Op-Ed Cartoonists Merit Pulitzer Consideration
Author/attorney, former journalist/publisher Dennis Shere: When the Pulitzer Prize committee announced the 2022 winners in early May, one category was…
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Shh – Pickles Now w/ Andrews McMeel Syndication
The turning of the calendar page saw Pickles by Brian Crane switch distributors. On June 30, 2022 (above) it was…
Speedy Zawistowski – RIP
Gag writer Speedy Zawistowski has passed away. Rollin William (Speedy) Zawistowski March 31, 1926 – June 26, 2022 From…
CSotD: Comic Relief on a Holiday Weekend
Wallace the Brave (AMS) and his buddies are off for the summer, and the last day of school provided an…
Cartoonists in the News
Cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq Honors The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the National Museum of Racing and Hall…
CSotD: Facts, logic and other irrelevancies
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but he’s not entitled to his own…
Locher Award Deadline Extended to July 15
The July 1st deadline for the Locher Award has been changed to July 15, 2022. The AAEC’s John Locher Memorial…
Neal Rubin on His Sporting Life with Gil Thorp
In 1996 Neal Rubin reported on the death of cartoonist Jack Berrill and the fate of Gil Thorp. Neal had…
Book Reviews and Book Revues
Despite their vast impact, the whole story of the underground comix movement has never been fully told in a coherent,…
CSotD: Ms. Conceptions
This piece by Barry Blitt has been all over social media lately, though he actually produced it May 14, after…
Comic Newspaper The Ladybroad Ledger Revived
“Vermont’s only free femme Alt Comics newspaper!” Each time Teppi Zuppo taught a workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies…
Henry Barajas – New Gil Thorp Writer
Tribune Content Agency has announced that Henry Barajas will be the new writer for the Gil Thorp comic strip beginning…
Senior Strippers – 2022 Edition
Around mid-year we update our Senior Strippers list with a birthday of a cartoonist around this time. However there are…
CSotD: What did we know, and when did we know it?
There are a ton of ketchup cartoons this morning, but Jack Ohman gets the prize not only for having this…
Simon Deitch – RIP
Underground cartoonist Simon Deitch has passed away. Simon Deitch May 12, 1947 – June 21, 2022 From The Comics…