The Overseas Press Club of America has announced their 81st annual award winners, and Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News wins The Best Cartoon Award. Cartoons THE BEST CARTOON AWARD Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs. Sponsor: Daimler Adam Zyglis The Buffalo News Judges: An impressive caricaturist, Zyglis is the […]
30 years ago, April 2, 1990, saw the debut of Pickles by Brian Crane. above: the first Pickles comic strip Since that beginning the strip has become very successful: Whether observing the differences between genders and generations or taking a wry but sympathetic look at life in the twilight years, Crane’s good-natured wit and dry […]
Comic book artist Hy Fleishman has passed away. Herman (Hy) Fleishman November 18, 1927 – April 1, 2020 comic book artist, restaurateur Sadly, one of our Senior Strippers has passed on. From the obituary: He attended City College of New York and the Cartoonist and Illustrators School of Art in Manhattan and became an […]
A juxtaposition, plus a disclaimer: (Matt Davies) (Mike Smith) The disclaimer: I can’t claim to be neutral in this. I’ve noted before that I had a son, a soon-to-be daughter-in-law and a granddaughter working in healthcare. The granddaughter walked off the job the other day because they would not provide her with adequate protection against […]