Gannett recorded a dismal second quarter financially, the company reported Thursday – important revenues sources down, costs up and a loss of $54 million on revenues of $749 million. Among the bad news: * Digital advertising fell below expectations * Both print circulation and print advertising were off * On the cost side, labor shortages […]
Cartoons Have been Grooming Kids for Decades The last 12 months has witnessed a bit of a frenzy surrounding kids’ entertainment, from bisexual Superman to the first gay dads in Sesame Street to a brief kiss from a lesbian couple in Pixar’s new animated feature Lightyear. In response, reactionaries are rehashing moral panics from previous […]
As the 100th anniversary of Charles Schulz‘s birth nears (November 26, 1922) salutes continue. 2022 also marks the 20th anniversary of The Charles M. Schulz Museum. Celebrate the Schulz Museum’s 20th anniversary with some of today’s top cartoonists! Come meet your favorite cartoonists while exploring all things cartooning with drawing games, live presentations, book signings, […]
Given that Kansas promotes itself as the “Land of Ahs” — with or without that apostrophe — it’s hardly surprising that cartoonists capitalized on the connection to Frank Baum’s book or, more accurately, the classic 1939 movie based on it, in discussing the vote to preserve reproductive rights there. Clay Jones invokes Glinda the […]