The new issue of Seven Days profiles Macanudo cartoonist Ricardo Liniers Siri. Remarkably little seems to happen in “Macanudo,” the daily comic strip created by Ricardo Liniers Siri, the Argentine cartoonist known professionally as Liniers. If you were forced to describe any given Liniers strip purely in terms of plot, you would end up saying […]
The National Cartoonists Society’s 79th Annual Reuben Awards ceremony recognizes special honorees, celebrates the 2024 nominees and award winners, and pays tribute to those we’ve lost. Open to members and nonmembers, the Awards are a formal, and fun!, celebration of cartoonists and cartooning. Recorded on August 15, 2025 at the Boston Westin Copley in Boston, […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for September 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. E Is for Edward A Centennial Celebration of the Mischievous Mind of Edward Gorey E Is […]
With Alfredo P. Alcala, Jim Keefe, Stephan Pastis, Charles M. Schulz, Ricardo (Liniers) Siri, Bill Watterson, Brian Walker, and Scott Jerolds. An Alfredo Alcala Centenary This is a days late acknowledgement of Filipino cartoonist Alfredo P. Alcala’s birth day 100 years ago. His comic book art in the Philippines and in the U.S. is justly […]
Nancy has taken a strange turn lately. Not in a historically strange Nancy comic strip way, but in a strange for cartoonist Olivia Jaimes way. Since Olivia started riffing on cartoonists and comics a couple weeks ago (the change struck even earlier in July) it seems she has taken to emulating the prime Ernie Bushmiller […]
The National Cartoonists Society announced the winners of their Reuben Awards for the year 2024 in Boston on Friday August 15, 2025. Below are the nominees and the winners. *Still trying to suss out all the winners, help would be appreciated The National Cartoonists Society has posted the list of Reuben Award winners. The 79th […]
The National Cartoonists Society’s 79th Annual Reuben Awards weekend starts tomorrow and syndicates are proudly highlighting the cartoonists from their stables that have been nominated for awards and honors. Comics Kingdom Proudly Celebrates our 2025 Reuben Awards Honorees and Nominees From King Features Syndicate/Comics Kingdom: In this post, we’re spotlighting our Reuben Award nominees and […]
Midweek Olivia Jaimes began what a series of Nancy strips riffing on her profession. While Richard Thompson in the throwback Cul de Sac show us how those unorganized underground cartoonists probably created those jam comix. Previewing next week’s Reuben Awards yesterday we had Intelligent Life, Macanudo, and Thatababy celebrating recognizable comic strips of the past […]
There is no reason for Garg, who had earlier complained that Alley never took him on Oop’s time-traveling escapades, to remember the siege at Troy. But there is good reason for Alley Oop to remember it. The Name Game Then Bill Holbrook play’s mind games as On The Fastrack‘s Mars Mission group gets to know […]
From Biographic is everything you need to know about Christiano Ronaldo: Andrews McMeel has their GoComics site fixed, now they need to work on the newspapers’ e-editions. Speaking of Steve McGarry – he returned to KidTown today after handing it over to Luke McGarry for June. I always thought Bob Scott used actual newspaper Sunday […]
The folks at the San Diego International Comic Con are beginning to feature profiles of guests scheduled to appear during the gathering next month. Some have comic strip bona fides. This list of Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For), Eddie Campbell (The Goat Getters, Kate Carew), Greg Evans (Luann), Karen Evans (Luann), Chip Kidd […]
The premise of Macanudo is that two children living in Nuevo Aires, Henrietta and Martincito, possess imaginations so powerful that it gives them the special ability to see the invisible, magical world underlying the lives of children everywhere. This power is called “Macanudo,” giving the strip its name. In its native country, the strip is […]
Dick Tracy, Mutts, Macanudo, Moomin, Marmaduke, and 2025 Eisner Award nominations and a bunch of cartoonists associated with the aforementioned. Mike and McDonnell Return (briefly?) Today ends Eric Costello‘s seven month “guest writer” stint on Dick Tracy as Mike Curtis returns as the credited writer beginning Sunday, May 18, 2025 (no “guest writer” insert). We’ll […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) has announced the finalists for the twelve 2024 Silver Reubens. All eligible entries in each division were reviewed by multiple NCS chapter juries to determine the top nominees. Please note: the Art for Animated Media division was suspended for 2024 due to an insufficient number of qualified entries. And the […]
Starting out with… Proof of Publishment The twice weekly Olive & Popeye comic strip has been around since 2022, but now there is proof that it is being published in at least one newspaper via the King Features Weekly Service (KFWS). The Sidney (Nebraska) Sun-Telegraph comics page for their March 6, 2025 issue shows the […]