Clay Jones informed fans and supporters last night that his CNN engagement has come to an end: … One of the assistant editors, Jane, informed me last Friday (July 12) that after five years, I no longer had a freelance gig with CNN. The editor of the opinion section, Rich, gave me a courtesy call […]
Eric Allie (Counterpoint) promotes “they,” the imaginary political scapegoat currently being used to exploit the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. It might have been a reasonable guess in the early going, but it’s increasingly obvious that there is no “they” and that Thomas Crook was no more a political operative than Lynnette Fromme. In fact, […]
Among the comic strips that became public domain this year was Tim Tyler’s Luck by Lyman Young. From Don Markstein: Tim Tyler’s Luck, the most famous comic strip created by cartoonist Lyman Young, was well established at King Features Syndicate by the time his brother, Chic, also a cartoonist, got his own prominent King Features […]
A couple years ago GoComics noted that Clay Jones had a five year run of posting an editorial cartoon on that site every day. An incredible record. A couple months ago The Daily Cartoonist noted that the streak continued, comparing it to Lou Gehrig’s and Cal Ripken’s streaks of consecutive games played. Well today marks […]
Scott Hilburn wins the Fortuitous Timing Award, though if he’d run today’s Argyle Sweater (AMS) 24 hours earlier, he might be up for a Pulitzer. Yes, it’s a different form of airline chaos, but given his lead time, I think he did pretty well. Besides, the types of chaos that ensued appear to have been […]
I think we already mentioned that Tim Rickard is celebrating 20 years since Brewster Rockit, Space Guy debuted. Also the The Comics Curmudgeon’s Josh Furshlugginer(sp?) began blogging that same July 20 years ago. So, moving on… Greg Cravens again impresses us with his white outline against a black background in The Buckets. Y’know how Miss […]
Thanks for coming, and don’t forget to tip your waitress. Okay, I’ve got more to say, but Tom the Dancing Bug certainly did a lot of the heavy lifting, and I’d note his inclusion of a “temperature lowerer,” which suggests that this is a post-assassination-attempt effort or at least that Bolling added an edit before […]
Hilary Campbell, Liza Donnelly, Philip Witte, Caroline Cash, Matt Groening Hilary Campbell Becomes a Contributor to Hometown Paper Known by most of the world as New Yorker Cartoonist Hilary Campbell, she is known to most of us as Sonoma Valley local, Hilary Campbell. Hilary visits frequently and considers Sonoma her second home. Because of this, and […]
Bob Eckstein is a prolific cartoonist, illustrator, best-selling author, and humorist who has been contributing to The New Yorker since 2007. He can put a hilarious spin on almost any serious social or political issue. But his latest book, Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums (Princeton […]
Australian cartoonist Warren Brown has produced my favorite attempted-assassination cartoon so far and I recognize that there’s something twisted about having a “favorite attempted-assassination cartoon.” But he’s right that, while the nicked ear is a calamity that gives Trump the chance to play victim and to divert attention from the ghastly proposals of Project 2025 […]
Southerners from the Society of Professional Journalists have announced the winners of The Green Eyeshade Awards. For the Editorial Cartooning JD Crowe of the Alabama Media Group took the #1 spot for his 2023 efforts. Founded in 1950, the Society of Professional Journalists’ Green Eyeshade is the nation’s oldest regional journalism contest. It highlights the […]
The world’s oldest cartooning organization, the Australian Cartoonists Association, celebrates 100 years of existence today. (Well, yesterday because, you know, Australia.) The Dictionary of Sydney gives us A Short History of the Black and White Artists’ Club by Lindsey Foyle: The Dictionary of Sydney also notes the various name changes of the organization through the […]
As everyone struggles to explain the young man who tried to shoot Trump, I thought of this Tom the Dancing Bug from 1999, when we were trying to figure out Columbine and everybody had a theory. We didn’t actually come to a conclusion, or, at least, not to one that solved the problem, though, as […]
GoComics has posted a notice toward the top of all the editorial cartoon pages (highlighted in orange) that, due to their outdated AI monitoring tools being unable to control the divisive commenting on their platform, for the remainder of this election year commenting will be disabled for political cartoons on their site. The notice: As […]
Over the weekend our newsletter platform stopped sending our Daily Digest. I have escalated the issue with their technical team for resolution. I do not have an ETA on the resolution. I am also looking at alternative vendors. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please continue to check for updates directly. — Alan