Timing may not be everything, but it’s a lot of things, and today’s The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee (KFS) lands the day after I saw someone observing on social media that the Community Chest card in Monopoly teaches kids to rely on government handouts if they get in trouble. 24 hours later, my response […]

This is an installment of 2022 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.part 1: Debuts and Departures– – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: Dearly Departed DETOURS/DEVIATIONSSome changes to U.S. newspaper comic strips and cartoons in 2022 Mazetoons by Joe Wos switched from Creators Syndicateto King Features Syndicate on January […]

For those of us following The Daily Phantom (not an easy task) writer Tony DePaul has written a large summary of how he writes the adventure comic strip and the basics of the Wrack and Ruin story to date. From Tony’s (December 27, 2022) The Nickels of the Man: As for this morning, here’s a […]

This is an installment of 2022 U.S. Newspaper Comics: Debuts, Departures, and the Dearly Departed.part 1: Debuts and Departures – – part 2: Detours and Deviations – – part 3: Dearly Departed 2022 DebutsThese comics began appearing in U. S. newspapers in 2022 RITTER’S RIVERby Marc LutzJune 1, 2022 –weekly stripWrangell Sentinel CRABGRASSby Tauhid BondiaJune […]

After I’d been in talk radio for a short time, my program manager took me aside and begged me to quit saying, “We’re back!” after every commercial break, and so I’ll simply observe that Arlo and Janis (AMS) are acknowledging the end of the holidays and so should we all. I was struck for perhaps […]

Hey everyone. Today is a big day here at The Daily Cartoonist. I have the honor to announce two major changes: new ownership and unveil a new re-designed website. A few weeks ago, Andrews McMeel Universal and I finalized the purchase of The Daily Cartoonist. TDC is now an independent publication of The Daily Cartoonist, […]

Seven years ago I posted here for what I assumed was the last time. The theme of that post was the many things going on in my life that was shifting my focus away from daily comic news blogging. I’d like to take a moment and re-introduce myself to those who found The Daily Cartoonist […]

When Norm Feuti’s Gil ended syndication at the end of 2013 The Providence Journal requested that Norm continue the comic strip there as a Sunday-only exclusive. Norm was happy to do so. The end of 2022 saw the now Gannett–owned newspaper making cuts – Gil is one of the victims. From Norm’s Gil page: It […]

As Kevin Necessary peacefully transfers the power of the presidency of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists on to Jack Ohman he reflects on the state of the organization and the profession. Due to the upheaval and disruption of the past few years, 2022 was a transitional year for the AAEC. In some ways, we […]

David Fitzsimmons is no longer on staff as editorial cartoonist for The Arizona Daily Star, he will continue to contribute columns and cartoons as a freelancer. As of today I am officially retired from my beloved Arizona Daily Star after 36 wonderful years. In the new year, I’ll continue to submit my columns and cartoons […]

It’s not as if Pros & Cons (KFS) was plowing any new ground with this gag, but it’s a common observation for a very good reason: There is very little reason to expect things to change just because the number at the end of the year does, and yet we do. Obviously, some things do […]

Cartoonist Sarah Anderson wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times about her creations being corrupted by Alt-Right goons and by artificial intelligence thieves. Sarah starts off by telling how she got started and how her career as a cartoonist took off. To have found this way of communicating with others and to make […]

MEDINA, Ohio – Don’t miss today’s Funky Winkerbean comic strip. It’s the last in a 50-plus-year run. Medina resident and cartoonist Tom Batiuk started the strip in 1972, three years after graduating from Kent State University, where he studied fine art. He announced in November that Funky Winkerbean would end on Dec. 31, 2022. The […]

Dorman Smith offered this hopeful-but-dubious wish for the New Year a century ago, and there hasn’t been much changed since, except, I suppose, that most mothers today would be handed her baby in a hospital room rather than at home. Note that the genial smile on Father Time is hardly matched by the expression on […]

The last new comic strip introduced in 2022 is a local comic strip from Gus Petersen and The Petersburg (Alaska) Pilot. From the Petersburg Pilot: Starting this week, a new locally-drawn strip will be showing up with the comics here on page 4. Gus Petersen – a Petersburg resident attending The Kubert School … As […]