With no salaried editorial cartoonists in the state of Texas, the larger newspapers rely on freelancers for cartoons about local issues. John Branch is interviewed by the Houston Chronicle. Though most of the cartoons you see in the Opinion section come through national syndication, Houston-based cartoonist John Branch is a regular contributor on Sundays. Op-Ed […]
The Lawton (Oklahoma) Constitution adds Dustin to its lineup today. (I’m guessing to fill the space made by the retiring Pajama Diaries.) Dustin creators Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker talked to the paper about its new addition. When [Steve Kelley] approached his friend and fellow editorial cartoonist Jeff Parker about teaming up on a comic […]
Love Is… sticking around for 50 years. It was fifty years ago today that the Love Is… comic panel by Kim Grove debuted. above: first character drawing (1967); first Love Is… syndicated panel (January 5, 1970) The Love Is… website has a history of the evolution from postcard to syndication. Love Is… continues […]
I like Bob Moran’s presidential portrait, since so many people have been drawing parallels between the 1920s and the current set of 20s, but one major difference is that then we’d just concluded a horrific war and had a strong desire to avoid another. For all that can be said about Woodrow Wilson’s attitude towards […]