Being a Duke’s Mixture of various comics and cartoon items. Alison Bechdel – Fun Home/Packed House Bechdel, who is releasing a new graphic novel, “Spent,” this spring, first came to prominence in the 1980s with her comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For.” Running until 2008, it charted the daily lives, love lives and political […]
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 […]
Featuring Greg and Karen Evans, Jamar Nicholas, Jeff Weigel, Dan Thompson, G. B. Trudeau, Peter Arno, and Charles Schulz. NCS Open House Meet-n-Greet and Member Spotlight On the other side of this weekend: Come mingle with current NCS members and others interested in the professional world of cartooning. Open to professionals interested in the NCS–please […]
Tuesday night saw the New York premiere of Laura Nix’s Democracy Under Siege, episode six of Draw For Change, featuring editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes. Acclaimed editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes (Washington Post) offers a razor sharp critique of political hypocrisy as top American political commentators confront viewers with urgent questions about the future of American governance. […]
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 […]
The National Cartoonists Society officially (it has been an open secret since last year’s gathering) announces the the time and place for 2025’s Reuben Awards and NCS Conference. The NCS Board is thrilled to announce that the 2025 NCS Conference and 79th Annual Reuben Awards will be held AUGUST 14-16th in BOSTON, MA. We have […]
Billy Ireland’s New Yorker Centennial Celebration! New Yorker Centennial Celebration! Join us on Saturday, March 1 for a special program celebrating the centennial of The New Yorker magazine and a reception for our new exhibit, See Anyone You Know? The New Yorker Cartoons and Covers of Edward Koren. This event is FREE and open to the public. No […]
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 some news items from the past week featuring Clay Jones, Max Gustafson, Guy Badeaux (Bado), Brigitta Blair, Mark Parisi, Dave Blazek, Wayno, Peter Bagge, Julio Salgado, and more. We added this Clay Jones cartoon and Substack link as an update to the Lee Judge/Latrobe Bulletin item so some may have […]
From The Adirondack Daily Enterprise: SARANAC LAKE — “Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau’s button and poster designs for the 2025 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival have been revealed and are now on sale at numerous places around town. The buttons and posters were created along this year’s Carnival theme, “Music Legends” and feature members of his comic […]
Featuring Bianca Xunise, Chip Beck, Alan Hardman, Eli Valley, Patrick McDonnell, Herblock, Larry Todd, Matt Wuerker, Ann Telnaes, Michael Ramirez, Pedro Molina, Vladimir Kazanevsky and Rachita Taneja. Bianca Xunise is the Ignatz Award-winning author of comics including GothThrob, Imaginary Boyfriends, Keep Out, and Say Her Name. She is one of the authors of the daily […]
There was a big cartooning event in Washington DC today I knew nothing about until it was over. The Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship at Syracuse University held an event featuring editorial cartoonists Matt Wuerker, editorial cartoonist and illustrator, POLITICO; Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist, The Washington Post; Michael Ramirez, editorial cartoonist, Las Vegas Review-Journal; […]
A Calvin and Hobbes Happy Meal? A Smithsonian History of MAD. Professor Alison Bechdel! Peanuts Library Cards. The CXC Festival. And a Calvin And Hobbes Reading Guide. A Calvin and Hobbes Happy Meal? Cartoonist Jim Engel has rediscovered a late 1980s proposal of his for a McDonalds Happy Meal set of toys featuring Bill Watterson’s […]
The Baldo comic strip, co-created by Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos, is recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month by featuring Latino guest artists for the strip’s five Sunday comics being published between September 15 and October 15. “There are tons of creative, talented artists who never get a chance to be a part of the funny pages,” […]
Ruben Bolling, Georgia Dunn, Keith Knight, and dozens of more cartoonists; plus Dogs of C-Kennel, Lola, Shifts, Crabgrass, and the missing Vintage Apartment 3-G. Ruben Bolling, who has drawn and written his intricate, incisive, shape-shifting weekly cartoon “Tom the Dancing Bug” for more than three decades, works best under the pressure of a deadline. “Years […]