Dutch cartoonist Bart Van Leeuwen sets the tone with this portrait of the G-20 leaders — or, as that out-of-focus backdrop says, the “G19.25” — a more devastating comment because of his semi-realistic style.He’s certainly not the first nor only cartoonist to portray Trump as a petulant, willful baby, but this could not be a […]
I don’t have writer’s block today, but do I have a ridiculously early doctor’s appointment, so I’ll be brief.Fortunately, Boulet is not brief — the above is but a snippet — and following his advice will get you through any lapses in creative energy. Go read the rest and take careful notes. Tom Tomorrow pours on […]
Belgian cartoonist Frédéric du Bus gets the lead today with this simple observation that some people write with a pen, others write with guitar and it’s all literature.And Jeremy Banx notes that purists have tried to keep Dylan in a box for nearly as long as Dylan has been around. And they’ve done a pretty […]
… and if that headline touched off an earworm, you’re one of the old folks. And if you’re one of the young folks, here’s your trigger warning: Don’t click that link, because it contains cultural history you prob’ly won’t like. (I learned it as “Mission Sunday School,” which sanitizes it a bit. No, not much.)Anyway, […]
No kidding, Harry Bliss. No kidding.Thank goodness comics cover a variety of topics, although right now a substantial portion of them appear to be dedicated to depictions of Barrack Obama as Richard Nixon. Many cartoonists avoid looking at other cartoons for fear of absorbing an idea and later inadvertantly using it without recalling that it wasn’t […]
Daryl Cagle coined the term “Yahtzee!” for those times when several editorial cartoonists come up with the same gag simultaneously, the most egregious example being the 30+ “Weeping Statues of Liberty” that popped up on editorial pages September 12, 2001.Those, of course, came from a lack of wit, but there are more intriguing examples, and […]