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Howard King – RIP

Teacher, principal, superintendent, musician and cartoonist Howard King has passed away. From the obituary: Through the years, he also went on to earn his Master’s Degree in Education Administration from the University of Southern California and then to pursue a career in Education. Beginning his teaching career first as a teacher at University Place, he […]

CSotD: The Whole World Is Still Watching

First Dog comments on our special military operation, which isn’t a war except sometimes somebody slips and accidentally calls it one. “Special Military Operation” is also what Vladimir Putin calls his invasion of Ukraine, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.But as First Dog says, Australia is definitely not in a war, though they seem […]

Webtoon Annual Report Lists 2025 Net Loss of $373.4 Million

WEBTOON, the giant South Korean webcomics publisher, has released its annual report. WEBTOON Entertainment Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results: Junkoo Kim, Founder and CEO said, “We are pleased to report solid fourth quarter results, with revenue in line with our expectations and Adjusted EBITDA above the top end of our […]

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British Cartoonists Storm Parliament

Glenn Marshall reports that members of the British Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation visited the House of Commons to urge Members of Parliament to pass the “Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act”. The act would “prohibit the sale and promotion of tourist activities abroad where animals are kept or treated in ways that would be illegal in the […]

Tatanja Wood

Tatanja Wood – RIP

Tatanja Wood, award winning artist and colorist for DC Comics, has passed away on February 27 at the age of 99, just 3 days shy of 100 years old.Born on March 2, 1926 in Darmstadt, Germany. She spent World War II in the Netherlands. After the war she and her brother migrated to the United States […]

The Blood and Cartoon Lineage of Bill Griffith

Sally Madden for The Comics Journal interviews cartoonist Bill Griffith with particular emphasis on Griffith’s newest graphic biography of his great-grandfather and on the Zippy comic strip and his cartooning background. I do like Madden’s style here of ignoring the questions and just relaying Bill Griffith’s words.Some of Bill Griffith’s words: When I was first […]

Steve Sack

Steve Sack Is So %$@#! Angry

As we noted earlier, former Minneapolis Star-Tribune editorial cartoonist Steve Sack has returned to the drawing table after his officially retirement four years ago. We had a chance to catch up with Steve about his motivations and how long we can expect new Sack cartoons.Back in October Steve had created a Substack account to post older cartoons that were […]

Monday with Miss Cellany

And with Stephen R. Bissette, Steve Nease, Dennis the Menace. Jason Chatfield, Mickey Mouse, others. Stephen R. Bissette is Sixth Vermont Cartoon Laureate Mary Ann Lickteig for Seven Days reports on the honor and profiles Stephen R. Bissette: Windsor cartoonist Stephen R. Bissette has been named Vermont’s sixth cartoonist laureate. The artist — renowned for […]

LICAF, Lakes International Comic Arts Festival 2026 poster

Lakes International Comic Arts Festival Announces Dates, Special Guest Bill Sienkiewicz

Lakes International Comic Arts Festival (LICAF) has announced a number of updates head of this year’s festival. The British festival launched a new website, logo, poster, and this year’s special guest Bill Sienkiewicz.Bill, a classically-trained painter, is a multi-Eisner Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated artist. His career includes creating work for both Marvel and DC, Disney, […]

CSotD: 1, 2, 3, What Are We Fighting For?

Perhaps you have to be further away to see it clearly. Leahy views things from Australia, and apparently from there it appears that only Trump and Netanyahu think the war in Iran is a good idea, and also that Trump may have an ulterior motive. Or perhaps the message is that it only appears that […]

Jerry Dowling – RIP

Sports cartoonist and caricaturist Jerry Dowling has passed away. Jeremy John (Jerry) Dowling November 16, 1939 – March 7, 2026 Friends of cartoonist Jerry Dowling are reporting on social media that he died Saturday night. Jerry had entered hospice care in the past week. We had profiled his career, mostly with The Cincinnati Enquirer, just […]

Oor Wullie and The Broons Celebrate 90 Years

Ninety years ago Oor William and The Browns started appearing in their separate comic strips for The Sunday Post’s Fun Section under titles in their native Scottish dialect Oor Wullie and The Broons. Both comic strips were by the same creative team of writer Robert D. Low and artist Dudley Watkins.The BBC celebrates the anniversary […]

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