Right Wing, Russia Media Assail Fitzsimmons Toon
If you thought the pearl clutching over last month’s David Fitzsimmons cartoon being used in a classroom setting was over,…
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Hey Kids! Comics! A Bountiful Harvest
hat tip to Adrienne Hedger for the above book comic Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for…
CSotD: Tuesday Titterings
The world is full of serious issues, but I’m in a Big Nate mood: Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight. Starting with…
The Soft Shoe Shuffle (Brookins to Lansing)
September 14, 2020 saw Ben Lansing begin signing the daily Shoe comic strip. The change in art is negligible. As…
CSotD: Fools and Grifters
A lot of stuff to catch up on today, but I can’t hold back on this Arlo & Janis lest…
Sunday Funnies:A Hit Before Your Mother Was Born
We’ll start this edition of Sunday Funnies with some strips that have been around a while. Brenda Starr arrives as…
CSotD: In praise of silly stuff
We’ll lead off with the National Cartoonists Society winners from yesterday’s virtual convention, which, by the way, was a really…
LYNDA BARRY Wins THE REUBEN AWARD as 2019 CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR
Not meaning to downplay the efforts of the other National Cartoonists Society deserving nominees for Cartoonist of the Year, but…
2020 NCSFest Archived on Youtube
Watch all nine hours of the 2020 NCSFest and Reuben Awards as presented on September 12, 2020 at your convenience…
74th Annual Reuben Awards – Divisional Winners
Nominees and Winners for the Divisional Reuben Awards for work in 2019. EDITORIAL CARTOONING winner: MAGAZINE/NEWSPAPER…
Uncle Lumpy Critiques the Funny Pages
When the Comics Curmudgeon Josh Fruhlinger takes a vacation, Uncle Lumpy spells him as the comics’ caustic commentator. Yet, Lumpy…
Comic Strips, Newspapers, and Pagination
From a concerned reader of the Winston-Salem Journal: Q: What happened to the Nancy and Curtis comic strips on the…
CSotD: Government without newspapers
A lot of cartoonists are posting their original 9/11 cartoons this week. Here’s what I was doing then. It…
NPR Reviews Keith Knight’s ‘Woke’
There’s been a lot of good press surrounding cartoonist Keith Knight’s new Hulu comedy show “Woke.” It debuted on September…
Pultizer Cartoon Expanded Into Graphic Novel
The 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winner for editorial cartooning, Welcome to the New World by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, is now…