CSotD: Ol’ Man Ribber and similar laffs
I’d sworn off cartoons based on Emma Lazarus, but Steve Artley took me by surprise with this “New Yorker in…
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Andy and Dahlia Marlette Take Home a Big Prize
Noe we know why Andy Marlette had gone missing for a few weeks. Congratulations to Andrew and Dahlonega on…
The Nexus of Comic Books and Comic Strips
By the 1980s I had pretty much given up on superhero comic books, preferring non-spandex adventure, western, detective, and…
Art Spiegelman Refers to Trump as “Orange Skull” – Marvel Comics Not Happy
For some reason, maybe the heavy Jewish influence on early comic books, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman was contracted to…
CSotD: Sunday Stuff
Let’s kick off the day with something silly, as Betty brings a needed word into being. It’s a little unfair…
CSotD: Come for the hate speech, stay for the laffs
Clay Jones gives the best response to the decision of Israel to follow Dear Leader’s suggestion, re-casting António Moreira’s cartoon…
Ed Hall Cartoon Not Welcome on Facebook
Ed Hall says For the 1st time on FB I’ve had a cartoon taken down because they said it violated…
CSotD: Friday Funnies – Broken arms, broken hearts
When Wallace the Brave and Spud set up their ridiculously rickety bike jump earlier, I said it reminded me of…
Three Rocks, The Ernie Bushmiller Story – A Sneak Peek at Bill Griffith’s Graphic Biography
Bill Giffith has a few obsessions in his life. There is his lifelong preoccupation with observing human beings and commenting…
CSotD Extra: Counterpoint Quickly Comes of Age
A good editorial cartoon should be provocative. Whether you lean left or right, you should be able to find something…
Hey Kids! Comics! Back to School Books
Here are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2019 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon (though…
Tariff-ic Books and Magazines
With one exception, to please his evangelical base (“America’s Christian publishers no longer have to render to Caesar an…
CSotD: Too Smart For The Room
John Branch provides a welcome alternative to the flood of Emma Lazarus re-writes currently flooding the editorial cartooning pool. I’m…
It’s a Dirty Job But Someone’s Gotta Do It – Memoirs of a National Cartoonists Society President
I was president of the NCS from June, 1999 to May, 2001, and I ran two “Reuben Awards” conventions. The…
Announcement? New Book? Appearing Somewhere?
If you’re a cartoonist and you have a new book coming out or you’re appearing at school, bookstore, con or…