Continuing the celebration of 30 years of the Pickles comic strip, Brian Crane‘s local newspaper interviews the cartoonist. It appears you still publish a piece every day, but do you create every day? For most of the past 30 years I have created new material every day. Lately I have slowed down a bit, slipping in […]
In the United Kingdom the Society of Editors has revealed the National Press Awards winners. Matt Pritchett of The Telegraph was named Cartoonist of the Year. The judges said that 2019 provided fertile ground in which his comic genius could flourish. His Lowry cartoon was simply superb. The winner of Cartoonist of the Year is […]
Remember when Donald Trump compared Pete Buttigieg to Alfred E. Neuman? Apparently a very small minority of people under 50 had a clue who Alfred was. Though it hasn’t stopped editorial cartoonists from using the “What, Me Worry?” kid: I was reminded of the earlier comparison when Seth Myers used a comic strip character in […]
There’s a fair amount of repurposed classic art going around paying tribute to the lockdown, some better than others. Many people have been riffing on Hopper’s Nighthawks, for instance, but it’s already a portrait of emptiness to begin with. You can only make his point more obvious. But while American Gothic has also had plenty […]