Illustrating the Progress of Art in Journalism (1897)It started a few days ago when Tony Rose uncovered a startling item in an old Editor and Publisher.A 1925 obituary for Albert Wilbur Steele includes a claim that he was “the first American cartoonist to draw a daily cartoon for a newspaper.” Steele, who had worked on […]
Clay Jones saves me from having to either run a blank panel or violate the Prime Directive and run cartoons only to mock them.Yes, we talked about this two days ago. But it’s growing.Folks, there is nothing illegal or even particularly sleazy about opposition research. This is one of those situations where “They all do […]
Wyatt brings a touch of reality to kids’ “What if I were a superhero?” fantasy.There are many ways being a superhero doesn’t work in real life, ranging from the now-iconic moment in the 1978 Superman movie where Clark realizes there aren’t any phone booths anymore to Larry Niven’s classic discussion of his sex life, “Man of Steel, […]
The brouhaha over San Diego Clippers owner Donald Sterling took a bad turn for cartoonists yesterday when NBA Commissioner Adam Sterling hit him with a $2.5 million fine (the maximum allowed) and a lifetime ban from the league, meaning that, while they couldn’t actually force him to sell the team, they could forbid him to […]