By future Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers creator from late 1966 or early 1967, during the height of the Vietnam War, comes a comic of the times: “Everybody Seems To Be Going Over To Viet Nam,” a three page story by Gilbert Shelton and Tony Bell first seen in Wonder Wart-Hog #1 (Winter 1967). The story […]
Vermont’s alternative newspaper Seven Days has released its annual Cartoon Issue. This year’s special comic features includes efforts by Mary Ann Lickteig and Clover Ajamie, Hannah Feuer and Kristen Shull, Ken Picard and Dan Nott, Steve Goldstein and Ezra Veitch. Also articles about Vermont’s Center for Cartoon Studies heading to Ireland, Burlington’s Intervale Center installing […]
Matt Bors, editor and publisher of The Nib, sent a message this morning: Tomorrow is the final day of publishing for The Nib. We have a blowout planned with more comics than we have ever published in a single day. That seemed like the only proper way to do it. Thank you for reading our […]
The end of August will see the end of The Nib. But you can still give some love to The Nib cartoonists. Before The Nib closes down at the end of August, we are putting our sticker packs back on sale in the store one last time. We have a 5 pack featuring a Nib […]
Political Cartoons in an Age of Fake News TalkDec 1, 2022 – 5:30 pm The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hosts “a roundtable discussion by political cartoonists Eric J. Garcia, Keith Knight, and Ann Telnaes, moderated by Associate Professor in Graphic Design Stacey Robinson.” Getting Laughs While Speaking Truth to Power Letters to the […]
David G. Brown posted a photo gallery of the recent AAEC Convention. This morning the CXC Newsletter came with awards information and photos. Trina Robbins and Lee Marrs won the Transformative Work Award for their work as part of the Wimmen’s Comix collective from the 1970s to the 1990s, and for their careers […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though ordering through your local comic or independent book store is a good idea. We start with a set missed this past Summer. Rocky and Bullwinkle: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strip Collection – Volume 1 […]
What’s a carnival without a side show? Presenting Keith Knight, the Two-Headed Man! Midway Games. Can you pass up the quiz booth? (It’s an easy test.) The Amazing Vertical and Horizontal Newspaper Panel – another double feature! A 2008 sample how Wiley, the concept’s originator, draws the daily Non Sequitur panel. […]
Yes, Columbus is the place to be, but outside Ohio there is also news. © Nidhi Chanani; Peter Conrad; MariNaomi The San Francisco Examiner has partnered with Andrew Farago of the Cartoon Art Museum. Twice each month, The Examiner’s Comix Showcase will highlight the art and artists of the Bay Area, with an emphasis on […]
Update: The New York Times Obituary: One of Ms. Noomin’s most startling and moving pieces was a 1994 story called “Baby Talk: A Tale of 4 Miscarriages,” in which she wrote of her own miscarriages, of the ignominies and the cruelties she endured at the hands of medical professionals as she kept trying to conceive. […]
Underground/alternative cartoonist and editor Diane Noomin has passed away. Diane Noomin (née Diane Robin Rosenblatt) May 13, 1947 – September 1, 2022 The news of Diane’s passing is being shared on social media. From Charles Kochman on the afternoon of September 1: I am so sorry to share the news that Diane Noomin passed away […]
Al Williamson The auction last month of some of Al Williamson’s pre-Manning Star Wars comic strip proposal (we featured them on our Facebook page) prompted Diamond’s Scoop to re-present a Williamson profile from 22 years ago. Rip Kirby, of course, was not the end of Williamson’s newspaper work. In addition to a run on Secret […]
50 years ago, on July 15, 1972, Apex Novelties released Funny Aminals #1, an underground comix book with work by Robert Crumb, Justin Green, Shary Flenniken, Jay Lynch, Michael McMillan, Bill Griffith, and Jim Osborne. Oh, and a three page story by Art Spiegleman. Three pages that would evolve into a Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book. […]
We’ll narrow that Boston area to Malden. Keith Knight, a Malden native, infuses his work with humor, creativity and social activism. Knight went to high school in Malden, lived for a while in California’s Bay area (where the “Woke” series is based), later moved to Los Angeles and now lives with his wife and […]
Cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq Honors The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will highlight the career and accomplishments of the renowned cartoonist Pierre “Peb” Bellocq during a ceremony at Belmont Park on Saturday, July 9 as part of the Stars and Stripes Racing Festival. In […]