The retirement of Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac opens up a good number precious slots on the comic pages. From memory, I want to put the number of newspapers above 350 – an impressive number for a feature so young. Typically when there is a larger shift like this I try to compile a list […]
Citing they have a legal right to free speech, the French magazine “Charlie Hebdo” published a new round of cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed after a week of deadly protests by Muslims offended at a 14 minute film that mocks their prophet. The French government has had to shut down schools, embassies and send […]
Today is the last Cul de Sac in syndication. I use the qualification “in syndication” because of my personal hope that Richard Thompson will be able to return to it at some point in the future. Richard’s assistant Stacy Curtis observed the day by placing a wooden heart on a manhole cover: Every time I […]
Click image above for larger view A rare 1986 Sunday Calvin & Hobbes original is going to auction. The piece is owned by Adam@Home and Red and Rover creator Brian Basset who tells me that a financial pinch related to an earlier divorce and upcoming wedding has prompted him to put the piece on the […]
Michael Cavna has a round up of tributes from fellow cartoonists as Richard Thompson?s Cul de Sac takes a graceful exit from the syndication stage due to Richard?s health. Michael: To mark Thompson?s five-year run with ?Cul de Sac,? which won the esteemed Reuben Award last year and has received Ignatz and Harvey awards this […]
This week’s Bleeker: The Rechargeable Dog begins a two week series spotlighting engineers and engineering. The series is in partnership with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and features characters Skip and Lila learning how engineering makes a positive impact in our world. “Since I draw a comic strip about robots, I was really excited […]
I’m having a difficult time formulating words to express my thanks for all for your support and kinds words this last week. Thank you all who shared your sympathies and offerings of prayers on the blog, in email, Twitter or on Facebook. In the next couple of days I will be collecting them all up […]
The New Yorker cartoon editor Robert Mankoff responds to a cartoon by Mick Stevens that was banned on Facebook because it depicted a naked Adam and Eve. The New Yorker has a Facebook page, which a lot of you like, or maybe it’s just one person with a lot of time on their hands, liking […]
I’m playing a bit of catchup on the news surrounding Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi who was arrested for sedition for cartoons depicting the Parliament building as a toilet and another featured Mother India about to be gang raped by a character labeled “corruption.” Aseem was released from jail on Sunday to a hero’s welcome after […]
ToonSeum founder Joe Wos is attempting to establish a Guinness World Record for the largest hand-drawn maze. When completed the maze will measure over 4 feet high by 30 feet long. The fully solvable maze is filled with cartoon illustrations. From the press release: The inception for the project began a few years ago when […]
Satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo has published crude caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed which has many fearing they are throwing “oil on the fire” considering the protests and riots occurring right now around the world over a short film called “The Innocence of Muslims.” From Huffington Post: The prime minister said freedom of expression is […]
I need a bit of technical direction from those of you who are more experienced with streaming video. My dad’s funeral service is Sunday morning and many of his family and friends who live outside of the US have asked if there was a way to stream the service live. The abbot has no objections, […]
Yesterday I got that call that I knew would happen someday, but could never prepare for. My father had passed. Dad was always supportive of my passion for cartooning. When I was still in high school he became good friends with a zen master – Rev. Don Gilbert. Rev. Gilbert was as a magazine cartoonist […]
The Latern profiles Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle. He catches a lot of flack for daring to not be Republican in Texas. “There’s a lot of people here that cannot stand me, wondering why the newspaper has a staff cartoonist that’s out of step with Texas politics. It’s a lot […]
Isabella Bannerman, Monday’s artist for Six Chix, was awarded this year’s UCS Editorial Cartoon Contest sponsored by the Union of Concerned Scientists. This year’s theme was the role science should play in American democracy. Isabella’s winning cartoon featured below.