Following Jack Davis and Sam Glanzman we have the centennial anniversary of Fran Matera. Unlike the other two Fran spent most of his comic career on the newspaper pages drawing a number of comic strips from 1946 to 2004. Beginning with comic books in 1941 WWII interrupted his career. Returning to civilian life in 1946 […]
The Indian Institute of Cartoonists is celebrating its 200th cartoon exhibit as well as the release of the third edition of their flagship publication “CartoonistsIndia Annual 2024.” The exhibit will feature the work of cartoonist M.S. Ramakrishna whose work was published in “Shankar’s Weekly“, “Caravan“, and “Woman’s Era“. According to Kashmir Images, “CartoonistsIndia Annual 2024” […]
We’ll start at the beginning, with Dick Wright digging into the History Bag for a traditional metaphor in support of Dear Leader’s lies about immigrants. Certainly you’ve seen similar cartoons, this one coming from a Viennese newspaper in 1938, celebrating Germany getting rid of its rats with a “Germany for Germans” policy, while other, more […]