The Comics Journal’s blogger Dirk Deppey has been laid off according to a recent tweet of his. Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon notes that Deppey’s work on !Journalista! “has remained a primary point of emphasis throughout the magazine’s current, more web-involved run.” You can reach out to Dirk via twitter (@deppey) or leave comments on the […]

There aren’t many days when Cul de Sac couldn’t be in this spot. It’s one of the strips I have to consciously hold back from including too often. But today’s strip, set in the audience of the school’s winter concert, put me on the floor.Notice that, when they have their heads thrown back in laughter, […]

Fort Knox cartoonist Paul Jon has created art for a USO coloring activity for kids. This second year’s art features Major Joe Knox returning home to his wife, Jane, and their two boys, Donald and Wesley, after his deployment to Afghanistan.“Last year, the USO was thrilled to bring back a beloved holiday tradition of coloring […]

Alternative cartoonist Howard Cruse has posted a video of his holiday greeting cartoon.

Jonathan Mahood’s Bleeker, The Rechargeable Dog has been picked up by King Features Syndicate and is set to launch on January 3rd. Jonathan’s strip has been on the web since 2006 and is currently running on GoComics.com. As for the launch of a well established webcomic, Jonathan writes that the national launch will include older […]

The San Francisco Chronicle interviewed Bill Amend about his career and his recently released 20 year collection , The Best of FoxTrot. Q: You include a lot of math puzzles and science references in your strips. Have you ever made a mistake? A: Oh, yes. And how the e-mails flow on those days. I probably […]

   For some reason, today’s “Free Range” took me a minute. I think Tonto’s delighted expression and the word balloon drew my attention so well that I hadn’t even noticed what Kemosabe was up to.I like the ones that sneak up on me.Incidentally, this cartoon also has some resonance with the recent posting on cultural […]

I normally cringe at “absent father” motifs in comic strips because, much as the media loves the villainy of the deadbeat dad, bad parenting is an equal opportunity character flaw. But today’s “Watch Your Head” does more than feature a nice twist consistent with the character of Omar, whose sardonic outlook on life goes beyond […]

  Zapiro (Jonathan Shapiro) is one of the giants of political cartooning, though his firm anchor in South Africa makes much of his work a bit inaccessible to outsiders. Having a firm anchor, however, is a key to solid commentary, and, just are there are several African nations in a state of continual flux, so, […]

I reported earlier this week that GoComics.com removed the comment section for Brooke McEldowney’s Pibgorn and 9 Chickweed Lane. Brooke has posted on his blog two explanations: the first an explanation for the removal and the second his email response to those contacting him.So, I objected and objected and objected as time went on and […]

Muppet Central has disclosed the plot to the next Muppet movie that will be hitting theaters Thanksgiving weekend 2011. On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world?s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze […]

In this week’s Tom the Dancing Bug, Ruben Bolling brings the Wikileaks case into focus: Although the Nixon White House attempted to keep the New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers, the Supreme Court ruled against them. And, as he notes, there is a long established tradition that the free press is permitted to […]

We’re closing in on the end of the year. 2010 was a good year, but mostly a blur. That said there were a lot of great books, services and products that came out this year. I’ve compiled a list of things I thought are above and beyond. If you’re still looking for a gift to […]

I noted earlier this week that it was 30 years ago that Bloom County debuted in newspapers. The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will be running an exhibit of Berkeley Breathed‘s art work ranging from Bloom County, his children’s books, and movie projects. A reception will be planned in April. It should also be […]

Kevin “KAL” Kallugher gave the final address to the “World in 2011 Festival” put on by The Economist. Below is his speech. Visit his blog to see his sketches of the other speakers.