Sally Madden for The Comics Journal interviews cartoonist Bill Griffith with particular emphasis on Griffith’s newest graphic biography of his great-grandfather and on the Zippy comic strip and his cartooning background. I do like Madden’s style here of ignoring the questions and just relaying Bill Griffith’s words.Some of Bill Griffith’s words: When I was first […]
Jason Chatfield tours The New Yorker exhibit and we tag along; The Funday Times returns to The Sunday Times; Bob Eckstein on Books and Bookstores; Old Animated Cartoons were Better than their Modern Counterparts (opinion); Healthy Graphics with Gillian Levine; and William Henry Jackson by William Henry Jackson (Bill) Griffith. A Tour of The New […]
Today’s cartoonists paying homage to the cartoonists of yesteryear. Bushmiller and Cash, Nancy and Sluggo On Monday Caroline Cash celebrated the debut appearances of Nancy and Sluggo down to the minute. Not sure about that last measurement being accurate but the years and days were right on.By the time Sluggo showed up Nancy was the […]
Recommended Reading, Public Domain 2026, Cartoonist Writes, Recommended Reading PEN America has released the Longlists for their 2026 Literary Awards The PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography is awarded for excellence in the art of biography. The only comics-related book on the various lists is Dan Nadel‘s Crumb: A Cartoonists Life. Filled with comics is […]
The resurgence of Nancy takes another step forward next month when Caroline Cash takes control of the ninety-three year old comic strip star. New life invigorated the Nancy comic strip when the anonymous Olivia Jaimes took over in 2018 to varied response from rejection to high praise, with the praise getting most of the media’s […]
NPR has released their list of Best Books published in the year 2025. The Graphic Novels category includes a few books whose authors have comic strip credentials.J vs. K by Jerry Craft and Kwame Alexander – – – Buy the book Two bestselling, Newbery Medal-winning kids’ book authors and friendly rivals team up to write […]
The other day we took Lennie Peterson to the woodshed for claiming all cartoonists work like he does. A couple days later Lennie responded to our objection thru his comic strip The Big Picture.Well, this time we agree with him completely, especially with that panel where he mentions us by name.Also yesterday the WaynoBlog linked […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for October 2025 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Our mid-month October Hey Kids! Comics! list had scores of books. When we started getting news […]
TributesLalo Alcaraz thanks Jules Feiffer for his service to cartoonists and humanity in today’s La Cucaracha. While cartoonist John Hambrock riffs on Rube Goldberg in The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee.Then Greg and Karen Evans recall a famous Philippe Halsman photo shoot from 1952 in Luann. Prince(ss) Val(entina) and The AdventurersIt seems Prince Valiant has […]
Bill Giffith has a few obsessions in his life. There is his lifelong preoccupation with observing human beings and commenting on the social implications of those people and their actions.His enthusiasm for people has recently lead him into a second career as a graphic biographer. Seemingly as far back is his passion for Nancy and Sluggo […]
Liza Donnelly TCJ: And during this time you were submitting cartoons to other magazines and selling there? Liza: By then I had met a bunch of other cartoonists. There was a cartoonists association. I met Sam Gross and Roz Chast and George Booth around that time. Particularly from Sam you learned about the other publications. […]