NCS 2024 Reuben Weekend is August 22-24
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) has set their 2024 NCS Conference and Reuben Awards for August 22-24 (Thursday-Saturday) in San…
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Rule 1: Do Not Speak of Parking Hack. Cartoonist’s Hint Violated The Rule?
From the Jackson Hole News & Guide: This Lift Lines cartoon by Ryan Stolp ignited a firestorm on Instagram from…
Association of Canadian Cartoonists Stands By Serge Chapleau and Netanyahu Editoon
This past week La Presse put a Serge Chapleau cartoon on its website depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as…
Your Caption Here (or: All You Need To Know To Win* The New Yorker Cartoon Contest)
Caption contests are not new. They’ve been around since the late nineteenth century, and the newspapers and magazines that sponsored…
Another Comics Kingdom Update
Don’t know how many click on the “News” button in the Comics Kingdom banner running at the top of their…
Cartoon Depicts Netanyahu as Nosferatu, Newspaper Apologizes
Yesterday Montreal’s La Presse published an editorial cartoon by Serge Chapleau depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the title…
Twitter Bans Right Wing Cartoonist Reveal
The possible unmasking of an anonymous right wing cartoonist by Mike Peterson yesterday may get him suspended from X/Twitter if…
Steve Brodner Wins 2024 Herblock Prize Pedro Molina is Finalist
Steve Brodner has been named the 2024 Herblock Prize winner (with portfolio). On choosing Brodner the judges said: Brodner’s work…
2023 National Newspaper Award Finalists
The National Newspaper Awards have announced the finalists for works published in 2023. In the Editorial Cartooning category the finalists…
Paul Trap’s Milton Caniff Homage
Cartoonist Paul Trap paid tribute to Terry and the Pirates with Milton Caniff‘s Pat Ryan and The Dragon Lady making…
Holbrook On The Fastrack For 40 Years
March 19, 1984 saw a new comic strip by Bill Holbrook syndicated to newspapers across America. The characters of On…
Miss Cellany’s Monday Summaries
Chance Browne, Sacred Heart Academy comic strips, Dummy magazine, Michael de Adder lecture, and Public Transport Magazine The family/funeral home…
The Daily Cartoonist As News Reference
Forget The New York Times or CNN/Fox/MSNBC or Encyclopedia Britannica or Wikipedia The Daily Cartoonist just got got used as…
The Thoroughly Modern but “Traditionalist” Studio of Cartoonist Sandra Bell-Lundy
Between Friends cartoonist Sandra Bell-Lundy has created a Substack and the inaugural newsletter is a tour of her studio workplace…
Funny Pages Phasing Out Female Artists
Michael Cavna, for The Washington Post, covers the disappearance of women cartoonists from newspaper pages. Michael talks to Hilary Price,…