Silver Strips Among the Gold
Nancy, Li’l Abner, Ziggy, Crankshaft, Barney Google, Mallard Fillmore, The Shadow, Pearls Before Swine, Working Cats, Rosebuds, Goomer, Suburban Fairy…
August 2024
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Man Overboard is Back – Heaven Help Us
Man Martin, author and cartoonist, has made a name for himself as one of the great illustrators of the human…
CSotD: The Incredible Shrinking Candidate
Elon Musk provides a starting point today, though perhaps not the one he intended. Ben Jennings had accurately predicted the…
App Store Cuts Into Creator Patreon Pay
From Dean Simons at The Comics Beat: Apple has caused consternation in the creative space as it requires Patreon –…
Stand With Animation
The Animation Guild (TAG) starts negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) today (August 12). As…
“Freedom to draw political cartoons has been restored in Bangladesh”
Yesterday on Facebook, Tarique Rahman, Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP, announced that freedom of political expression has been restored…
Zapiro documentary, “The Showerhead”, debuts
A documentary on the career and influence of South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, AKA Zapiro, debuted at the Durban International…
CSotD: Facts, Fallacies and Folklore
John Auchter repeats the concept that the machines are listening to us, which I continue to insist is a myth….
John McPherson Works Close To Home
Here’s some great news for all Close to Home fans. John McPherson’s latest book, The Close To Home 30th Anniversary…
The Weekend Color Comics Supplement
Dick Tracy travels to South America for a two week Minit Mysteries installment. And who better to illustrate the detective’s…
Mohammad Sabaaneh wins EWK Prize
This year’s EWK Prize goes to Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh who draws for the Middle East Monitor (MEMO). As this…
CSotD: Post-Games Wrapup
The Paris Olympics end tonight, which means cartoonists won’t be able to crank out “Daily Things As If They Were…
Through the Past Cartoonly
Harold and the Purple Crayon, 1960s Popeye cartoons, 1972 Sergio Aragonés poster, Little Orphan Annie and Harold Gray, 2024 San…
33 Dutch cartoonists join campaign to protest VAT increase on newspapers, magazines
Members of the Press and Print Foundation (Stichting Pers & Prent), a Dutch cartooning organization supporting political artists and free…
2024 Homer Davenport Cartoon Contest – Heidie Ambrose Judged Grand Prize Winner
The Silverton, Oregon Homer Days are over, as is their 2024 Davenport International Cartoon Contest. The Homer C. Davenport cartoon…