Our look at the recent fourth wall comics kinda sorta started 15 years ago as Petey Otterloop spent the summer of 2010 at Cartoon Camp. Those strips have been showing up in Andrews McMeel Syndication’s Cul de Sac reruns during this July (starting here on the GoComics site). But this weekend saw a few comic […]
Notables: Keith Williams, Al Milgrom, Nick Anderson, S D Phadnis, Stan Kelly, James Thurber, and more.Inkwell Award to The Phantom Artist Keith WilliamsAmong the awards handed out lately let’s not overlook The Inkwell given to Keith Williams. From the Inkwell Awards announcement: New Bedford, MA/USA–July 22, 2025) The Inkwell Awards, a non-profit devoted to promoting the art […]
There is a “Why all the surprise?” element to our current situation. A large part of it has to do with siloing, with the fact that, in today’s media market, there are a good number of people who only take their information from partisan sites, and I’ll admit that most of what I see from […]
The San Diego Comic Con hosted The Eisner Awards Friday night and there are a few categories among the mostly comic book groupings that connect to our subject matters of comics-mostly-other-than-comic-books. Below are some of those categories’ cartoonist finalists we occasionally feature with the winners bolded. Feeding Ghosts by Teresa Hulls was a Pulitzer Prize […]
Fifty years ago this month George Danby became a professional editorial cartoonist when he was published in The Bangor Daily News, now George will be entering the Maine Press Association Hall of Fame. George was 18 and July 14, 1975 marked the beginning of a career that has lasted to today. Danby became the Monday […]
Pour yourself a bowl of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs, because I’m not in the mood for discussing important things today.I didn’t guffaw at the joke — It’s okay but not mind-bending — but I liked the center panel a lot and I also thought Hammie’s shrug was well captured.Even on a frivolous day, if you […]
From the deepest darkest parts of the comics page comes Wallace the Brave, The Argyle Sweater, Rip Haywire, Over the Hedge, Prickly City, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Rubes, Thatababy, Tarzan, Zorro, Prince Valiant, and Tom the Dancing Bug.From Giggles to GruesomeGot a seven-year-old in my life who complains that her Dad takes naps in […]
Fresh off an approved $1.5 billion streaming contract with Paramount, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, took a blowtorch to President Donald Trump and their show’s parent company Paramount Pictures, in a bawdy season 27 premiere episode.The episode’s plot revolves around Trump suing anyone who doesn’t agree with him—including the town […]
There’s not much to add to or analyze in Jennings’ cartoon. Children are living as grotesque skeletons and dying in unconscionable numbers. The obvious, simple solution would be to give them food, but instead they have to die. It’s all rather complicated.The whole world is watching, and, as Pope says, putting together their sternest words, […]
A couple items I’ve been sitting on for too long.2025 Buffalo News Editorial Cartoon Contest WinnersFrom The Buffalo News and Adam Zyglis (or here): On June 23rd, we honored the winners of our annual Editorial Cartoon Contest with a wonderful ceremony at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site. Our local students always display such talent and […]
Esteemed political cartoonist Pat Oliphant was born July 24, 1935. Australian-born Pat made his fame as a United States editorial cartoonist from the 1960s into the 2000s, becoming the inspiration for generations of cartoonists who followed and revered him.Oliphant started in the U.S. at the Denver Post in 1964 and within a year was being […]
Comic philosophy from Wiley Miller, and a protest against blaming people for things they had little control over, though we could have a seminar on the topic of how much the things that happen to you are a reflection of your attitude and character. We’d eventually come down to a discussion of how much your […]
Today was the First Day Release ceremonies for the United States Postal Service’s 250 Anniversary stamps. WASHINGTON — In celebration of two and a half centuries of continuous service, the U.S. Postal Service today unveiled two stamp releases at its headquarters building. The two stamp designs capture the essence of USPS, one honoring its deep-rooted […]
Malaysia’s most renowned political cartoonist, Zunar (real name Zulkiflee Anwar Haque), is marking his 50 year career of “artistic rebellion” with a book entitled Melukis Dengan Hati (“Drawing with Heart”). The book was unveiled at an event attended by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.The Prime Minister praised Zunar at the event. From Anis Zalani at MalayMail: […]
Wuerker takes advantage of a metaphor coined by Dan Tom Tomorrow Perkins in a 2017 interview with the Irish Times:[It’s] like waking up and saying ‘I’d like a glass of water’ and then having someone spray you in the face with a fire hose. One of the biggest challenges of the Trump presidency has been […]