Car Toons: Auto Album by Tad Burness
A First and Last Entry Tad Burness was 30 and an aspiring cartoonist. According to Tad via Jalopnik: “In 1962,…
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CSotD: How smart is your room?
There’s such as thing as being “too smart for the room,” which generally signals a failure because the audience couldn’t…
Comic Art and Cartoonist News
Broom-Hilda by Russell Myers © Tribune Content Agency When The Far Side Went Too Far? According to a 2019…
Wash. Post Covers Lee Enterprises Comic Decision
Is this the beginning of the end for the daily printed comics page in many American towns and cities? Michael…
CSotD: Weekend Update
Jack Ohman (Counterpoint) notes the lack of conflict-of-interest rules for Congress, in light of a proposal by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)…
Salem Media Signs Todd Schowalter as Editoonist
Editor & Publisher reports: Long time cartoonist Todd Schowalter has been named the political cartoonist for Salem Media Group….
The Parade for Your Newspaper is Cancelled
Sunday newspapers around the country will contain less content after November 6, 2022. Parade Magazine will discontinue its print version…
Mary Kincaid – RIP
Cartoonist Mary Kincaid has passed away. Mary Elizabeth Kincaid (née Getz) June 4, 1923 – September 14, 2022 From…
CSotD: Explanations don’t matter
I love Jeff Danziger (Counterpoint)‘s dream of an attorney who would come explain the news to those who sit and…
Gus Arriola, Bill Watterson, Orrin Evans, and Cartoonyfellers (A Comic Chronicles Edition)
How Gus Arriola and Gordo Became Accidental Ambassadors of Mexican Culture When Arriola started his comic strip, words like ‘burrito’…
Summer’s Last Roundup
Some stray news items from the end of Summer 2022. The New Improved NCS Divisional Award Rich Powell compares his…
CSotD: Hold the Paranoia
Good thinking, Willie. I’m gonna throttle back a little myself. It’s not that there’s no news to analyze, but much…
It’s A Woke Conspiracy to Cancel Dilbert!
While a number of cartoonists are unhappy about the decision by Lee Enterprises to downsize their newspapers’ comics pages, the…
David Boyd – RIP
Editorial cartoonist and illustrator David Boyd has passed away. Robert David Boyd (Sr.) October 1938 – September 20, 2022 From…
CSotD: The Gotcha Game
Rob Rogers’ cartoon is a good starting place today, because it’s not dishonest, but it’s definitely over-simplified and feeds into…