Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for July 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. Terry and the Pirates: The Master Collection, vol. 11 (1945) by Milton Caniff It’s a […]
Well, now I’d never be able to look at a horseshoe crab without seeing a face-hugger. Not that I see a lot of horseshoe crabs anyway, and I think the times I have seen them, I’ve mostly seen parts washed up on the beach. But now I’ll be seeing pieces of a face-hugger.I do know […]
Yesterday’s hearing before the Supreme Court did not appear to go well for cartoonist Hemant Malviya based on their comments and rebuttals. Today’s hearing was only an improvement in that the justices granted him interim protection from arrest prior to his court date. Despite giving Malviya a reprieve, they opined that he overstepped legal bounds.After […]
Featuring cartoonists Berkeley Breathed, Beatrix Lockwood and Maya Scarpa, Will Henry, Marcus Williams, Patrick McDonnell and Jane Goodall, Lee Falk and ????, Rick Stromoski, and Christina ‘Steenz’ Stewart.We start off with a reminder that Berkeley Breathed’s The Bloom County Boys continues to issue new strips. As does Beatrix Lockwood and Maya Scarpa’s Shifts vertical comic […]
Australian chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, illustrator, artist, cartoonist, TV presenter, and media personality Peter Russell Clarke passed away on July 4. He was 89.From the 1950’s into the 1970’s he wrote articles and drew political cartoons for the Melbourne Herald. He was also one of five cartoonists to have worked on the legacy comic strip Ben […]
Revealed is Peanuts merchandise debuting at this month’s San Diego Comic-Con and some exclusive Peanuts products available only at the SDCC. Plus other Peanuts collectibles coming your way. Peanuts is celebrating its 75th anniversary in a big way at San Diego Comic-Con with a booth, a nostalgic pop-up shop, and a Friday afternoon panel — […]
Spanish Illustrator and graphic novelist Paco Roca is the featured exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes in Madrid. His exhibit, La memoria. Emotional journey through the comics of Paco Roca, contains originals, pages, sketches, notes, scripts, reference photographs, and four mural sized unpublished drawings.This short video gives you an inside look at the exhibit.Exhibit is open […]
Call it media illiteracy. It’s the pervasive lack of knowledge about what a political cartoon is supposed to be, and what it’s supposed to do — provoke thought and, yes, even disagreement. Instead of understanding that, many people leap to the faulty conclusion that since the editorial commentary comes in the form of a cartoon, […]
India’s Supreme Court rebuffed a plea for anticipatory bail filed on behalf of Indian cartoonist Hemant Malviya. Malviya faces charges of “promoting enmity and disturbing public harmony” and “publishing sexually explicit content online” after he re-shared a Facebook post in May 2025. That post, originally shared by another user, included one of Malviya’s cartoons—first published […]
Shefali Rekhi considers the problems facing cartoonists in Singapore and includes a brief history of cartooning and their colonial roots as seen in The Straits Times. And the international syndication of American comic strips are also a part of the discussion: Also brought to attention is the worldwide problem of digital media vis-a-vis editorial cartooning: […]
Robert L. Ariail has been named The 2025 Green Eyeshade Award winner for Editorial Cartoons published in 2024. It is the eighth time Robert has taken the first place award! Since 1950, The Green Eyeshades have recognized the very best journalism in the southeastern United States (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, […]
Luckovich poses an important question: What’s so bad about being woke? Or, grammatically, “awakened” or “awoke” but let’s hope at least one?By illustrating the opposite, he somewhat answers the question, but it should be noted that the popular slang term wouldn’t exist if it weren’t a protest against and rebuke of those who either don’t […]
Wading over to Mike Peterson’s side on the pool.The “New” Woke SupermanWell it seems the new Superman movie is just too woke for the right wing pundits and cartoonists. Accusations that James Gunn has “politicized” Superman come laughably late, as the world’s most famous superhero has always been political, write narrative strategist Andrew Slack and […]
From The Bayeux Tapestry in the 11th Century to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, plus Felix’s Bag of Magic Tricks – seems we’re in a war zone today.Part war propaganda, part comic strip From NPR: LONDON — The earliest-known depiction of the 1066 Battle of Hastings — which began the Norman Conquest, changing England’s […]
Back in the days when I really did a “Comic Strip of the Day,” and only needed one, I had a policy that I would only hold daily strips for 24 hours but could hold a Sunday for six days, following the Audit Bureau of Circulation rules that said a daily paper is “dead” the […]