Pogo, Scopes, BodéWe’ll Not Meet His Like AgainFifty years ago, on July 20, 1975, 21 months after Walt Kelly died, Pogo ended. That same day Bill Vaughan, a contributor to the comic strip in its last couple of years, said goodbye: Religion v. ScienceOne hundred years ago tomorrow The Scopes Monkey Trial was decided. The […]
Sorensen is right. We get righteously upset about cruelty and stupidity and dishonesty … and then the fire dies down and it all becomes normal.The challenge we face as we slip into fascism is maintaining some level of outrage. If nothing else, our grandchildren will wonder how we could sit back and just watch it […]
The Berndt Toast Gang gathers; Tom Bone exhibit; Chris Ware stamps; New Yorker cartoonists Substacks; David Levine remembered; Kevin KAL Kallaugher coasters; and Jim Davis’ anatomy class.Berndt Toast It’s the last Thursday of the month, and as it has for more than 50 years, one of Long Island’s more exclusive clubs is meeting. Some of […]
It began with the cartooning team of Margolis and Cox drawing Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson as a clown which made her look like a representation of Black people in cartoons from decades past. Liberal political cartoonist Clay Jones saw the cartoon and (“I’m going to get in trouble again”) noted: There’s a duo […]
One of the options at the moment is despair, but that’s an unacceptable choice.Besides, we’re not there yet and there’s still plenty of room for comic relief. Like the guy in Bliss, you can still stay aware of things, as long as you’ve got some good coffee, to which I would add “and a few […]
Internet Memes as Digital Successors to Comic Strips It seems we have transitioned from the nostalgic charm of newspaper comics to the instantaneous gratification of internet memes. Michelle Ann Abate of The Ohio State University sees memes in a different, perhaps more scholarly light—they might just be the digital age’s answer to comics. In a […]
Looking to get out of the studio this summer? Here are five UK cartoon exhibits to visit: Samuel Ojo’s show at The Cartoon Museum dives into his experience as a migrant artist. In Herne Bay, “Out of Line” takes aim at Michelangelo’s David. Paul Shadbolt’s work is on display at The Crown in Hastings, Pete […]
The 100 year Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) between The Detroit Free Press (Freep) and The Detroit News, begun in 1989, will come to an end after 36 years with the close of 2025.From The Detroit Free Press (by former Gil Thorp writer Neal Rubin): The joint operating agreement that helped sustain two daily newspapers in […]
The Epstein case doesn’t seem to be disappearing, much as Dear Leader wishes it would. Even supporters like Summers are finding it hard to ignore.Though what Summers dismisses as a small, yapping dog, Bramhall sees as a more deadly predator. I’m reluctant to pass along alligator images, since traders in cruelty have made the reptile […]
This week Greg and Karen Evans are bothering me. I’m used to King Features and Comics Kingdom updating the copyright dates on their reruns. And at least Patrick McDonnell erases the original copyright year without replacing it with the current year. I do give Greg and Karen credit for giving fans a heads-up. A couple […]
Organizations backing Zyglis’ first amendment right. And major Benson tributes and obits.AAEC Statement in Support of Adam Zyglis The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) expresses its support for political cartoonist Adam Zyglis and condemns unequivocally the threats of violence against him and his family as a result of the publication by the Buffalo News of an […]
Ramirez gets us off to a good start today, because the Epstein issue is a strange thing to put at the top of the list of current crises, or at least it would be in a more sane world.It ought to be easy to resolve: There was this guy, he did these awful things and […]
The National Cartoonists Society is honored to announce that Art Spiegelman will receive the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrating his extraordinary and lasting impact on the art of cartooning. Named for Terry and the Pirates creator Milton Caniff, this award is bestowed by unanimous vote of the NCS Board to recognize a lifetime of outstanding and accomplished work. The Milton Caniff Lifetime […]
Variety is reporting that the documentary A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant has been purchased by Magnolia Pictures. The film will be released to theaters on Sept. 5. The documentary follows the life of Australian-born Oliphant, whose tenure as America’s most celebrated and feared political cartoonist spanned five decades and 10 […]
The Galway Cartoon Festival, held annually in Ireland, is open for submissions for this year’s event. This year’s theme is “Danse Macabre”—think the mysterious, the seasonal and supernatural, the liminal and grotesque, witches, monsters, mythologies, life and death itself. The festival will be held from October 3 to 8.The festival is open to all cartoonists. You can […]