Don Madden – RIP
Playboy cartoonist and children’s book illustrator Don Madden has passed away. Donald Lewis (Don) Madden October 14 (24?), 1927 –…
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From Comic Strip Gutters To Children’s Book Awards: The Norm Fueti Interview
From Interviewer William Schwartz: From 2006 to 2020, Norm Feuti wrote and drew Retail, a syndicated strip surprisingly low on…
Mike Thaler – RIP
Children’s author-illustrator Mike Thaler has passed away. Michael Charles (Mike) Thaler October 8, 1936 – March 23, 2024 From the…
Sage Stossel – On The Loose
Sage Stossel is an award winning editorial cartoonist for The Boston Globe and other publications and is an award worthy…
William Joyce and Dahlov Ipcar Receive 2023 SoI Original Art Lifetime Achievement Awards
The Society of Illustrators announced William Joyce and Dahlov Ipcar winners of Lifetime Achievement Awards. The Lifetime Achievement Awards were…
CSotD: Threads and Needles
(Adam Sacks) (Joy of Tech) So I got on Threads (comicstripoftheday) and yet, unlike Scrooge, my life has not been…
Another Quentin Blake Honor = Senior Stripper
Famed British illustrator Sir Quentin Blake has many honors – as detailed in his entry at the Lambiek Comiclopedia: Throughout…
Hey Kids! Comics! Books From Last Month and This
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
Cartoonist Profiles: Christopher Weyant
When Christopher Weyant ’89 studied at Gettysburg College, he did not anticipate that he would end up publishing cartoons in…
Hey Kids! Comics! October BOOooks
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for October 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
Hey Kids! Comics! An Autumn Overload!
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2022 release. Images and links (mostly) via Amazon, though…
Chinese Cartoonists’ Indecent Illustrations
The government of People’s Republic of China has disciplined those it deems responsible for “tragically ugly” illustrations that appeared in…
Jean-Jacques Sempé – RIP
French cartoonist and New Yorker cover artist Jean-Jacques Sempé has passed away. Jean-Jacques Sempé August 17, 1932 – August…
Raymond Briggs – RIP
Author-illustrator-cartoonist Raymond Briggs has passed away. Raymond Redvers Briggs January 18, 1934 – August 9, 2022 “iconoclastic national treasure” From…
SDCC 2022 Eisner Award Winners
The Eisner Awards were handed out Friday night at the San Diego Comic Con. Below are a select few with…