Peanuts and Charles Schulz Rarities
We start not with Peanuts but Sparky’s other comic It’s Only A Game. A dozen years ago Nat Gertler wrote…
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Bill Stott 1944-2024 – RIP
British cartoonist Bill Stott passed away on August 25. His career began as an art teacher in Liverpool. His cartooning career started…
CSotD: Soiling the Nest
Michael Ramirez (Creators) offered a curious take on CNN’s candidate interview. It appeared the morning after, but that likely means…
Interviewed: Bob Moran on life as a controversial cartoonist
The UK Column has posted a 90-minute video interview with Bob Moran, former political cartoonist for the Daily Telegraph. Bob is…
Comic Strip News and News-Like Notes
Ruben Bolling, Georgia Dunn, Keith Knight, and dozens of more cartoonists; plus Dogs of C-Kennel, Lola, Shifts, Crabgrass, and the…
CSotD: Our Siloed Society
Sometimes the view from a distance is clearer. David Rowe, watching the latest scandalous behavior from Dear Leader and his…
Galway Cartoon Festival announces line-up
The Galway Cartoon Festival has announced their line-up for this year’s event. The annual festival in Galway Ireland will feature…
Cartoonist Profile: Keith Van Douglas
Douglas is an artist and political cartoonist from New Orleans who has lived in Baton Rouge for 24 years. He’s…
CSotD: Comic Sands & Other Delights
Ben (MWAM) raises the issue of comic sands, albeit imperfectly. Assuming he dug holes deep enough so only the boys’…
Wayback Whensday – There and Back Again
But we’ll start with someone not so enamored of the golden oldies. A letter writer to The (Boulder, Colo.) Daily…
CSotD: A Cetacean Smile to Haunt Your Heart
Jack Ohman — Tribune Bill Bramhall I remember when a candidate would be mocked for something as simple as sticking…
Cartoonists of the Editorial Kind
The Neurodivergent Cartoonist. Gus Walz’ moment of joy at the Democratic National Convention struck a chord with millions of people…
Zapiro The Showerhead documentary gets “not suitable for younger audiences rating”
The South African Film and Publication Board gave The Showerhead documentary a “16 LNPSV” rating (suitable for over 16, containing…
Reuben Awards After-Party (Catching Up)
Michael de Adder won the Divisional Reuben for Editorial Cartooning: Thank you, National Cartoonist Society. First, sorry I wasn’t there…
CSotD: Comics I Don’t Understand
I borrowed today’s headline from an old website run by the late Bill Bickel in which he used to mock…