Cartoonist and psychic medium Charles A. Filius has passed away. Charles Arthur Filius January 24, 1961 – January 24, 2023 Notice was given by The National Cartoonists Society: The National Cartoonists Society lost a longtime member with the death of Charles A. Filius on Jan 24th. Charles passed unexpectedly following surgery on what was his […]
Cartoonist and restaurateur Michael Dougan has passed away. Michael Wayne Dougan July 18, 1958 – January 13, 2023 Michael contributed to alternative newspapers and comic books, as well as national magazines. Charles L. Cross writes of Michael for The Seattle Times: Michael Dougan, a noted Seattle illustrator and cartoonist, died Jan. 13 in Tono, Japan, […]
Cartoonist and illustrator Albert L. Schweitzer, Jr. has passed away. Albert L. (Al) Schweitzer, Jr. November 28, 1921 – January 30, 2023 Al Schweitzer spent decades as a St. Louis newspaper artist and cartoonist most with The Post-Dispatch. From the obituary: Mr. Schweitzer served in WWII in the USMC on the battleship South Dakota as […]
We’ll give dissident cartoonist Badiucao the lead off on this discussion of the Chinese balloon, in part because he’s earned it, and in part because his use of Winnie the Pooh and a formidable American eagle presaged the outcome of this foolishness. (h/t to Cathy Wilcox) We can forgive him the Disney red shirt, while, […]