With a little more time to ponder, Signe Wilkinson provides a more outward-looking cartoon than the chest-thumping, flag-waving panels that appeared in the immediate aftermath of the death of bin Laden. Note that the event isn’t even referenced here; only the timing suggests that it was part of her thought process.The world changes quickly. New […]

Jason Oberholtzer, writing on forbes.com, interviews Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal creator Zach Weiner regarding his comic and his first collection of comics, Save Yourself, Mammal!.JO: What made the book so much more work? ZW: A couple things made it harder. First off, this is a compilation, so there was a lot of selection involved. At […]

According to Maurice Horn, editor of 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics, Charles Schulz was a fan of Percy L. Crosby the creator of Skippy which ran from 1923 to 1945. Comic critic Domingos Isabelinho writes and shows examples of the visual influence of Crosby’s work on Peanuts.via: Tom Spurgeon

Tall Tale Radio podcaster Tom Racine interviews Donna Lewis who recently launched her feature Reply All through Washington Post Writers Group. Recently syndicated writer and artist Donna Lewis joins me to talk about her strip that launched this past February 28th, “Reply All.” We talk about her background as a lawyer, her journey to syndication […]

  I have looked at scores of cartoons relating to the death of bin Laden, but you shouldn’t imagine that I was narrowing down the field to select one that was “best.”I was simply trying to find one that wasn’t obvious or even lame. One, to start with, that didn’t reference 72 virgins, or demand […]

I noticed on Karen Montague-Reyes’ blog that she’s announced she’ll be ending Clear Blue Water for good at the end of this week. It left syndication in 2008 and Karen planned on turning the strip into a webcomic but struggled to keep it regularly updated.She writes:On another note, some may be wondering where I’ve been. […]

Can’t think of a better place to get the first cartoonist’s reactions to the announcement that Osama Bin Laden is dead than Cagle’s site. He’s started the collection.Here’s Brian Fairrington’s cartoon. Check out Cagle’s site for more.Daryl has also posted a “Best of Bin Laden“

Bill Gallo, best known as a columnist and sports cartoonist for the New York Daily News, has been honored with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor given by the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations. The award “pays homage to the immigrant experience, as well as for individual achievement, medals are awarded to U.S. citizens from […]

… squirrels.Speed Bump. Dave Coverly. I see coffee cups in this man’s future.

Here’s my take on single-panel Sunday strips: They’re justified if (A) the artwork is such that it would have been wasted in a tiny weekday strip or (B) the gag is so good that you’re going to want to post it on your fridge and have it stand out.Today’s Between Friends could have worked without […]

As I’ve mentioned before, Cul de Sac is bringing back memories of my life as a rec league soccer coach.Memories, flashbacks, whatever you want to call them.You start the season driving around searching for the practice field, yes. That’s training for when you have to drive around finding the away games. Which, in turn, is […]

Team Cul de Sac – a fund raising effort lead by Chris Sparks and Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson for a Parkinson Disease cure – is adding a zine with writer contributions lead by Craig Fischer. Craig writes:When I first visited this blog, I drooled over the terrific submissions that Chris and Richard have […]

I don’t often comment on continuity strips, because, by the time I realize we’re into a good storyline, it’s generally too late for newcomers to catch up. But there are parts of a person’s education that should not be neglected and, if you like comic strips, “Steve Canyon” should be part of your world. With […]

Today on NPR, Atlanta Journal Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich joins Steven Hess, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, to discuss political caricatures of President Obama after a lady in Orange County photoshopped a picture of a Obama over the face of a family of monkeys. For the backstory, check out this LA Times:Marilyn Davenport […]

Alan Mutter writes on his blog, Reflections of a Newsosaur, that advertising revenue has not bounced back as other mediums have in this sluggish economy. Although television, online, radio and even magazine ad revenues all moved into positive territory by the end of 2010, newspaper sales dropped 6.3%. At the end of last year, annual […]