Comic Strips & Books Both Foreign & Domestic
From 1962 is Virgil Partch, Chon Day, Johnny Hart, and more in V2#2 of The PRO (Cartoonist and Gagwriter…
November 2022
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It’s the Birthday Bunny
Ninety years ago, on November 12, 1932, Madeline Mezz was born. So today we celebrate her inauguration into The Daily…
CSotD: Strange Days Have Found Us
There’s no doubt but that Kieran Meehan inked this Pros & Cons (KFS) well before Election Day, but a look…
Heller Interview with Award Winning Ward Sutton
Political or editorial cartoons were once the primary source for visual political satire, humor and commentary. There are fewer outlets…
Turns Out Gary Larson Knew (The Far Side)
“[A] comic Larson once presented as a ridiculous sight is closer to reality than one might realize.” As detailed by…
CSotD: Election Response without surfboards
The woman in this Jeff Stahler cartoon has had a lovely dream, but that’s all it is. Aside from a…
Star Tribune Seeks Staff Editorial Cartoonist!!
In the Great News category is The Minneapolis Star Tribune looking to replace retired editorial cartoonist Steve Sack. When Steve…
Amy Lago Remembers Charles Schulz
Amy Lago was the UFS/United Media editor of Peanuts for the last 12 years of the…
Ferd’nand Makes U.S. Debut 75 Years Ago
Ferd’nand by Henning Dahl Mikkelsen (signing “Mik”) first appeared in Holland during the year 1937. Ten years later the pantomime…
CSotD: Looking below the lid
I find myself scooped once again by my associate, DD Degg, who covered this large collection of political cartoons, but…
One Hundred Eleven Years of Political Cartoons
Cartoons have long caught the public’s attention, capturing social or political sentiments and highlighting pressing issues. The nature of these…
First Wednesday After the First Tuesday After the First Monday of November (A Cartoonist Roundup)
The other day Mike Peterson featured “a well-crafted homage” cartoon by Daniel Boris in his column. An unfamiliar name to…
CSotD: Time to take a laughing eight-count
“Someone asked me…how I felt, and I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to…
Local Boy Makes Great (Cartoonist George Booth)
George grew up on a farm in Fairfax, on the north end of town, but his extraordinary artistic talent led…
Cartoonist Profiles: Christopher Weyant
When Christopher Weyant ’89 studied at Gettysburg College, he did not anticipate that he would end up publishing cartoons in…