Following Saturday’s mention of the time Boss Tweed was arrested in Spain with the aid of a Thomas Nast cartoon acting as a mug shot, Friend of the Blog Ann Telnaes retrieved the cartoon with which Spanish authorities identified the prison escapee and posted it on-line. I knew the story, but the Harper’s clipping offered […]
Adding to the TDC notice of Chris Browne‘s passing with his home papers’ obituaries for the cartoonist. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader is what seems to be the funeral home announcement: Chris Browne, illustrator of the internationally-syndicated comic strip Hagar the Horrible, died here on February 4, 2023, after a long illness. He was […]
Liz Montague, Henry Barajas, Robb Armstrong, Lawton Wood, Fleischer Studios Liz Montague‘s “graphic memoir” Maybe An Artist gets reviewed by Brandeis University’s the Justice: In her brilliant, hilarious graphic memoir, Montague validates every experience I have had, from being a young Black girl to growing into a young Black woman, and particularly one who is […]
Ann Telnaes sums up the Dominion Voting Systems v Fox News case in a single graphic: They knew the truth but chose to lie. And before we go any farther, her collection of Fox personalities reminds me that, when Boss Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain, US authorities — unable in those days […]