Ninety-six years ago yesterday was the debut of the daily Tarzan comic strip by R. W. Palmer and Harold Foster adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan of the Apes story into an illustrated format for newspapers. But we will feature that story in four years when the centennial comes around. Today we are immersing ourselves in […]
This is one of those “Where do we begin?” moments. The torrent of horrifying, dishonest, ridiculous nonsense that has poured out over the past 48 hours or so seems overwhelming, and I ended up with so many links to so much argumentation that I had to sort through them to come up with a reasonable […]
Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes, late of The Washington Post, has written a note of gratitude for the support shown to her following her standing up to the WaPo’s staff trying to control her cartoon’s subject matter: I wanted to say how much I appreciate and am sincerely touched by all your notes of support. Because […]
Kenyan cartoonist and social media influencer Kibet Bull has been found alive after being abducted Dec. 24. Kibet. His brother and four other young men were abducted in the weeks prior in what appears to be a politically motivated kidnappings by President William Ruto’s government. Kibet’s viral silhouette cartoons, shared on social media, were sharply […]
Wallace the Brave (AMS)‘s Mom decides that a snow day should be a snow day. I feel that education is very valuable, and I suspect she does, too, but snow days are also important and, besides, between the digital divide and power outages, you wouldn’t achieve perfect attendance and the day would be a waste […]
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) announces its annual call for entries for consideration for the 79th NCS Divisional Reuben Awards, recognizing excellence in professional cartooning for work published in 2024. The NCS has announced the opening for submitting for consideration in a baker’s dozen of categories. Note: the Animated category has been reinstated. See Jason’s […]
I liked Shoe‘s rephrasing of the various end of year holiday greetings that had just past. And, naturally, it is always a pleasure to see David Reddick use his pen (stylus?) to delineate other comic characters than his regular cast. More fabulous comic strip females in today’s Legend of Bill. Rina and Hilary gave me […]
Ten years after the deadly attack on Charlie Hebdo, the magazine remains defiant Tomorrow marks the 10-year anniversary of the deadly attack on the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. The satirical magazine published a special issue today to commemorate the day two brothers began a shooting spree to avenge the oft-ridiculed Prophet Mohammad. The shooting killed […]
Art Spiegelman is clarifying a news story that first surfaced on Hyperallergic in December that he was working on a new graphic novel about Gaza with Joe Sacco. The Pulitzer Prize winning Maus author says his comment on what he was currently working was twisted from a three page comic into an “epic-length work.” In […]
The tribute cartoons marking Ann Telnaes’ courageous departure from the Washington Post continue to appear, and DD Degg has links to several. This one is by Tjeerd Royaards, editor at Cartoon Movement, and that organization has released a statement on the situation which is worth a read, because it talks about the state of political […]
When colleague Mike Peterson said “it is all over the Internet” regarding the Ann Telnaes-Washington Post news, we didn’t realize that that was understatement. Every newspaper and news website worth their salt has reported on The Post’s refusal to publish the Telnaes cartoon. Go to the news search engines and enter Ann Telnaes and see […]
Allison Garwood & Petunia & Drew, Sarah Anderson & Sarah’s Scribbles, Terry Beatty & Rex Morgan M.D., San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Funnies, Colleen Doran & Dr. Martin’s Dyes, Michael Maslin & The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, Paula Pugh’s Best of 2024, and the Animated 2025. Allison (Big Al the Gal) Garwood is taking […]
I’ve had enough reality lately, but it’s best to ease your way out of it gently to avoid getting the bends, and Sharon Murdoch’s reality-based take on an old Irish blessing is just what I needed. I hung around with Irish ex-pats for several years and never ran into this blessing except in gift shops. […]
Creators Syndicate found a conservative political cartoonist to fill the empty left by Bob Gorrell’s retirement. Jon Russo signed with Creators last month/year with his first cartoon appearing there on December 26, 2024. While definitely on the right side of the fence he will not ignore the Republican party. The Creators biography of Jon tells […]
Yesterday Tea Fougner, Editorial Director of King Features Syndicate (KFS) comics since 2018, posted on her LinkedIn page that she has stepped down from her position at KFS and from the company itself. Tea wrote: Today was my last day at King Features. I was offered a choice between a reduced role and a severance […]