So yesterday was National Cartoonists Day chosen to be celebrated on May 5 because … Daily Kos for May 5, 2025: May 5 was chosen because it was the first publication of the comic-strip character called The Yellow Kid. No, and that is not what the Wiki page Daily Kos linked to says. Here is […]
“Peanuts” merchandising rights have been sold to the Canadian company that also controls “Caillou” and “Yo Gabba Gabba” and some similar kids’ stuff.Michael Cavna has the story here.My first impression was that selling out is selling out, a contemptuous reaction tempered strongly by the good work Jeannie Schulz has done for the cartooning community with […]
For some reason, I’ve managed to stumble across a bunch of cartoons, each of which amused me, none of which triggered a major rant.You’ll have to get by today with a series of minor rants. Be strong. A few roses grew out of the steaming pile of ACA commentary today. Drew Sheneman sums up a […]
I’m currently working on a series for kids about Theodore Roosevelt and conservation, and, as part of that, was going through political cartoons of the era.This two page spread by Puck cartoonist L.M. Glackens ran in that publication in 1906, when William Randolph Hearst was a candidate for governor of New York (click on it […]