Jeannie Schulz, Cartooning’s Ambassador
When “Peanuts” cartoonist Charles M. “Sparky” Schulz died in Santa Rosa in 2000, his wife of 27 years already was…
Funky Winkerbean and the Dark Side of Comics
There has been a dark side to newspaper comics from the very beginning. Death and dismemberment from Hogan’s Alley to…
Max Beerbohm Sesquicentennial
Max Beerbohm was born 150 years ago. A Catalogue of The Caricatures of Max Beerbohm (1972)From Wikipedia: Sir Henry Maximilian…
CSotD: To Brazzaville and Beyond
This Jason Chatfield piece could be a gag or a political cartoon, but, either way, it’s an exaggerated look at…
The Comics Journal Obituary for Paul Coker, Jr.
The Comics Journal released its obituary of Paul Coker, Jr. today. Comics historian and Cartoon Art Museum curator Andrew Farago…
Eric Allie and Mike Beckom Join Counterpoint Media
Counterpoint Licensing and Syndication (aka Counterpoint Media) has expanded their roster of editorial cartoonists with the recent addition of Eric…
A Cracked Look at Calvin and Hobbes
Cracked Mazagine no longer prints its issues but it does maintain an active website and … This week on Cracked…
CSotD: Cancellation Blues
Apparently he doesn’t, Loretta. Netiquette has seemingly vanished since the Good Old Days when people knew that all-caps was SHOUTING…
Preliminary 2022 AAEC Convention Schedule
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has released an early look at the line-up of their 2022 AAEC Convention. The…
CSotD: The World of Amusement
I was poking around in old newspapers last night and came upon this column heading from the Washington Post of…
Chappatte Cartoon and Religious Restlessness
“Ignorant, wrong, and racist, you Christian fascist enabler” Following up on that Marcel Boudreaux cartoon from earlier today, is Patrick…
Going Up the Country for a Bucolic Sunday
Seems a number of comics have decided they’re “gonna leave this city, got to get away.” Serenity does…
Cartoon Denigrates Muslim Men and Women
From Blacklantic: On August 16th, L’Acadie Nouvelle, described on Wikipedia as an independent French newspaper published in Caraquet, New Brunswick…
CSotD: Spin and that other stuff
This Alan Moir cartoon is past its use-by date — I try to feature cartoons within seven days —…