Kevin Kallaugher & the Art of Editorial Cartooning
Grotesquerie is Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher’s bread and butter. For fifty years the cartoonist has rendered newsmakers in a fleshy museum…
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Miscellaneous Monday: Editoons and Comic Strips
I won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights journalism award for cartooning last May… The check for winning arrived a…
CSotD: Monday Funny Papers Potpourri
Sherman’s Lagoon (AMS) is apparently at the start of a story arc that is a departure for the strip, which…
Henry Barajas Now Calling Plays for Gil Thorp
Henry Barajas, new writer of the Gil Thorp comic strip, was kind enough to have a chat (via email) with…
CSotD: Protecting the Public’s Right Not To Know
I wish I liked Joel Pett’s cartoon a little more. He’s right, for the first four panels, about the ways…
Ron Barlow – RIP
Classic comics compiler, editor, and publisher Ron Barlow has passed away. Ron Barlow January 1, 1949 – August 9, 2022…
New Book – America’s Most Influential Journalist: The Life, Times and Legacy of Thomas Nast
This 830-page biography contains 1,000 Nast cartoons, illustrations, sketches, and paintings. 800 from Harper’s Weekly, the balance from other rare…
CSotD: Points of Personal Privilege
While everyone over in the political/editorial sector is waxing hostilic, I’ll take a break and indulge in some personal responses…
Sofia Warren Interview and Gallery
Let us present to you Sofia Warren, a talented cartoonist, writer and animator from the United States! She’s been a…
Obituary Omnibus
There has been an unfortunate rash of deaths in the comics world lately. After The Daily Cartoonist’s initial reports other…
Friday Frolics
A promo on the Heathcliff Facebook page gave a start to some fans: “Heathcliff: The work of George Gately and…
CSotD: Snapshot at a Moving Target
Given the late-breaking nature of Merrick Garland’s address yesterday afternoon, and the later revelation by the Washington Post that the…
Jean-Jacques Sempé – RIP
French cartoonist and New Yorker cover artist Jean-Jacques Sempé has passed away. Jean-Jacques Sempé August 17, 1932 – August…
Taos News Editorial Cartoonist Bill Baron Retires
Bill Baron, who has contributed editorial cartoons and comic strips to The Taos News for more than 20 years, has…
Posted Political Cartoon on Facebook, Got Fired
Posting an Aislin (Terry Mosher) political cartoon to her personal Facebook page cost a flight attendant her job. A former…