The successful launch of the the Herblock-designed Bill of Rights stamp in 1966 is detailed by Belmont Faries for the Society of Philatic Americans in the S.P.A. Journal V30 #3 of November 1967. The article describes the process of Herbert Block creating the dozens of designs and revisions. Mike Rhode at ComicsDC posts all nine […]
Greg and Karen Evans and Luann fans around the world are celebrating forty years of the comic strip. On Sunday March 17, 1985 a thirteen year old Luann began appearing on comics pages. Greg and Karen have a few celebratory items at their Luann Fan site. “How Luann Begann” is Greg telling how his dream […]
Walt Handelsman in New Orleans at Mardi Gras time, Hearst 2024 celebrates Hilary B. Price and Popeye, The New Yorker cartoonists party at the Centoonial, Tom Tomorrow accepts the Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award, and a passle of Smercomics by Rob Rogers, Steve Breen, Jack Ohman, and Scott Stantis. Some Favorite Walt Handelsman […]
EDWARD ST JOHN GOREY, a drawer of eccentric illustrations and a writer of peculiar stories, was born 100 years ago today on February 22, 1925. Unsurprisingly The Edward Gorey House is having a centennial congregate the evening of the 22nd which, unfortunately for most of us, is sold out. (I really want to see the […]
Here is a roundup of articles celebrating the 100th Anniversary of The New Yorker’s publishing debut. We at The Daily Cartoonist featured all the editorial drawings and cartoons from that first issue. Others delved into the history of the magazine. Origins Literate in tone, far-reaching in scope, and witty to its bones, The New Yorker […]
The first issue of The New Yorker was cover dated February 21, 1925. But as we all know periodicals are on the newsstands, and newsstands were prolific in 1925 unlike today, several days, sometimes even weeks, before the date printed on magazine covers. From Defining New Yorker Humor by Judith Yaross Lee: [T]he first issue […]
On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, the Jeopardy television game show featured “The New Yorker at 100” as an opening Jeopardy category, with The New Yorker editor David Remnick reading the answers. Here is a closer look at The New Yorker at 100 “answers: And here is David Remnick reading the answers via The New Yorkers […]
Charles Schulz was probably the most adored cartoonist ever and his Peanuts comic strip more loved than any other. Twenty-five years ago we lost both of them. Peanuts ending was front page news above the fold. Of newspapers not carrying the story on page one most that carried the strip at least had a notice […]
The New Yorker has published its 100th Anniversary Issue (scroll down at that link!). The Centennial Issue, dated February 17 & 24, 2025, comes with the original Rea Irvin cover and 5 variants. A highlight is Seth‘s four page illustrated appreciation of cartoonist Rea Irvin. Michael Maslin heralds the issue and notes other highlights: There […]
In two weeks, on February 13, it will be twenty-five years since the last new Peanuts comic strip appeared. Later this Fall, on October 2, everyone will be celebrating the debut of cartoonists’ cartoonist Charles M. Schulz‘s magnum opus seventy five years earlier. So these collections of Peanuts and Charles Schulz items may very well […]
About a month from now The New Yorker will be celebrating its centennial, the first issue cover dated February 21, 1925. Leading into that are anniversary festivities and observances already taking place. For example… The Society of Illustrators opened their Drawn From The New Yorker – A Centennial Celebration exhibit earlier this month and the […]
With Steve Breen, Georgia Dunn, Ralph Hulett, Hartley Lin, Jack Ohman, Rob Rogers, E. C. Segar, Scott Stantis, James Thurber, and more. SMERCOMICS raises 200K for Children’s Crisis Treatment Center From Michael Smerconish YouTube channel: Thank you to all who purchased Smercomics 2024. Last night I received copy No. 1, and handed over 100% of […]
Animator Dante Barbetta was born December 2, 1934 and so joins the Senior Strippers roll. “Friend Bob,” who Dante addresses in those above drawings, is Bob Coar who, for Cartoon Research, informs us of Dante’s long and varied career in animation in his Born to Animate – Dante Barbetta biographical entry to Coar-Toon Rehash. And […]
In today’s Barney Google and Snuffy Smith John Rose celebrates the 90th anniversary of Snuffy Smith. Snuffy and “Lowizie” Smith first appeared in the Barney Google comic strip on November 17, 1934, but Snuffy was mentioned a couple days earlier. Since Comics Kingdom’s archive of Barney Google and Snuffy Smith only goes back to 1936 […]
September 12, 1984: The first issue of The Santa Cruz Comic News is published. In a rare moment of clarity, founder Thom Zajac had come up with the idea of using only syndicated material — primarily editorial cartoons — to create the first newspaper of its kind, and it becomes an instant hit. Over the […]