Billy Ireland Museum Looking for Help to Identify Anime Cels
Caitlin McGurk over at Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum is asking for help to identify the source…
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Washington Post Looking for Art Created During Pandemic
From the piece: “A lot of bad art is going to come out of this nightmare — including my own…
CSotD: A Pause In Our Usual Schedule
(We’ll do Friday Funnies on Saturday this week) (Scott Clissold) On this anniversary, we are engaged in a new struggle…
Mary Von Egidy – RIP
Artist Mary Von Egidy has passed away. Mary Frances (Mae) Von Egidy (née: Boyd) March 9, 1921 – April 22,…
Andrews McMeel Comics Editor Shena Wolf Featured on ‘The Drawl’ Podcast
Comic book writer and artist Jason LaTour features Andrews McMeel Syndication’s Shena Wolf on the latest episode of his podcast…
For Red and Rover It Was 20 Years Ago Today
Talk about living in the past. The Red and Rover comic strip by Brian Basset began May 7 twenty years…
Maria Scrivan Hits NYT Best-Seller List with Her YA Book Debut
“Half Full” cartoonist Maria Scrivan’s debut YA novel has hit the New York Times best-seller list. “Nat Enough” (Graphix/Scholastic) breaks into…
Should Comic Strips Mirror Reality?
[O]n the funny pages of America’s newspapers … artists (and readers) wrestle with whether the comics should be an escape…
CSotD: Response Team
So, since yesterday’s post, Dear Leader has changed directions, and the Task Force will no longer be disbanded at the…
The Bizarre History of Garfield
Garfield is a cultural institution at this point, enjoying a level of fame for a comic strip character previously bestowed…
CSotD: Being closed, and being open
Jeff Koterba sets the mood today as America sorta kinda opens up again, maybe. This Patrick Chappatte cartoon was…
May 5th is National Cartoonist Day
On May 5, 1895 the first color Hogan’s Alley appeared in The Sunday New York World. May 5th is now…
CSotD: What’s your point?
Instead of pontificating for 1,000 words and ending with a video, I’m going to start with the video and then…
Barry Blitt Wins 2020 Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer
Barry Blitt of The New Yorker is the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning. Editorial Cartooning Barry Blitt, contributor,…
Five Amazing Years with Joe Wos
Joe Wos, he of Mazetoons, was profiled in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sunday as Joe celebrates five years of his syndicated…