In 1935 Noel Sickles and Milton Caniff were riding high having transformed the daily comics pages with their comic strips. Sickles influenced the black and white comic art with his work on Scorchy Smith, while Caniff had brought a new phase of adventure with his writing on Terry and The Pirates. And since they shared […]
Editorial cartoonist Andy Donato has passed away. Andrew Anthony (né Andrea Antonio) (Andy) Donato January 13, 1937 – September 15, 2026 The Toronto Sun is reporting that their longtime editorial cartoonist has died a week after he retired. The Toronto Sun family is in mourning after legendary political cartoonist Andy Donato died Tuesday. He was […]
There’s not really a Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” but we sure do seem cursed with them. I feel particularly sorry for satirists like Tom Tomorrow and Andy Borowitz, who have built their careers on exaggerating things so you can see the toxic absurdities in them, and this episode of This Modern […]
Comics Kingdom Updates for a Better Reading Experience Once again a comic strip platform, this time Comics Kingdom, is updating their site. It is not a wholesale upgrade of the kind where the site is messed up for a week or two, these are minor tweaks. First up is they have added a “like” button […]
Last weekend was the Small Press Expo in Baltimore, MD and the reveal of this year’s Ignatz Award winners. Below are the winners in each category.Outstanding AnthologyLAAB: A Comics Anthology No. 3 ed. Ronald Wimberly (Beehive Books)Outstanding ArtistCarol Tyler, The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief (Fantagraphics)Outstanding CollectionAll the Cameras in My Room by Michael DeForge (Drawn & Quarterly)Outstanding ComicZoo #5 by Anand Shenoy (Self-Published)Outstanding […]
Dr. Robert ‘Bro’ Russell, founder of Cartoonists Rights and a tireless defender of political cartoonists facing persecution around the world passed away on Sunday in Virginia. He was 84 years old.“Bro” to colleagues and friends, graduated with a degree is in fine arts, but spent his life committed to human rights starting with the Peace […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2026 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent bookstore is a good idea. Wallace the Brave: All Hands on Deck! by Will Henry With evocative artwork and imaginative storytelling, […]
AI says it’s time to wake up, Golding notes, and that if we don’t, we may not. The people who understand this stuff seem to agree that it’s in real danger of getting out of hand, and in a perfect world, they’d all get together and agree to slow down and figure things out.And in […]
The 38th Rotary Cartoon Awards were held Saturday night at the National Cartoon Gallery located in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. The National Cartoon Gallery announced the winners on their Facebook account. The winners: Peter Player’s ‘At the Museum’ won the Rotary Cartoon Award’s Cartoon of the Year. Pat Hudson won the Politics category with […]
First there is a mistaken impression that many seem to have taken from The Daily Cartoonist’s (TDC) news of The Baltimore Sun using A.I. cartoons. When TDC noted the horrible practice it was specifically stated that “The Daily Cartoonist does not know if this is the first such occurrence (emphasis added) or if it has […]
Here’s an oldie from 2000 which I came across when I was, of course, looking for something else. It was an instant favorite of mine because (A) I had a neighbor who overdecorated at Christmas and (B) at the time this appeared, General Electric had thrown up in the Hudson River and was fighting for […]
Robert ‘Bro’ Russell, founder of Cartoonist Rights passed away this morning. He was 84 years old. Bro Russell founded Cartoonists Rights in 1999. It was the first human rights organization to focus on protecting political cartoonists. Since its founding the organization has helped cartoonists from around the world with legal, financial, and moral support. Current […]
GoComics had the black line issue solved for quite awhile until recently. Today Biographic lost it, and since it is only available as part of Andrews McMeel Syndicate’s newspaper e-portal I don’t know if it will ever be fixed as they did to The Born Loser after Labor Day weekend. The unsyndicated Looks Good On […]
Morland sums up Trumpapalooza, which I would point out was the Republicans’ own nickname for their unprecedented midterm convention, not mine. I’d say showing a packed crowd is being particularly generous, given the number of empty seats there really were in the place, the number of candidates who chose not to show up alongside Dear […]
Peter M. Wallace is an Episcopal priest in Hawai’i, an author, and a fan of comic strips. He used his most recent weekly Substack essay “In Praise of the Comic Strip” to proclaim the virtues of the small reading material to society and to newspapers. First of all, I confess, I have loved comic strips […]