(Note to new readers: On Friday, we skip politics and feature funny stuff from the past week.) The dumber the joke the more important the execution, and this silly Non Sequitur gag wouldn’t have knocked me out of my chair if Wiley hadn’t drawn such a wonderfully pissed off Bo Peep, who I’m sure had […]
Cartoonist Sandra Bell-Lundy is interviewed about her Between Friends comic strip, her greeting card line, cartooning and other topics. Or as Michelle Tompkins for Celebrity Cafe puts it: Sandra Bell-Lundy covers women, relationships, wine, chocolate, work, family, caffeine, friendships and more. Sandra Bell-Lundy writes about things that interest her. Her stories are funny, relevant, […]
Adam Zyglis‘s commentary isn’t perfect, but I like it a lot. He’s certainly right that the Trump administration is waging war not only on the environmental movement of the 1970s but that of Theodore Roosevelt at the turn of the last century. I’m less concerned with the proposed adjustments to the Endangered Species Act — […]
From The Times of Israel: A veteran Israeli cartoonist was cut loose on Tuesday from the magazine he worked at for nearly three decades over an illustration portraying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Likud lawmakers as pigs from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” Following the uproar, the Jerusalem Post announced it would no longer work with […]
upcoming – Talking Mort Walker: A Life in Comics by Jason Whiton Before creating Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois, and many other comic strips, Mort Walker was a child prodigy who sold to national magazines. Over his 80+ year career, Walker became the patron saint of cartooning by syndicating his work to millions of readers, founding the Museum […]
Charis Jackson Barrios has won the 2018 John Locher Memorial Award. The John Locher Memorial Award is a contest for aspiring cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates both clear opinions and strong artistry on political and social topics. Single panel, multi-panel, and animated editorial cartoons and comics [are] accepted. “Charis is producing well-crafted, smart, affecting […]
Over at The Washington Post site, Comic Riffs’ Michael Cavna writes on the growing influence of women at this year’s San Diego Comic Con Awards — The Eisners. From the story: “There was an energy in the room that kept growing with every victory for a woman, a person of color or a queer person,” […]
In the current Monty arc, he’s decided to be an author, complete with tweed jacket and pipe, and today’s not only cracked me up but resonated with an issue in children’s literature that I’ve been pondering. Inclusion matters. But you don’t gain another perspective by chatting with somebody, whether it’s bringing a woman’s perspective to […]
A series of public service ads created by King Features’ Barney Google and Snuffy Smith cartoonist John Rose won First Place in the Tennessee Press Association’s Ideas Contest for Best Use of Humor in an Ad. In late 2016, when portions of eastern Tennessee were hit with devastating wildfires, Rose was deeply affected…After seeing news […]
Great news last week – a couple of old favorites are returning to print. The Comics Journal and nemo: the classic comics library are two completely different takes on comics. I would say “bigger and better than ever” but The Comics Journal seems to be downsized a bit, even from its old magazine format. But […]
The North Shore News out of North Vancouver, B.C., has a fun story about Lynn Johnston’s work with a young art student. From the story: “But the trouble is it’s so much fun to just draw the characters because there’s a spirit in you that is the character,” says Johnston. “If you are drawing a […]
Per Variety, “LaCucaracha” and editorial cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz has been named the cultural consultant for Nickelodeon’s new animated series “Los Casagrandes.” The series is a spinoff of Nick’s “The Loud House” and follows the life of a 11-year-old boy with 10 sisters. Alcaraz had served in a similar role on Pixar’s Academy Award-winning “Coco.” @laloalcaraz […]
Erik Pederson at the San Gabriel Valley (Calif.) Tribune does a short profile of Korean-American cartoonist Dami Lee. Lee’s new book from Chronicle, “Be Everything at Once” hits the streets on August 7th. From the story: So are her parents wishing she had a more traditional career path that didn’t include cartooning? “Not really, because in […]
The Comics Reporter and Telesur are reporting that comic character Mafalda is being dragged into the abortion debate in her native Argentina. Mafalda cartoonist Quino has released a statement: “Images showing Mafalda wearing a blue scarf, which symbolizes opposition to the voluntary interruption of pregnancy law, are spreading. I don’t authorize it; it doesn’t represent my […]
There has been a boatload of editorial cartoons on Trump’s threat to start yet another unwinnable land war in Asia, but Matt Wuerker‘s raises the issue of whether it’s a classic blunder, an attempt to distract, or, perhaps, a blundering attempt to distract. Wuerker is going for (C) a blundering attempt to distract. (BTW, for those […]