The 2021 National Newspaper Awards were announced May 6, 2022 in Toronto. Bruce MacKinnon of the Halifax Chronicle Herald, for the seventh time, won the National Newspaper Award for Editorial Cartooning for the year 2021. Michael de Adder (Halifax Chronicle Herald/Toronto Star) and Graeme MacKay (Hamilton Spectator) were named finalists. All the […]
For those wanting to know what all the hoopla surrounding the Hogan’s Alley magazine is about here’s your shot at getting a free sample of the best comic history magazine going without leaving home. From Hogan’s Alley: It’s Free Comic Book Day, and you know what that means! To take advantage of our offer, you […]
Cartoonist John Whitaker has passed away. John Earl Whitaker August 20, 1928 – May 4, 2022 From the obituary: John Whitaker, age 93, died peacefully Wednesday, 4th of May 2022 at Hearthside Senior Living in Collierville, TN attended by his daughter, Annette Cain and son, Mark. In 1951, he married Rose Rowan […]
Ninety-three-year-old Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and Village Voice veteran Jules Feiffer and his wife, JZ Holden, are listing their Shelter Island home for $1.2 million. Feiffer — who is also the illustrator of Gimme’s favorite childhood book, “The Phantom Tollbooth” — moved to Shelter Island full time in 2017. The charming, shingle-style traditional home at 5 Emerson Lane, built in 2016, […]
I’m sure Tony Carrillo drew today’s F-Minus (AMS) some time ago, but it sure couldn’t have dropped at a better time. For my part, three days of analyzing Alito leaves me eager to be uninformed for at least a little while, and, BTW, it’s Free Comic Book Day at your local comics shop, which ought to […]