Clay Jones draws! The Norman Rockwell Comic Strip! Score Bunny by Henrik! The Award Winning Peter Kuper! A Clay Jones Update and New Drawing Clay Jones is making remarkable progress with an attitude that is positive and retaining his sense of humor. Clay writes: This caricature of Trump is the first drawing I have attempted […]
And then there was the time… when Schott’s Significa and Davey Jones, Michael Maslin and Rea Irvin, Nebelspalter and Rick McKee, Steven Heller and Peter Kuper, and Lynda Barry and Lynda Barry again were all included in a weekend roundup. And then there was the time… Schott’s Significa Included a Chapter on Comic Conventions John […]
/ European Cartoon Award has announced their long list of 30 cartoonists who are in the running for their annual award to “honor the most provocative, insightful, and impactful cartoons of the year.” The contest received over 400 entries from 30 different countries. They will announce the short list prior to their annual ECA Cartoons Day […]
David Haldane, One of the World’s Best Cartoonists David Haldane is set to appear at The Word, in South Shields, on Wednesday, September 24, as part of the venue’s WRITE Festival. Ryan Smith at The Shields Gazette proudly announces the appearance of their homegrown cartoonist David Haldane, who became “one of the world’s best cartoonists,” […]
Some upcoming events that may be in your area of interest. With Harry Bliss, Edward Gorey, Al Hirschfeld, Ralph Steadman, William H. Walker, and a supporting cast of thousands including members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and The Usual Gang of Idiots. Motion Lines: How Cartoonists Draw Movement Featuring over 100 examples from […]
One of the options at the moment is despair, but that’s an unacceptable choice. Besides, we’re not there yet and there’s still plenty of room for comic relief. Like the guy in Bliss, you can still stay aware of things, as long as you’ve got some good coffee, to which I would add “and a […]
featuring Bill Watterson, Frank Frazetta, Rama Duwaji, Bob Fingerman, Alison Bechdel, Peter Kuper, Joe Dator, Charles M. Schulz, Shel Silverstein, and Art Spiegelman. Updates The original art by Bill Watterson for the first appearance of Spaceman Spiff in Calvin and Hobbes sold in a Heritage Auctions sell-off for nearly half a million dollars. A record […]
Seems the cartoonists in the news these days are the ones making the rounds promoting their latest books, but that does offer us a chance to read interviews and profiles of those cartoonists. And unlike some book lists you may have read the books listed here are all real. Peter Kuper Insectopolis: A Natural History […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for May 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. Let’s start with one I just learned about that should have been on the February […]
The Herblock Foundation has awarded Marty Two Bulls, Sr. the 2025 Herblock Prize. From ComicsDC: WASHINGTON, DC, Thursday, April 10, 2025 – Marty Two Bulls, Sr. has been named the winner of the 2025 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. Marty Two Bulls, Sr. is a freelance artist and graphic designer who has been creating cartoons […]
Jason Chatfield, cartoon editor; Tom Toro, exclusive cartoonist; cartooning for School Administrator; cartooning opportunities from The New Gag Recap; The American Bystander and The New Yorker kinship. Reports of the demise of magazine cartooning, other than The New Yorker, are exaggerated. Cartoonist Jason Chatfield also Jason Chatfield Cartoon Editor Cartoonist Jason Chatfield brings news that […]
I don’t like to repeat a topic, operating largely on a “You snooze, you lose” basis with political cartoonists and expecting them to leap to their drawing boards when something major happens. But I awoke this morning to a plethora of new cartoons about the security breach, and not just a metric plethora but a […]
Billy Ireland’s New Yorker Centennial Celebration! New Yorker Centennial Celebration! Join us on Saturday, March 1 for a special program celebrating the centennial of The New Yorker magazine and a reception for our new exhibit, See Anyone You Know? The New Yorker Cartoons and Covers of Edward Koren. This event is FREE and open to the public. No […]
Start with an explainer from Brewster Rockit (Tribune). The strip is usually an absurdist laff-fest, but it breaks from time to time for an explanation, which goes to show that humor is funnier when the joker understands the topic. And, boy, would I like to carve that in stone. The cartoons that work are the […]