Chicago Bears to Launch ‘Monsters of the Midway’ ‘Comic Strip’
We thought this was worth breaking out from D.D. Degg’s earlier post. In comics’ news from the National Football League,…
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“Join or Die” Original Printing to Auction – update
“Join, or Die” is widely heralded as America’s first newspaper political cartoon. It was published in the May 9, 1754…
Monday Morning Quick Hits
Mutts Comic Con Tribute Title Panel Patrick McDonnell‘s annual Comic Con comic strip appeared yesterday. Some may have missed his…
Abrams ComicArts to Publish Brian Fies’ ‘A Fire Story’
Brian Fies has announced that Abrams ComicArts will publish a full-color graphic novel of his true-life account of the 2017…
Q&A with ‘Daddy Daze’s’ John Kovaleski
DC: John, your new comic with King Features, “Daddy Daze,” launched on June 17th. How did you come up with the…
Rob Rogers, Ann Telnaes, Pat Bagley and Scott Stantis Featured on WAMU Radio
NPR’s WAMU features an hour spot on editorial cartoonists. From the site: How will the industry continue to evolve amidst…
Daily Cartoonist Welcomes Mike Peterson’s ‘Comic Strip of the Day’
We’re tickled to welcome long-time newspaperman and comics’ journalist Mike Peterson to the Daily Cartoonist team. Mike has owned and…
CSotD Part MMMXC — A New Beginning
One of the bulwarks of Comic Strip of the Day has always been the personal take and today the Buckets…
Nick Anderson: “I’m An Opinion Journalist”
“I have gotten more liberal over time, due to circumstances,” [Nick] said. “And the country has gotten more conservative as…
GoComics ‘Short Shorts’ Animation Contest Starts Today (May 29) – updated
Bumped up as a reminder to all you animators out there. Only 6 days to get your short video animation…
2018 Eisner Award Winners
The Eisner Awards were presented Friday June20th at the San Diego Comic Con. Yes, they are mostly about comic books,…
Saul Steinberg – The Man and The Art
On the occasion of a new exhibition of Saul Steinberg’s drawings, Patterson Sims, the managing director of the Saul Steinberg…
Dana Simpson + Phoebe and Her Unicorn = Success
Alex Deuben interviews Dana Simpson. This spring saw the publication of a new collection of strips, Unicorn of Many Hats,…
The Incredible Mr. Fish
Shocking. Offensive. Truthful. These are all words that have been used to describe the work of controversial cartoonist Mr. Fish…
Quick Hits – July 19
First I need to add to that San Diego Comic Con list of the other day. I overlooked the Spotlight…