Cartoonist and illustrator Albert L. Schweitzer, Jr. has passed away. Albert L. (Al) Schweitzer, Jr. November 28, 1921 – January 30, 2023 Al Schweitzer spent decades as a St. Louis newspaper artist and cartoonist most with The Post-Dispatch. From the obituary: Mr. Schweitzer served in WWII in the USMC on the battleship South Dakota as […]
We’ll give dissident cartoonist Badiucao the lead off on this discussion of the Chinese balloon, in part because he’s earned it, and in part because his use of Winnie the Pooh and a formidable American eagle presaged the outcome of this foolishness. (h/t to Cathy Wilcox) We can forgive him the Disney red shirt, while, […]
The Daily Signal, the conservative Heritage Foundation’s digital news platform, noted that “leftist” Doonesbury cartoonist Garry B. Trudeau finally mentioned Hunter Biden’s laptop. From The Daily Signal: Back in early August, fully 18 months into the presidency of Democrat Joe Biden, we noted with curiosity how the liberal newspaper editorial cartoon “Doonesbury” still had not […]
Unsure of what is going on with the Mt. Pleasant comic strip by Rick McKee and Kent Sligh. Though it has continued this week with the Tribune Content Agency slug identifying its distributor, the strip itself has disappeared from the TCA website – the last showing was Saturday, January 28, 2023. There has been no […]
John Auchter frames our ongoing debate, a conversation that could have ended long ago: Why do we need Black History Month? This NPR article does a good job of tracing the commemoration itself, including answering the question of why it is in February: The founder of the concept chose the month that contains the birthdays […]
It seems Patrick McDonnell was doing more than collaborating with the Dalai Lama during his sabbatical last year, he was also creating a graphic novel featuring his favorite comic book superheroes of the 1960s. Patrick McDonnell, Marvel Comics, and Abrams books will publish that graphic novel early this Fall. From Marvel Comics: Abrams ComicArts and […]
New Association of American Editorial Cartoonists President Jack Ohman has issued an opening statement for his two year term on progress and objectives. Partnerships as far as conventions, with Cartoon Columbus Crossroads and the Association of Canadian Cartoonists in the past, will continue to be neccessary: I noted at the last convention that we will […]
The National Cartoonists Society has begun its annual call for entries for consideration for the NCS Divisional Reuben Awards recognizing excellence in professional cartooning.The Divisional Reuben Awards recognize individuals for their artistic excellence in cartoon arts. You do not have to be a member of the NCS to enter. There is no fee for submissions.All […]
Scott Stantis (Counterpoint) brings up the question of the First Amendment, which doesn’t apply to private companies except, perhaps, in communist countries where the central government controls industry. But that itself offers a lot of fodder, because moderation of media is very much on the table at the moment. The rightwing blogosphere is currently in […]
Brent Dyer, Douglas Coffin, Tom Batiuk, Keith Knight, Leigh Rubin, Ron Campbell, Norman Thelwell – Cartoonists on display. Brent Dyer (aka E.A. Williams) will be showcasing some of his cartoons tomorrow. Local cartoonist Brent Dyer will bring a collection of his works to the Aroostook Agency on Aging in February for a month-long exhibit. He […]
“Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau has released his button design for the 2023 Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. Using the Winter Carnival’s designated theme “Roman around Carnival,” Trudeau’s illustration shows “Doonesbury” character Zonker as a Roman Emperor depicted on the shape of an ancient coin with the year 2023 displayed in roman numerals. Trudeau, who was raised […]
In today’s Frazz (AMS), Caulfield asks an important question: Why do we celebrate Groundhog Day? More to the point, do we celebrate Groundhog Day? Obviously, the folks in Punxsutawney do, because they’ve managed to turn it into a thing, even though the Bill Murray movie pretty well had it nailed as a pointless story for […]
Rural Free Delivery continues for those of you in the hinterlands, but the R.F.D. comic strip by Mike Marland has delivered its last new comic strip this week. King Features and Mike announced the ending a month ago, so it’s not unexpected (as another may be). Whether reruns will be offered from the King Features […]
Cartoonist Barbara Brandon-Croft and the collection of her comic strip Where I’m Coming From has been getting some rave reviews lately. From Black Girl Nerds last week: What I appreciate about Brandon-Croft’s comic strip is how she celebrates Black women in all of our glory. We can be sarcastic, emotional, single mothers, activists, the woman […]
In these fraught times, silly humor is doubly welcome, and educational as well: Bizarro (KFS) also offers a new-to-me term for what I’ve always known as the “puppy nerve.” Nothing more to add except that, between the collection of different dogs and their differing reactions, and the textbooks and posters, this is quite an example […]