Together Again For the First Time
Michael de Adder, who recently signed to contribute three editorial cartoons a week to The Washington Post, had his first…
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2020 NCS Divisional Reuben Nominees (part one)
The National Cartoonists Society has released the nominees for five 2020 Reuben Divisional Award categories that need members to vote…
CSotD: Just Shoot Me
Matt Davies (AMS) decries the difficulty of getting on the list for vaccination, and it’s an even better metaphor if…
Signe Wilkinson & Jonathan Zimmerman – Event
Thursday, April 1, 20217:30 PM – 8:30 PM EDT4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PDT Author/scholar Jonathan Zimmerman and illustrator/cartoonist Signe…
CSotD: Canal Crisis is over, back on your heads
The ship is unstuck and we’ve got to get back to other topics and other tropes. Mike Luckovich (AJC) noted…
2020 NCS Reuben Award Nominees Announced
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominees for their Cartoonist of the Year Award for 2020; the award is…
Sunday and Monday Funnies
Wimpy is not the only thing that shrunk The Sunday Popeye on Comics Kingdom is down to two tiers for…
CSotD: Same Ship, Different Metaphor
That cargo ship wedged in the Suez Canal may be a disaster for international trade, but it’s been a…
Jerry Lazare – RIP
Artist and illustrator Gerald Lazare has passed away. Gerald John (Jerry) Lazare September 25, 1927 – March 23, 2021 painter,…
Opinionated Cartoonists of the Editorial Kind
New Award Contest from The National Society for Newspaper Columnists The NSNC has added new categories for their contest this…
CSotD: Looking back 100 years (personal privilege)
I’m rising to a point of personal privilege today, because my father was born March 28, 1921, in Ironwood, Michigan,…
Rod McKie – RIP
Magazine cartoonist Rod McKie has passed away. Roderick (Rod) McKieNovember 28, 195?/196? – March 26(?), 2021 From the…
Weekend Whatnots
Ginger Meggs Punchline Contest Above is the opening panel to the page Jimmy Bancks was working on when he died…
CSotD: Saturday leftovers
This Pearls Before Swine (AMS) starts us off with something silly. But silly isn’t stupid. After all, Isaac Asimov wrote…
NCS’ 75th Annual Reuben Awards Taking Shape II
The other day we mentioned this year’s Reuben Award weekend: [T]his year’s 75th Annual festivities are still being finalized. When…