organic Twinkies” would have been absurd. The only health food […]
I got a chuckle out of Dave Whamond’s Reality Check today, as I often do. But a chuckle isn’t a laff, and isn’t generally enough to get a comic featured here.And it wasn’t today, until I switched over to political cartoons and saw what Nick Anderson had posted: Where is Paul Ryan? Have they disappeared […]
The Sacramento Bee has announced that it has hired former Oregonian editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman to fill the position left by the untimely death of Rex Babin who died in March of this year. Jack tells me that the move was a “perfect storm of luck” between an employee buyout offer at the Oregonian and […]
Bob Andelman (AKA Mr. Media) interviews M. Tom Inge about his new book “Will Eisner: Conversations (Conversations with Comic Artists).” From Amazon’s description: (Will Eisner: Conversations) collects the best interviews with Eisner (1917–2005) from 1965 to 2004. Taken together, the interviews cover the breadth of Eisner’s career with in-depth information about his creation of The […]
Faster than Millennium Falcon can do the Kessel Run, the social internet started posting memes about yesterday’s announcement that Disney had purchased Lucas Film and with it the Star Wars franchise. Below are some of the funnier ones I found through Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
Dan Wasserman steps away from the “wow, what a storm!” pack for a more substantive comment on privatization and localization of FEMA-type relief.Chris Christie’s comments aside, I doubt there is enough time between now and the election for Sandy’s impact to be felt at the polls. Plus, to put a cynically pragmatic spin on things, […]
Paradise Valley AZ wants to honor Family Circus creator Bil Keane with a sculpture of the Family Circus characters. Bill was a resident of the town for over 50 years. Former Vice Mayor Mary Hamway is spearheading the project, which received backing on Thursday night from the Town Council. “This doesn’t belong anywhere else but […]
I didn’t see this one coming.From ABC News: The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Lucasfilm Ltd. in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4.05 billion. Lucasfilm is 100 percent owned by Lucasfilm chairman and founder, George Lucas. Under the agreement and based on the closing price […]