Stuart Carlson Eulogy
As an editorial writer for a dozen years, I have to admit I often envied editorial cartoonists. No matter how…
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2022 Locher Award Submission Deadline Looms
Only one week to deadline. Are you a young cartoonist who draws commentary on social topics? Do you know a…
CSotD: Stepping Up To The Friday Funnies
Pros & Cons (KFS) comes as close to political as I plan to get today, in part because I’m finding…
See You in the Funny Papers – Exhibit & Etymology
“See You in the Funny Papers”: a phrase that began to grace the American lexicon around the 1920s and served…
Health News: Brians Basset & Duffy; Mike Shelton?
The Red and Rover comic strip has been in daily rerun status for a month, since May 23, 2022. Darryl…
130 Years Ago The First U.S. Newspaper Color Supplement Appears in The Chicago Inter Ocean
June 23, 1892: Comic strip historians credit H.H. Kohlsaat as the grandfather of the Sunday comic supplement. Though he was…
CSotD: Random Reactions
Ben Jennings starts us off because I simply like the way he offers a visual depiction of how inflation feels…
The Phantom & Judge Parker Guest Ghost Artists
Last week it was revealed that Bret Blevins is the guest artist spelling Mike Manley on The Phantom comic strip…
Crabgrass Sprouts in McClatchy Newspapers
On June 27, Bondia and his family will make an hour-and-a-half drive from their home in Hodgenville, Kentucky, to Lexington,…
CSotD: Buchanan on the Brazos
John Deering (Creators) offers a comparison of the Texas GOP’s bizarre party platform to the familiar final scene of Dr….
Two For Tuesday: Clifford Berryman & Arthur Szyk
Golf. It’s not just the game of kings but the preferred sport among American politicians. And it isn’t anything new….
CSotD: Solsticology
Arlo & Janis (AMS) has a tradition of Arlo waxing philosophical while Janis takes a more pragmatic view, and it…
Hunter, Goldberg, Bowman Win SPJ-DC Awards
The Washington, D.C. chapter of The Society of Professional Journalists announced the winners of their annual awards “for excellence in…
Chelsea News Profiles Cartoonist Ruben Bolling
Does the name Ken Foster[sic] mean anything to you? Okay, how about Ruben Bolling? Finally, how about Tom the Dancing…
Weekend Roundup Come On a Monday This Month
As a cartoonist, I’m always asked about my greatest influences. I have quite a few, but my earliest — like…