The St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed a letter today taking the newspaper to task for its lack of diversity on their comics pages: There is no denying it: Ours is a racist society. One of my plans is to advocate for change related to the Post-Dispatch comic pages. They are mighty white. There is not a […]
Phil Hands‘ treatment of Black activists has placed him in penile peril. *caution: adult language below* Editorial cartoonist Phil Hands, the Wisconsin State Journal‘s purveyor of meaningfully crooked fingers and Leprechaun Paul Ryans, stuck himself into the debate over abolishing the police with a June 5 cartoon. It suggests Madison non-profit Freedom Inc.’s demands for […]
Over at Geoff Grogan’s “Blockhead” podcast is a two-part podcast with “Stone Soup’s” Jan Eliot. Part One interview starts at the 17:15 mark. From the “Blockhead” site: Episode 42: This fall will mark 25 years in syndication for Jan Eliot’s warm and funny comic strip, “Stone Soup”, about two working-mom sisters living life and raising […]
Tom Tomorrow takes a crack at getting all the issues into one package. It’s a noble shot at moral accounting, adding up all the insults to logic and decency. But, at the same time, it’s also potentially a case of baffling the public with a storm of accusations: As a daily feature, Dan Perkins could have […]
Let’s start with a fast approaching deadline. Details at Locheraward.org From the AAEC: CARTOON CONTEST UPDATE: The deadline for the John Locher Award has been extended to July 15th, 2020. Due to cancellations of this year’s convention season, the winner will be invited to attend the next available conference. Click here for complete details: http://locheraward.org […]