The inauguration cartoons are mostly in, and, while it’s hard to pick a winner, it’s not hard to see the trend.While a few highlight national debt as a looming presence or a weight on the president’s back, and some riff on the coincidence of a black man being inaugurated on Martin Luther King Day (which […]
Clay Bennett lays out the agenda for the next Congress and everyone else as well.And it won’t matter whether the curtain goes up on My Fair Lady or Drat! The Cat! The critics have spoken before opening night.It’s important to differentiate, not so much between the previous Congress and this upcoming one as between making […]
Poor Fox News.First, they lost the election, to the chagrin of their staff and in particular, to the raging, delusional disbelief of Karl Rove, which moment, by the way, was funnier than anything you’re going to see here. And which resulted in the brass sending down instructions to tell Karl, as well as swami Dick […]
I like this Tony Auth panel, because it’s more about what happened than it is about spiking the football.The Republicans badly misjudged the country. It wasn’t a landslide, but it was a clear loss and, yeah, they missed the bus, and I don’t think it’s coming back. For the Republican Party, and conservatives in general, […]
There is an emerging consensus about this election, at least among cartoonists, and that is that Mitt Romney is an ever-flowing source of inspiration. And in the few weeks that he doesn’t serve up a lob that can be smashed back across the net, his runningmate will fill the gap by claiming to have run […]
Mike Luckovich has (barely) standing to make this wisecrack, which is doubly appropriate in light of Matt Groening’s recent decision to shut down “Life in Hell” while the Simpsons goes on, and on, and on, and on. In any case, Luckovich was around when the Rolling Stones were formed, a half-century ago, though only just.He was […]
A cross selection of cartoonists have founded a new website called “The Cartoonist Studio” as a way to show off their work environment (and their work) and eventually sell stuff. The eight cartoonists are: Tom Batiuk (Funky Winkerbean), Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Greg Evans (Luanne), Peter Guren (Ask Shagg), Jeff Keane (The Family Circus), Rick […]
Pulitzer Prize winners Mike Luckovich and Walt Handelsman were interviewed by NEWSWEEK on Air on their most controversial and favorite cartoons of the year. They also talked about what subjects they see coming into the new year. You can listen to it online.
How many cartoonists can draw the final cartoon without first penciling a draft? Is it something only editorial cartoonist are known to do?