2020 NCS Divisional Reuben Nominees (part one)
The National Cartoonists Society has released the nominees for five 2020 Reuben Divisional Award categories that need members to vote…
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Rod McKie – RIP
Magazine cartoonist Rod McKie has passed away. Roderick (Rod) McKieNovember 28, 195?/196? – March 26(?), 2021 From the…
Weekend Whatnots
Ginger Meggs Punchline Contest Above is the opening panel to the page Jimmy Bancks was working on when he died…
George Mandel – RIP
It is being reported that author and cartoonist George Mandel has passed away. George Mikali MandelFebruary 11, 1920 – February…
Mort Gerberg and The Big 9-0 (and 6-0)
Mort Gerberg is celebrating a 90th birthday, born March 11, 1931 (yeah, we’re a day late). Also this year he…
Johnny Sampson, The Last Idiot Standing?
Johnny Sampson began his comics career with a sideways tribute to Al Jaffee. In Tru-ly MAD-ly, the Chicago illustrator gets…
Magazine Cartoonist Profiles – A Chronicles Post
Magazine cartoonists Michael Maslin and Mike Lynch (with Dick Buchanan) have gone back to the days when magazine cartooning was…
Tom Richmond – A MADman Gives a Recent MAD Timeline and a Copyright Tutorial
Earlier this month Tom Richmond gave a timeline of MAD magazine’s past eight years – from New York-based original material…
Rhythms & Rhymes with Price & Piccolo
A Case For Pencils recently got Hilary Price and Rina Piccolo, famous for Rhymes With Orange and other cartooning assignments,…
Profiling – Cartoonist Chronicles210211
Antonio vs. Fidel and Spy vs. Spy But he was always careful that neither spy ever defeated the other because…
A Handful of Updates
Henry Martin A little drawing appeared around Reunions in 1983. It showed a smiling tiger strolling into Murray-Dodge Hall to…
In Praise of the Gagman
Cartoonist Jason Chatfield appreciates occasional collaborator Scott Dooley. In 2018, after 15 years of freelancing as a cartoonist and having…
Auctions: $3.9 Million for Original Tintin Comic Art, $2.2 Million for Batman Comic Book
Artwork originally intended to be the cover of a Tintin comic book (album) has sold for 3.2 Euros ($3,872,000.00). From…
Hey Kids! Comics! – Winter Reading
© Tom Gauld Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2021 release. Images and links (mostly)…
W. B. Park – RIP
Cartoonist and illustrator W. B. Park has passed away. William Bryan (W.B.) Park June 12, 1936 – January 2, 2021…