The UK Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation has presented its inaugural The Splats Awards, honoring the best cartoons and cartoonists of 2024. The purpose of the awards are to avoid taking themselves “too seriously” while bringing cartoonists together for a “above a pub room” celebration. In addition to traditional categories, the event features lighthearted awards such as […]
Filmmaker and cartoonist David Lynch has passed away. David Keith Lynch January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025 The family, by way of social media, let the world know of his passing: It is with deep regret that we, his family, announce the passing of the man and the artist, David Lynch. We would appreciate […]
I could launch a separate blog titled “Cartoon Maps,” given the number of cartoonists who have reimagined the Western Hemisphere according to Trump. Some were pretty good, some were not. But Bob Englehart went for simplicity rather than cleverness, and wins for going to the heart of the matter and pointing out the arrogant jingoism […]
Pedro X. Molina has spent more than 20 years drawing political cartoons skewering Nicaragua’s dictatorship and government. In 2018 the government hit back. After police killed one journalist, jailed two others, and pillaged the Confidencial’s offices, Pedro and his family were forced to flee his home country. With the assistance of Ithaca City of Asylum, […]
From NBC Bay Area News: A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist with Bay Area ties has been arrested in Sacramento County on suspicion of child pornography. Darrin Bell, 49, a famed cartoonist who got his start at UC Berkeley, was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Sacramento County jail on possession of child porn, according to Internet […]
From The Adirondack Daily Enterprise: SARANAC LAKE — “Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau’s button and poster designs for the 2025 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival have been revealed and are now on sale at numerous places around town. The buttons and posters were created along this year’s Carnival theme, “Music Legends” and feature members of his comic […]
RJ Matson offers his version of Train Kept A-Rolling. Matt Gaetz was sacrificed so that others might pass through the portals. There was a time when the revelations surrounding Gaetz would have cast him into obscurity, but those days are long gone and he may become the next governor of Florida. And why not? The […]
“cartoonists are, quite simply, beneath his notice” – ya think? Zach Rabiroff for The Comics Journal investigates the state of political cartooning as the practitioners face a revitalized and seemingly very powerful Donald Trump who is entering his second term as President of the United States with few limits in his way. In a long […]
Cartoonist Rights has announced they are now taking nominations for the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award. The award recognizes a cartoonist’s exemplary bravery while facing threats to their human rights. Requirements for nomination include cartoonists who have encountered one or more of the following problems during the last twelve months: The cut-off date […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 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. Jimmy! The Comic Art of James Swinnerton edited by Peter Maresca and Michael Tisserand (review) […]
Very strange Speed Bump (Creators) this past Sunday. The dog in the space suit seemed the focal point, and it was only after I read the caption and agreed with it that I noticed both men were looking up and got the intended point. I hate people who go all technical on a cartoon, but […]
So I hit the local comic book shop once a month to pick up anything that may have shown up and put in an order for stuff that intrigued me (other than my regular asks) in the Previews catalog that I picked previously. The standing order is mostly TwoMorrows magazines about comic book history. Though […]
Pat Bagley expresses the situation well: As firefighters struggle to control the wildfires in Southern California, the press also struggles with disinformation about those wildfires. The press wouldn’t be stuck with a mere squirtbottle if the only problem they faced were the normal flow of rumors and misconceptions that plague every major news event. But […]
We’ll start at Open Windows, the Ann Telnaes Substack. My colleagues in print Ann reproduces Jill Abramson’s Boston Globe report on The Washington Post and “the guardians of a free press” and it includes a gallery including Ann’s rejected cartoon and a handful of supporting cartoons. Ann also presents her recent 7 minute interview with […]
British cartoonist Will McPhail, who contributes to the American New Yorker magazine, has been awarded the French 2024 ACBD Comics Critics’ Prize. Since 2019, the Association of Comic Book Critics and Journalists has rewarded a comic book from an English-speaking country and adapted into French by a French-speaking publisher. The 2024 ACBD Comics Critics’ Prize is […]