CSotD: Abilities, disabilities, inabilities
(RJ Matson) (Nick Anderson) Matson and Anderson use two popular elements of Dear Leader’s West Point speech to note the…
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Hey Kids! Comics! For Dads and Grads
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for June 2020 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
Political Correctness Killing the Cartoon Star?
A rash of newspapers are being taken to task by their readers for printing cartoons that are objectionable to some….
After Publishing Controversial Cartoon Newspaper Suspends … Editorial Cartoons
On June 11 the Florence Morning News editor chose and published a controversial Gary McCoy editorial cartoon. After receiving negative…
Senior Strippers (2020 edition)
Happy Birthday Frank Thorne, born June 16, 1930! Stroud: You’ve done syndicated strip work on Perry Mason. How did that…
CSotD: Good research makes good cartooning
Steve Sack gets the lead-off today because he nailed the target amid a forest of lukewarm rainbows. It’s all well…
Pritchett, Bermudez Get Ed-Op Cartooning Gigs
John Pritchett and Arnie Bernudez are now doing political cartoons, both for digital platforms. In Hawai’i John Pritchett has returned,…
Jan Eliot Retires, Stone Soup Ends
Jan Eliot has announced the end of her Stone Soup comic strip: Dear gentle readers… For those of you who…
Al Jaffee Featured in The New York Times
The Gray Lady profiles the retiring Al Jaffee. From reporter George Gene Gustines‘ piece: The latest edition of the smart-alecky…
Wacom Sponsors Webinar Featuring Jason Chatfield and Ed Steckley
Coming up later this week, multidimensional cartoonists Ed Steckley and Jason Chatfield will be “webinar-ing” on the Internet at noon…
Newspaper That Introduced Ginger Meggs Drops Comic 17 Months Before Strip’s Centennial
The Sydney Sun-Herald has dropped the Ginger Meggs comic strip without notice. Steve Panozzo reports on the Ginger Meggs Facebook…
CSotD: They call it ‘Grouchy Monday’
Joy of Tech is pretty firmly on record as not respecting either Facebook or Twitter, but here they acknowledge not…
The Walker Family Creates a Beetle Bailey Strip
above (from left): Brian Walker, Mort Walker, Jerry Dumas, Neal Walker Filmmaker Dave Walker, grandson of Mort, made a short…
Rumors Are Running Rampant
Read the comments generated by today’s Stone Soup: And then go to the Stone Soup Facebook page: Gentle readers… how…
CSotD: Noncritical Errors, or Fun with Fiction
Having railed against inaccurate history the other day, let’s relax a bit and note humor that relies on either not…