“Many a truth is spoken in jest” and Jim Benton hits on one here. Things seem to be degenerating faster, or at least more blatantly, than expected, but I’m going to provide readers with a few laffs today while we give the editorial cartoonists some time to catch up. Meanwhile, I hope you haven’t already […]

Cartoonists of The New Yorker; Henrik Rehr; Ian Jones’ Bushy Tales; R. J. Matson’s 2024 revue; Scott Adams on drones; Jenny Jinya on Death; Eddie Campbell’s Kate Carew; Warner Brothers’ Looney Tunes; Fleischer Brothers’ Inkwell Imps. On November 21 at the Rizzoli Bookstore on Broadway, At Wit’s End: Cartoonists of The New Yorker received its […]

Rudy was a brilliant comic strip that proved to be, as the phrase goes, “too smart for the room.” There have been several, and I’ve mourned them. I was particularly depressed when Norm Feuti’s Retail failed to catch fire. When I shared the preview packet with young people around my office, they shrieked with laughter, […]

There is such a thing has having too much good material, and while Pat Bagley was able to squeeze in seven examples of supremely unqualified Trump appointees, cartoonists strain to keep up. Like a magician pulling rabbits from a hat, just when you think there can’t possibly be another in there and that there’s no […]

Feiffer: Well, when I was young, it didn’t much matter what I thought, because I was scared of my shadow, and I wouldn’t have done anything about anything. Kuper: Which brings me back to my question. You came from that, and then you end up in a profession that is the most extreme example of […]

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the deadly Charlie Hebdo office attack, the French satirical magazine is inviting cartoonists from around the world to submit cartoons mocking God. The deadline for submission is December 18 at 6pm French time. The contest was announced in their November 14 edition calling for those who are “tired of […]

2025 brings with it a new batch of public domain creations, most famous among those from the comics are Popeye by E. C. Segar and Tintin by Hergé. I know little about Tintin so we’ll go with The Sailor Man. But first, as is our custom with public domain stories, we turn to the Duke […]

Jeff Stahler (AMS) ruins all our fun by pointing out the obvious, which is that there are a lot of theories about drones that are downright screwy and that Occam’s razor continues to rule: The simplest explanation is generally correct. One night in the depths of winter, a group of us were on a hilltop […]

Tony DePaul has announced his intention to write “an extended version of the Phantom’s origin myth.” Says The Phantom comic strip writer: Falk tended to vary the specifics in his 63 years of telling the Phantom’s genesis. He was hardly a stickler for continuity. The fundamentals were there, but names changed, language changed, the year […]

London’s Imperial War Museum opened an exhibit examining how political cartoonist around the world. From Smithsonian Magazine’s website: The free exhibition features 24 original cartoons that span Churchill’s entire career in the public eye, from his early days as a politician—the oldest cartoon on display is from 1909—to his two terms as prime minister in […]

The New Yorker’s annual Cartoons and Puzzles special issue is coming to your bookstore and newsstand shelves, or maybe to your mailbox. The Kate Beaton cover starts it off with a combination of cartoon and puzzle. And the New Yorker online contents page shows the special features (some shown above). Of course the famed New […]

Spanish cartoonist Christian Mirra (Cartoon Movement) poses a problem: In English, the Sixth Commandment is normally translated as “Thou shalt not kill,” but he uses the term “murder.” Is it an intentional distinction or a matter of someone for whom English is a second language? When I went to doublecheck which commandment that was, I […]

So whatever did happen to Lyman? Jeff Corriveau supplies the answer in today’s Deflocked. I ain’t got no higher learnin’ in English, but I gotta argue with Ralph Hagen here. From my western upbringing that second panel statement (and those following) in today’s The Barn should be, “I’se lookin’ fer the varmint WHAT stole my […]

Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2024 release (or so). Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. COMICS REVUE PRESENTS December 2024 by various; cover by Jeremy MacPherson America’s longest-running magazine of […]

Today’s first complaint is simple: Either this is a multi-panel caption contest or GoComics didn’t print the black plate in Barney & Clyde (Counterpoint). But I scrounged around and found a different version. When I was doing education work, I ran Short Cuts, a weekly full-page educational cartoon that was sent in two parts for […]