Renewing Memories – Cartoonist Chronicles210204
There has been a persistent myth that Napoleon was a short man, when in fact he was 5 feet 7…
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Dick Wright Joins The Cagle Gang
Last year Dick Wright returned to editorial cartooning after a 15 year break.Now he has got a much wider audience…
Rewriting History: R. L. Crabb and Alley Oop
In 1939 V. T Hamlin brought Neanderthal Man into the Present. Now cartoonist R. L. Crabb is rescripting some of…
CSotD: Sure, we fired on Fort Sumter. So what?
There’s a line to be drawn somewhere between political commentary and personal ridicule, and I think that, if Kirk Walters…
“Humor Me” by Gary Varvel Debuts Saturday
Gary Varvel and Creators Syndicate are offering a new feature beginning February 6, 2021. Humor Me is a caption contest…
New Knight Nomination and Neighborhood
Cartoonist (and now multimedia creator) Keith Knight has been nominated! The complete list of NAACP Image Award nominees. In…
Politicians and Political Cartoons Too
Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has his hands full on both coasts. His Washington D.C. troubles are lead stories on national…
Politicians and Political Cartoons
A Dennis Draughon editorial cartoon is taking some heat. From the right-of-center The Hill: North Carolina’s first Black lieutenant governor held a…
This ‘n’ That Post Groundhog Day
Which of The Usual Gang of Idiots Do You Most Admire? That’s almost impossible to answer … Mort Drucker was…
CSotD: Traces of smoke and scat
I’ll be sending you off to some good stuff today, but let’s lead with a cartoon I absolutely cannot understand….
Nick Anderson is Back with Counterpoint and more
Seated at his desk at The Houston Chronicle in July 2017, Nick Anderson was neck-deep in research, searching for the…
Editor and Publisher Archives 1901 – 2015
Editor & Publisher’s roots began in 1884 when The Journalist was first published to serve the U.S. newspaper industry. The…
CSotD: Who knows and who cares?
I’m going to let John Branch (KFS) stand in for a lot less honest, or less accurate, commentators, because his…
Black (Comics) History Month
There is a growing and welcome sub-genre of comics history that deals with African American cartoonists and the work they…
Happy 90th Bill Owens – King of Trivia
Famed radio and tv announcer Bill Owens was born February 1, 1931. Wikipedia profiles Bill and his career…