It is Gary Larson‘s birthday and though it is not a particularly noteworthy age (76) it is being celebrated. The Daily Cartoonist wishes Larson a Happy Birthday on Facebook and Bluesky. Reuben Award-winning Mark Tatulli paid tribute to Reuben Award-winning Gary Larson in today’s Liō. Gary Larson and his The Far Side is a frequent […]
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund announced it is adding Bob Wayne and Jen King to its Board of Directors. The organization also added Siena Fallon as its Community Development Manager.King has been in the comic book industry since 1992. She’s a member of ComicsPro, a trade organization for direct-market comic book retailers, and co-owner […]
Cartoonists United (formerly the Cartoonist Cooperative) has issued a statement regarding Small Press Expo’s decision to not participate in the boycott of the Montgomery County Conference Center. Cartoonists United is asking SPX to publicly advocate for the collective bargaining protections the local union is asking for, and to find a new venue until the dispute […]
Cartoonist, gag man and former New Gag Recap publisher Van Scott has passed away. From the obituary: Memorial services for Van Buren Scott III, 74, of Pollok will be held Friday, August 14, 2026… Mr. Scott was born August 23, 1951 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Audrey Lee (Burns) and Van Buren Scott, Jr., […]
This is sad and disturbing and I wish it were more surprising. The Herald-Sun is in Melbourne, so it’s not some small backwater paper that can’t afford to pay a cartoonist, and I say that as someone who, as editor of a small backwater paper, occasionally commissioned a political cartoon for a fee that embarrassed […]
Another round from the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Awards Banquet and Awards Evening. Too late for yesterday’s roundup was Andrews McMeel’s celebration of Mark Tatulli winning The Reuben. It’s a year of big milestones for Mark Tatulli, creator of “Liō.” In May, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the strip. His 40th wedding anniversary falls […]
A couple months ago, the Kettering Foundation (“all people belong and have the right to engage in and shape a democracy that serves them”) published an essay by Kenyan cartoonist Patrick Gathara (and journalist and editor): Why Words Matter. For about seven years I have run a satirical series. In these articles, I write about […]
In this case “A.D.” stands for After Death. So you have shelves full of hardcover and softcover collections of comic strips and comic books. For whoever is left to empty the house those will probably be donated to the local library for tax deductions or taken to the local used book store in trade for […]
There was a time, back before lattes and such were a thing, when Dunkin’ Donuts had the best coffee. Later, McDonald’s caught up, mostly I think because they told franchisees not to keep pouring the old stuff back into the fresh carafes.Now, as Siegel points out, you can overpay for all sorts of fancy brews, […]
An analysis of 100 years of The New Yorker and censorship of comics in Great Britain 1930’s to 1950’s. The New Yorker – Birth and Maturity Feridun Demir offers a both history and analysis in “The New Yorker and the Art of the Single-Panel Cartoon” (or here). Where Puck had enlarged politics until senators, corporations and nations […]
When the Famous Players theater in Prince George, British Columbia, did not receive a promotional poster for the Spider-Man: Brand New Day movie, one employee stepped up to draw one.According to the Hollywood Reporter (or here), Drake Landon intentionally drew the cartoon in the style of Spooder-man meme. The online response to Landon’s poster has […]
Ugandan human rights activist, academic and cartoonist Dr. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo has been told he has 14 days to pay a fine of 30 million Ugandan shillings or face three months in jail. The Ugandan High Court found Spire had violated a contempt order restricting him from publishing content deemed damaging to Kampala International University’s […]
A roundup of news items with comic strips and single panel cartoons, award winning cartoonists interviewed, and book bulletins. The Legend of Groomer A brief history of the Groomer comic strip by Ricardo Martínez and Nacho Moreno is recounted by El Mundo America as the comic strip found its way from Spain to North America […]
Cartoonists have leapt on the story of Donald Trump being sneaked off of Air Force One onto a different plane to fly from Ankara to London because of a rumored Iranian assassination plot. We’ll delay Humpday for 24 hours to look at some of the best commentary, but keep your eyes open, because there’s more […]
The Reuben Award weekend has come and gone and across the socials (Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, etc.) a wonderful array of photos and anecdotes from the celebratory convention are appearing. Far too many to link to, but there are some entertaining blogs and Substacks The Daily Cartoonist can direct readers. Cartoonist Dee Fish enjoyed the convention […]