Beginning this year cartoonist Rick Detorie has reduced his workload on One Big Happy to six daily comic strips – the Sunday page has been in rerun status since January 1, 2023. Christmas Day 2022 (above) was the last new Sunday edition, with reruns from 2017 replacing new strips this year. One Big Happy began […]
This first point isn’t trivial, but it is personal. Greg Kearney notes the looming cuts at UMaine Farmington, a school I had contact with when I was editing the local paper. The school impressed me because I’d lived in another college town and it was nice, for a change, that downtown merchants didn’t have to […]
Following Saturday’s mention of the time Boss Tweed was arrested in Spain with the aid of a Thomas Nast cartoon acting as a mug shot, Friend of the Blog Ann Telnaes retrieved the cartoon with which Spanish authorities identified the prison escapee and posted it on-line. I knew the story, but the Harper’s clipping offered […]
Adding to the TDC notice of Chris Browne‘s passing with his home papers’ obituaries for the cartoonist. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader is what seems to be the funeral home announcement: Chris Browne, illustrator of the internationally-syndicated comic strip Hagar the Horrible, died here on February 4, 2023, after a long illness. He was […]
Liz Montague, Henry Barajas, Robb Armstrong, Lawton Wood, Fleischer Studios Liz Montague‘s “graphic memoir” Maybe An Artist gets reviewed by Brandeis University’s the Justice: In her brilliant, hilarious graphic memoir, Montague validates every experience I have had, from being a young Black girl to growing into a young Black woman, and particularly one who is […]
Ann Telnaes sums up the Dominion Voting Systems v Fox News case in a single graphic: They knew the truth but chose to lie. And before we go any farther, her collection of Fox personalities reminds me that, when Boss Tweed escaped from jail and fled to Spain, US authorities — unable in those days […]
Andrews McMeel has released their notice of the new Bill Watterson book revealing little new information about The Mysteries but included the announcement of the publication of newly formatted Calvin and Hobbes books. From Andrews McMeel’s press release regarding The Mysteries: The deluxe hardcover edition features elements of a classic fairytale book, with exquisite art […]
Mr. Boffo offers a bit of safe harbor for troubled marriages and thank goodness for finicky cats. Our cat ate Friskies kibble every day without a complaint and maybe that’s why our marriage didn’t last: We didn’t have cat food to agree to disagree about. Somebody was kvetching on social media yesterday about how half […]
With the explosion of talkies in the late 1920s, movie studios looked to talent from the New York stage to write dialogue and musical numbers. Studios quickly found that the salaciousness typical of Broadway wouldn’t fly in other parts of the country. The Catholic Church was calling for a purification of cinema, and the movies […]
Jacques Goldstyn, a.k.a. Boris, is the first cartoonist in the Artist For Peace 34 year history to be so honored. L’Artiste pour la Paix a annoncé: Jacques Goldstyn alias Boris est choisi à l’unanimité Artiste pour la Paix de l’année 2022 (adopté par le C.A. des APLP). Il a été honoré le 14 février à […]
Adrian Tomine first appeared in The New Yorker in 1999, he first appeared on The New Yorker in 2004. About 20 years ago, cartoonist Adrian Tomine experienced two simultaneous major life events: he moved from California to Brooklyn, where he has lived ever since, and he landed his first New Yorker cover. His instantly recognizable […]
Watson rouses up my ambivalence for the story of how George Santos reportedly/allegedly ripped off some “Amish dog breeders” with bad checks. I have no reluctance in comparing Santos to Dr. Doom in regard to his reported/alleged theft of funds for a veteran’s ailing dog, but I’m conflicted on this one. The reason I put […]
From the start, [Hägar the Horrible] was a family project. Browne remembers the entire family sitting around the table as her father presented jokes and ideas, grading them. At this point, he also began asking one of his sons, Chris, to write gags. As Hägar picked up steam, Dik began focusing more attention on the […]
The JumpStart television show has jumped from “in development” to the next phase. From Variety: CBS has given a pilot order to a multi-cam comedy series based on the “JumpStart” comic strip, Variety has learned. The project hails from writer and executive producer Wayne Conley. Aaron Kaplan and Melanie Frankel of Kapital Entertainment also executive […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for February 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Backlist: Missed in January opening image: Shrimp & Grits by Andy Marlette; © Creators Syndicate