One of the feature panels at last weekend’s MoCCA Art Fest was Derf Backderf discussing researching his non-fiction graphic novel Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio. Research was the reigning topic of discussion during the talk. The Kent State shooting carries such an overwhelming amount of trauma, politics, culture, and activistic identity in its narrative that […]
Cartoonist Robert “Buck” Brown (1936 – 2007) will be inaugurated into the Illini Media Hall of Fame Class of 2022 this month at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Buck contributed cartoons to Dollars and Sense, The New Yorker Ebony, Ebony Jr., Jet, Esquire and others but is best remembered for his long run […]
The American Newspaper Publishers Association Convention in 1926 was naturally covered by Editor & Publisher. E&P previewed it in their April 17, 1926 edition. Included with that issue was a comic supplement which featured original comic strips by a number of syndicated cartoonists all concerning publishers, editors, and the convention. It is proper that it […]
An apt mood-setter from Pros & Cons (KFS): Whether we’re entering a new Dark Age or a new Golden Age depends on your point of view. Let’s start here: One of the more deadly, underhanded techniques of reporting is to quote someone accurately. Underhanded if you simply don’t like the person, in which case, even […]