Posted on: December 31, 2023

Beginning January 1, 2024, The Lockhorns will be found on GoComics, not Comics Kingdom. As we reported Bunny has switched from King Features Syndicate to Andrews McMeel Syndication.

More best/favorite cartoons from U. S. editorial cartoonists and their newspapers. The New York Daily News has picked 20 of Bill Bramhall‘s cartoons from 2023. WhoWhatWhy pick half a score graphic opinions from Ted Rall. The Chattanooga Times Free Press presents a dozen 2023 commentaries from Clay Bennett. Politico gives us three dozen political cartoons […]

Dave Blazek, Paul Kirchner, Michael de Adder, Chris Britt, Leigh Rubin, Randall Enos, Jerry Craft, Dan Piraro, Dan McConnell, and a couple more are featured in some reports that due to a hectic holiday schedule, were undeservedly not featured here. So before this month and year is ushered out… The Wenatchee World reports local cartoonist […]

New Year’s cartoons are a mandatory piece each January 1, and Alfred Brewerton didn’t try for anything breakthrough with this 1924 greeting for readers of the Atlanta Journal. I suppose that might strike some people as lazy, but I prefer to see it as an example of restraint, while the amount of detail — achieved […]

A number of newspapers worldwide have gathered their favorite cartoons of the year. New Zealand: “Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson reflects on his favourite moments.” India: “12 best cartoons of the year by DTE cartoonist, Sorit Gupto.” Australia: “The best of: Fiona Katauskas cartoons 2023.” Australia: “best cartoons of 2023” by David Pope, Peter Broelman, and […]

A number of Canadian newspapers have gathered their favorite cartoons of the year. From The Toronto Star comes “The Best of Patrick Corrigan.” Also from The Toronto Star is “The Best of Theo Moudakis.” Even more Toronto Star in the form of “The Best of Michael De Adder.” The Saskatoon Star Phoenix features a few […]

A number of U. S. newspapers have gathered their favorite cartoons of the year. If these numbers continue we may have to do daily updates of the collections. Walt Handelsman and The New Orleans Times-Picayune/The Advocate went for 20 local cartoons. The Columbus Dispatch has a group of Cagle Cartoonists for their “Highlights of 2023.” […]

There’s a lot of Year-End and New Year’s material this weekend, most of it pretty much the same, so I went instead to Australia for Jess Harwood’s take on the changeover, which I heartily endorse. Not only are the most well-adjusted happy people I know dogs, but nearly everyone I know in three dimensions is […]

This first bit of folly may be yours. Kirk Walters offers a variation on a familiar end-of-December theme: The crush of Christmas bills that arrive in the new year. But unike Ramadan or Hannukah, Christmas doesn’t wander around the calendar and pop up at unexpected times. It’s always December 25 and New Year’s is always […]

Controversy is surrounding an Adam Zyglis cartoon. Buffalo, NY (WBEN) – Leadership in Buffalo’s Jewish community says it’s upset over Tuesday’s Buffalo News cartoon by Adam Zyglis. They say the cartoon is anti-Semitic rather than a critique of Israel. From WBEN: While neither Adam Zyglis nor The Buffalo News are speaking on the record about […]

Michael Cavna and David Betancourt, Washington Post pop culture reporters with an expertise about comics, have accepted buyouts from the newspaper. From Mike Rhode: Michael Cavna just confirmed to me that both he and David Betancourt are taking the Post buyout offer, and there will be no specialists on comics on the staff now. David […]

I’m trying to be more productive than the fellow in Matt’s cartoon, but there does seem to be a lot of letdown in the actual week we’re going through. I’m going to assume things will pick up along about the Eighth Day of Christmas. Which is Maids A-Milking and let’s hope we do better than […]

Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman have selected 103 pieces from their 26-year-old, award-winning strip Zits for Heritage Auctions’ sale on January 4. Zits has appeared in more than 1,700 newspapers worldwide since its introduction in July 1997. The offering consist of nearly 100 daily and Sunday strips and then a few specialty pieces. The strips […]

Antonio Prohias, Morrie Turner, Franklin Osborne Alexander, and Carl Fallberg. Paperback biographies from a book’s back cover. Book Jacket Bios has the images where they can be supersized and also adds more biographical information. Book Jacket Bios is an occasional blog about writers and artists. These biographies and other images come from an invaluable treasure […]

This could have been a short day for me, because Jen Sorensen has said everything I have on my mind. Instead, I’ll elaborate. One challenge in critiquing editorial cartoons gone wrong is trying to determine if the cartoonist is genuinely mistaken or deliberately lying, but I like to think that deliberate lies come from farther […]