Landmark AI Copyright Win – Fair Use Anthropic has scored a major victory in an ongoing legal battle over artificial intelligence models and copyright, one that may reverberate across the dozens of other AI copyright lawsuits winding through the legal system in the United States. A court has determined that it was legal for Anthropic […]
Ink BlottersCalendars are being offered for 2026, but we’re going back to 1946/47 with the Internet Archive and some Bull of the Woods ink blotters by J. R. Williams of Out Our Way fame courtesy of Mike Rhode.Those would have been perfect for your workshop. Also Mike presents a set of undated cartoon ink blotters […]
People have noted that Dear Leader campaigned on a promise of no new wars and of ending the war in Ukraine his first day in office, and yet somehow the war in Ukraine drags on and we appear to have a new war in Iran.Also the price of eggs remains high and groceries in general […]
So checking the Tribune Content Agency (TCA) comics page I noticed a “new” feature had appeared. Actually a comic that has been around for 14 years but new to TCA – Reply All by Donna A. Lewis.Last year when the Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) dropped comics from the agenda Donna took her daily strip […]
Shaloman cartoonist Albert Wiesner has passed away. Albert Seymore (Al) Wiesner July 2, 1930 — March 4, 2025For at least ten years Al had contributed a panel cartoon to The Villa’s Voice, a monthly neighborhood newspaper. His comic continued until March of 2020 when the community newsletter took on a different manner of publication due […]
How funny is death? Well, the closer it comes the less I fret over it. I’m pretty healthy, but I’m in the home stretch and while I expect another decade, nothing was ever guaranteed, except that Death would show up like Alan Funt — when you least expect it, you’re elected.Unless you’re this guy, who […]
Tea Fougner, who parted ways with King Features early this year, has signed on as an Executive Editor with the comic book company Boom Studios. Tea Fougner had spent 12 years with King Features Syndicate (KFS) rising to Editorial Director for her last six years with the comic strip syndicate before they ended their relationship […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has set up hotel booking and registration for their 2025 Convention being held at Bethseda Maryland from September 11th through the 14th. The lineups for workshops, panels, and events are still in the early stages for both conventions. From the AAEC: Our confab starts Thursday, September 11, with […]
Rowe gets a laugh out of Dear Leader’s attack on Iran despite feeling it represents the death of the UN Charter, because there’s absurdity in the arrogance and chaos in the messaging.One of the factors in our liberation of Kuwait was that GHWB had obtained cooperation from a wide array of allies, and then stopped […]
A profile of Floyd Norman Disney Legend: Though he prefers to be called a “cartoonist,” few other artists working in animation today can boast a career as varied as that of Floyd Norman. From the 1950s to today, Floyd’s diverse career, insightful viewpoint, and unflinching honesty have truly made him a Disney Legend. Floyd E. […]
Walt Disney, Chic Young, Bob Montana, Bill Watterson (Spaceman Spiff), Richard Thompson, Brian Fies, Monicaf, David Fitzsimmons, and other cartoonists and comics related miscellany.Lost Cartoon Art Resurfaces In 1933, B.C. boozers could only drink hard liquor at home, in a speakeasy or in a private club. So some journalists got together to form the first […]
Well, now we know what he was going to do, but it’s a little early to ask for commentary. I’ve seen a few post-bombing pieces from Australia, where they’ve had time to react, but most of the other editorial cartoons have been based, as Ohman’s was, on uncertainty.We’ll give everyone 24 hours to respond, and, […]
Following up on our report of Peanuts trading cards (scroll to the bottom) comes news of The Phantom trading cards. And like those Peanuts cards with Schulz art The Phantom cards have art by Sunday Phantom artist Jeff Weigel, but in this case it is new art. From Frew Publications in Australia: The Phantom Generations […]
With Russell Myers, Wayno, Trygve Olson, Lee Mendelson, Mark Pett, Mr. Fish and Art Spiegelman.Russell Myers As a boy, Russell Benton Myers was fascinated by the comic strips in the newspaper. The family subscribed to two newspapers, the Tulsa World and the Tulsa Tribune. That gave him two sets of Sunday comics sections — a […]
This is one of those “where do we start?” days, but we might as well begin with the massive element of self-deception that makes everything possible. Part of it is embodied in the way so many people seem to be accepting both the inevitability and the desirability of our heading off to yet another war […]