If you’re near New York City in the month of November and December, be sure to head over to the Society of Illustrators and check out the exhibit of original New Yorker cartons collected by Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin who are also long-time New Yorker cartoonists. The exhibit runs October 29 through – December […]
The King Features Syndicate archivist profiles Phil Davis who was the artist behind Lee Falk’s Mandrake the Magician. When Lee Falk created MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN, he originally thought he might draw the feature as well as write it, but early on he realized his cartooning skills would not be equal to the task. Fortunately, he […]
Ben Zimmer, writing for Slate looks at the history of @#$%! and how it came to represent swear words in comics. In a 1964 article for the National Cartoonist Society, Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker coined the term grawlix, which, after a bit of evolution in its meaning, now refers to the string of typographical […]
Editorial cartoonist Jeremy Nell, who goes by the pen name Jerm, has joined eNCA – the largest television news network in South Africa and will be providing four cartoons a week. His first cartoon appeared Tuesday. Says Jeremy Nell, editorial cartoonist: “While print media dwindles, I am chuffed to be at the forefront of South […]