With Barbara Shermund, Edward Gorey, Stan Mack, Dan Tyree, and courtroom sketch artists Art Lien, Cedric Hohnstadt, and Christine Cornell. The Trailblazing Cartoon Art of Barbara Shermund We began today watching Jane Pauley and CBS Sunday Morning and a segment about a cartoonist: Artist Barbara Shermund (1899- 1978) was one of the first women cartoonists […]
Yeah, your potrzebian correspondent is most of the way through “The MAD Files”, a book collecting essays from various sources about the famed satirical magazine. Which is how this post will be – collecting news items related to cartoonists and cartooning from veeblefetzers near and far. HooHah! How Tom Richmond joined The Usual Gang of […]
A few days ago we reported on Scott Adams making public his terminal prostate cancer condition. That was naturally big national news. Here are the Associated Press and United Press International reports. Closer to Adams’ home was the San Jose Mercury-News story of their local(ish) cartoonist’s announcement. Later it was revealed that President Trump called […]
Seems the cartoonists in the news these days are the ones making the rounds promoting their latest books, but that does offer us a chance to read interviews and profiles of those cartoonists. And unlike some book lists you may have read the books listed here are all real. Peter Kuper Insectopolis: A Natural History […]
“Draw Off” with Phil Hands May 20th and with Adam Zyglis May 22nd, both featuring D. J. Coffman. Via GlobalNewswire: DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lee Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: LEE), a leading provider of trusted local news, today announced the company is hosting a “Draw Off” event series that will pair The […]
Jigsaw puzzle creator and cartoonist Mike Jupp has told his employer for the past 25 years “to shove it” when they made, in his view, unreasonable demands that he change his jigsaw creations to make them less offensive after they had already passed editorial muster and been produced. Lettice Bromovsky reports for the Daily Mail. […]
Spring finds our two young cartooning women, Ann Telnaes and Liza Donnelly, enjoying the European countryside as they travel to their joint exhibition at the Maison de Dessin de Presse, Morges which runs through May 2025. Here we join them in Switzerland as they walk through the exhibit. A pdf guide to the exhibit. The […]
May we introduce to you some acts you’ve known for all these years: Steve Brodner, Jack Ohman, Lynda Barry, Paige Braddock, Roz Chast, Harry Bliss; and new cartoonists to the show: Gabrielle Drolet, Edith Zimmerman. The Art of the Craft and the Craft in the Art Steve Brodner and Jack Ohman discuss the art of […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) has announced the finalists for the twelve 2024 Silver Reubens. All eligible entries in each division were reviewed by multiple NCS chapter juries to determine the top nominees. Please note: the Art for Animated Media division was suspended for 2024 due to an insufficient number of qualified entries. And the […]
So yesterday was National Cartoonists Day chosen to be celebrated on May 5 because … Daily Kos for May 5, 2025: May 5 was chosen because it was the first publication of the comic-strip character called The Yellow Kid. No, and that is not what the Wiki page Daily Kos linked to says. Here is […]
Today is National Cartoonist Day and Jonathan Lemon has a nice lineup of cameos. He’s not the first to feature guest stars on May 5 but he’s done a particularly nice job of drawing them. Lalo Alcaraz managed to combine Cinco de Mayo and National Cartoonist Day. I get a sense that a number of […]
It’s Free Comic Book Day, A History of American Comics in 6 Panels, Tex Avery creates Bugs Bunny, Colleen Doran has advice for youngsters entering the cartooning world, and Michael Cavna talks to cartoonists about Pope Francis obituary cartoons. A quick reminder that it is Free Comic book Day. Visit your Local Comic Book Shop. […]
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is celebrating its 250th anniversary this July and for the Sestercentennial will be issuing stamps commemorating the occasion: WASHINGTON — On July 26, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established a postal system for the United Colonies and appointed Benjamin Franklin as the first postmaster general. The U.S. Postal Service […]
Two weeks ago we discovered The Cartoon Factory Ltd. a small syndicate servicing weekly and bi-weekly newspapers that distributed comic strips and panels from July 5, 1981 to March 28, 1982. The full roster of The Cartoon Factory could be run on one page. The cartoonists and comic titles remained the same throughout the syndicates […]
Jim Keefe remembers Jay Kennedy; Jay Kinney recalls his underground comix days; Rick Marschall presents W. C. Fields, cartoonist; Allan Holtz present W. C. Fields the comic strip; Brian Walker of The Cartooning Walker Family profiled; and the Art Spiegelman documentary; and Randy Milholland honors Hy Eisman in today’s Popeye. Jay Kennedy I first met […]