Another insightful post by Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo on the positives and negatives of being a syndicated cartoonist. On the plus side: control of one’s own schedule. On the down side: that schedule is relentless.So here’s the truth about being syndicated: It’s hard and it never stops. You know how people have jobs – […]
Speed Bump raises some interesting issues and disturbing images today.We have to start with the admission that this comic has already gone way over the “I should really just relax” line. Which is what makes it funny.But, as long as we’re ignoring that excellent advice, Superman’s biological functions are problematic, because, while he is invulnerable, […]
South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, better known as Zapiro has won the International Publishers Association’s Freedom to Publish prize. The Freedom to Publish award is given to individuals who make “notable contribution to the defence and promotion of freedom to publish anywhere in the world.” Zapiro is currently being sued by the South African president, […]
The lawyer representing FunnyJunk.com admits he was caught off guard by Matthew Inman’s response to his legal threat according to Digital Life on Today. After discussing the potential federal lawsuit for defamation with his own attorney, Matthew launched a rebuttal that only a popular, high-traffic generating, snarky cartoonist could come up with: He’s raising the […]
Liza Donnelly’s brief-and-eloquent reflection on the upcoming commercial holiday and the roles of dads and moms comes at a particularly interesting time.I’ve been visiting my son and his family. His wife has just completed her first year as a professor at a well-respected liberal arts college while he has been substitute teaching and staying home […]
The big story in journalism today was the announcement that the New Orleans Times-Picayune to lay off one third of its newsroom as it transitions to a thrice weekly newspaper. Among those told they will not have a job come October 1 is editorial cartoonist Steve Kelley who will soon complete 10 years at the […]
Jump Start creator Robb Armstrong received an honorary degree from The Holy Family University last month during their commencement ceremonies. Robb was honored “for helping to bridge the racial gap among people through his nationally syndicated comic strip and for inspiring thousands of people each year through his motivational speeches and charitable acts.” Congratulations, Robb.
Sherman’s Lagoon creator Jim Toomey has partnered with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to create six two-minute videos talking about awareness of environmental issues for our oceans and coastlines. The first one is below.Jim has been involved with several environmental issues both personally and through his strip. He’s called for a ban on shark […]
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Matthew Inman, the creator of The Oatmeal, has received an email from a lawyer representing Funnyjunk threatening to file a federal lawsuit for defamation if Matthew doesn’t remove all mention of FunnyJunk from his website AND doesn’t pay the lawyer $20,000 by today (letter written June 2). The backstory to this bizarre twist goes back […]
The Team Cul de Sac auction came to an end last night. I can’t help but think Chris Sparks, the team organizer, is genuinely pleased with the results. Collectively the auctioned raised over $47,000 (minus fees, etc.). The most watched item was Bill Watterson’s oil painting of Petey Otterloop which sold for $13,145.00.You can view […]
The Team Cul de Sac auction ended last night, raising a total of $47,107, including the auction house’s 19.5% buyers’ premiums, which, by my never-reliable calculations nets out to about $38,000 going to the Michael J. Fox Foundation.Not surprisingly, the portrait of Petey by Bill Watterson was the top item, leaping at the end to […]
I’m not sure this is the term that will stick, but Bizarro is certainly on the right track.I flew this week for the first time in a year, and it gave me a chance to see the extent to which the smartphone has gone from early-adaptor gadget to business-person necessity to mainstream narcotic.Based on what […]
I’m pretty sure I know Steve Sack’s point here, but I find the cartoon a more eloquent statement of the dilemma than a justification for the use of drones.The war of insurgency was not the invention, or exclusive provence, of Ho Chi Minh. Ahmed Ben Bella was orchestrating a similar decentralized opposition to French rule […]
Zits is an odd mix of old-line jokes about messy bedrooms and giant backpacks and new gags reflecting how young people actually live.Obviously, I wouldn’t be featuring a messy bedroom gag here, which is not to say that kids today clean up their rooms. Some do, some don’t, but it’s not exactly a bottomless well […]