Michael Maslin noted a new cartoonist in the April 4, 2022 issue of The New Yorker: Sixteen cartoons, seventeen cartoonists (Liana Finck has a “Sketchbook”). One duo that we know of (Pia Guerra and Ian Boothby. The Spill counts duos as one cartoonist), and one newbie: Gabrielle Drolet, the 8th new cartoonist added to the […]
A couple of recent Ron DeSantis cartoons have upset fans of the Florida governor. Earlier this week there was a complaint about Christopher Weyant. Regarding Christopher Weyant’s March 14 syndicated editorial cartoon of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis: It’s not enough that Post-Dispatch editorials and columns focus mostly on themes critical of Republicans associated with former […]
Doonesbury, to paraphrase Mike Peterson, is The Comic Strip of the Month. © G. B. Trudeau The last panel of the Sunday strip makes me sad. More paraphrasing… © North American Syndicate Karen Moy, in Mary Worth, almost quotes Charles Schulz. Peanuts from June 13, 1980: © Peanuts Worldwide After a week of […]
Between countless variations on Putin painting himself into a corner and even more versions of people slapping other people, political cartoonists seem determined to see if they can boost Sturgeon’s Law beyond 90 percent. However, there’s still some interesting and creative work out there. Overseas cartoonists, for instance, have been having a field day […]