A bit of odd timing at work here: Tank McNamara offered a gag about Trump clapping yesterday, and, by yomping yiminey, we got an example as he applauded an arriving Vladimir Putin in Alaska. There was not so much applause later, as they cancelled today’s luncheon and ended things early with nothing to show for […]
Small Press Expo (SPX) has announced its 2025 Ignatz Award nominees. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in comics and cartooning and honors “exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression.”Voting is open to anyone — even those not attending SPX. You […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. With the post title and the opening strip I guess I’d best start off with […]
Starting things off with a surprising strip from VJ Day, August 15, 1945. Given the normal distribution channels of the time and the fact that there’s no day specified in the margins, I’m going to assume that, with the war winding down, Roy Crane recognized the strong possibility of a Japanese surrender before his story […]
The Harvey Awards have announced the 2025 nominees. The Harvey Awards honors books and creators working in sequential art. Winners will be announced Oct. 10 at New York Comic Con.The nominees are:Book of the YearDigital Book of the YearBest Children’s BookBest Young Adult BookBest MangaBest International BookBest Adaptation from Comic Book/Graphic Novel
The corporate owners of the alternative paper Creative Loafing Tampa fired Bob Whitmore, the local political cartoonist, over what a couple saw as an antisemitic cartoon he drew and the paper published.From WNFM-FM radio: A political cartoonist at Creative Loafing is out of a job because of criticisms the paper got after it published his […]
Here’s the solid base on which to build what is to come: The President is desperately tossing out distractions to keep his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein from coming out. Some of the distractions are things he wanted to do anyway, but much of it is like the chaff bombers used to toss out during WWII […]
The National Cartoonists Society’s 79th Annual Reuben Awards weekend starts tomorrow and syndicates are proudly highlighting the cartoonists from their stables that have been nominated for awards and honors. Comics Kingdom Proudly Celebrates our 2025 Reuben Awards Honorees and Nominees From King Features Syndicate/Comics Kingdom: In this post, we’re spotlighting our Reuben Award nominees and […]
Webtoon Entertainment, the New York-listed parent company of Naver Webtoon, said Wednesday it will adapt some of Disney’s most popular franchises — including Marvel, Star Wars and 20th Century Studios — into vertical-scroll webtoons for the U.S. market via a global content partnership with Disney. The company will launch a dedicated Disney section in its […]
A flashback from Dark Side. When I was 12 or so, I used to walk to the hospital each Friday to have my braces tightened and to get a Tommy Tooth lecture. Tightening the braces made my mouth ache for about six hours, but the lecture stuck with me a long time and, after high […]
Comic books have been a gateway to reading for generations. They combine colorful artwork with engaging stories that can pull even the most reluctant readers into the joy of books. Whether your child loves superheroes, fantasy adventures, or slice-of-life humor, there’s a comic out there for them. Jack Wilson at Nerdbot lists the 15 Best […]
A Duke’s Mixture of animators as book illustrators and magazine cover artists, the suppression of the prurient by the puritanical as not-safe-for-work internet cartoonists are being demonetized, and when newspapers flourished.When Animators Illustrate Many cartoonists famously illustrated books, as did some animation giants. Three famous animation talents who worked in book illustrations were Walter Lantz, […]
Ohman’s exaggerating, at least for the moment. There’s no telling how deep into the bag of distractions Dear Leader is willing to reach if this Epstein business doesn’t go away, and, after all, he did send a couple of nuclear subs to lurk off Russia’s coast. The first question is whether these “nuclear” subs are […]
Cartoonists Rights reports that Turkish prosecutors are appealing the July 24 acquittal of cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu. Zehra had been charged with “obscenity” for a 2020 cartoon that appeared on LeMan magazine. In July a court judged that no crime was committed and acquitted her of all charges.From Cartoonists Rights: After a slow and lengthy process of […]
Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill are jointly interviewed about their collaboration on the Gil Thorp comic strip and the Death to Pachuco comic book WILLIAM SCHWARTZ: How did you get the idea to make an “anti-celebration” strip like this? RACHEL MERRILL: From what I understand, our editor Carrie Williams was the one who suggested the […]