Going back in time with comic strip and comic book artists Frank Robbins and Joe Maneely, children’s book writer-artist Judy Varga, a collection of Lynn Johnston interviews, some early Gahan Wilson cartoons, and a profile of William Heath Robinson the Rube Goldberg of England (or was Rube Goldberg the Heath Robinson of America?).Comic Artist Frank […]
I didn’t stay up for the SOTU, though I recorded it in case something untoward happened, but looking at this morning’s summaries, I gather it was all rather toward.In an entertaining analysis of last night’s festivities, Moira Donegan points out that the Constitution only requires a report, not a speech. I looked it up and […]
ICE OUT Comics Minnesota native Jim Keefe maintains an understandable interest in ICE activities. Especially as the I.C.E. drawdown there seems to be fake and more of a rotation. Yesterday he devoted his Patreon entry to the subject. ICE Out Comics were initiated by Minnesota cartoonists K. Woodman-Maynard (Tuck Everlasting GN), Trung Le Nguyen (Angelica […]
President Donald Trump gives his State of the Union address tonight at 9 pm Eastern, one reason I miss living in Colorado, where news and sports came on at a decent hour. Winslow is right: 57% of Americans responding to a NPR/PBS News/Marist poll rate the State of the Union as poor, with the 43% […]
For Yale Alumni Magazine Joshua Kendall ’81 offers what I believe is an excerpt from his forthcoming book about Garry Trudeau ’70. This concerns the Doonesbury comic strip during the second Gulf War: In the early years of his long-running strip, Trudeau repeatedly railed against the Vietnam War. “I got some hate mail for these […]
Kieran Castaño, who has drawn the Ripley’s Believe It or Not panel since 2021, parted ways with BION, Inc. The Daily Cartoonist asked Kieran who left who and, with Kieran’s permission, here is his reply: Kinda both. I was terminated by them after I decided to take time off for the holidays and lied to […]
I suppose we should have seen it coming a half century ago, when people started buying “Archie Bunker for President” merchandise. As I’ve said here often, I watched “All in the Family” for several weeks before deciding that sitting through 20 minutes of racist, sexist jokes wasn’t worth the three-minute “Aw, Archie! You’re so wrong!” […]
The 53rd Annie Awards were presented Saturday evening February 21, 2026. As Mercedes Milligan at Animation Magazine says KPop Demon Hunters was the big winner. This year’s runaway winner was the Netflix/Sony Pictures Animation megahit KPop Demon Hunters, which won all 10 categories it was nominated for — shutting out its top competition Elio (Disney-Pixar), […]
We go to Prince Valiant, Dick Tracy, Flash Gordon, and The Phantom when seeking pulpish action and adventure for our “Cheap Thrills.” The most sensational of those came from an unexpected source today.Surprisingly it is Judge Parker winning the dramatic continuity award this Sunday. Back to The Phantom for a moment, which had a pensive […]
This is a lovely picture and I agree with her premise that, unless you can get Canadian TV, you aren’t apt to see a lot of curling until the next Winter Olympics. There are several Olympic sports that don’t get much coverage except then, like biathlon, which does feel like a traditional Olympic sport, given […]
The North Country This Week newspapers (both the Potsdam-Canton and the Massenia-Ogdenburg editions) have announced that they have begun running McCauley by Ethan Lyons beginning this week. POTSDAM — A locally created comic strip exploring the transition from life in high school to life after graduation will now be featured in North Country This Week. […]
With editorial cartoonist Paula Pugh, the aftermath of Brad Holland’s death, more about a.i. Scott Adams, Henry Barajas and Rachel Merrill’s Death to Pachuco comic book, and the Ann Telnaes and Patrick Chappatte get together with Jason Chatfield viewing. Late addition: The Bob Powell Studio’s Topps Baseball Card Photo References. We weren’t the only ones […]
Obviously, the Supreme Court decision on tariffs was the major story, not just yesterday but for some time, and I’m not waiting around for cartoonists to catch up with it, because it should have driven them to their drawing boards immediately. Bennett is correct that it has ended the tariffs, or at least the president’s […]
Ottawa International Animation Festival 50th AnniversaryAbout the 50th Ottawa Animation Festival from Mercedes Milligan at Animation Magazine: To celebrate its 50th anniversary in September, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s largest animation festival, has unveiled its official 2026 poster, created by acclaimed Canadian cartoonist and designer Seth. “For our 50th, I wanted to find […]
Caroline Cash is getting some press after taking on the Nancy comic strip this year. The latest is her old hometown alternative newspaper the Charleston City Paper where cartoonist Steve Stegelin profiles Cash. Cash left town in 2014 after graduating from SOA to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). “Even though […]