The Best Laid Plans …
El Paso Times front page via Newseum The lift-off was planned for Tuesday, October 12 – that was cancelled. …
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CSotD: 30 years ago – Anita Hill
Thirty years ago, cartoonist reactions to Anita Hill’s testimony in Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings began to fill the editorial pages,…
Greta Tomlinson – RIP
Dan Dare comic artist Greta Tomlinson has passed away. Greta Edwards (neé Tomlinson)1927 – September 4, 2021 From…
Sam Cornell – RIP
Animator Sam Cornell has passed away. Samuel Miller (Sam) Cornell June 1939 – May 1, 2021 From the IMDb:…
Ruthie Tompson – RIP
Disney Legend Ruthie Tompson has passed away at age 111. Ruthie Tompson July 22, 1910 – September 10, 2021 …
2021 NCSFest and Reuben Award Trailers
The countdown begins with our 75th-anniversary celebrations for the Reuben Awards. This year we honor Mort Gerberg with the Gold…
CSotD: Happy No Mail and the Bank’s Closed Day
Prickly City (AMS) was my first reminder that the post office and banks will be closed today. Winslow and Carmen…
ET Too – And Other Funnies
Did something happen eight weeks ago that got cartoonists thinking about aliens? Noted a few days ago was a trifecta…
Lowcountry by Robert Ariail, Not-New Local Comic
We are embarrassed that, until the recent news that Robert Ariail was a Rex Babin Award finalist, we were unaware…
CSotD: Dare to be daring
As we’re discussing, debating and dissecting the current state and potential future of cartooning, Will Henry is going off in…
Matt Davies Wins 2021 Rex Babin Award
Newsday’s Matt Davies is the 2021 recipient of the “Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning.”…
Conventions: The Convenient and the Conventional
Today is the day! Join the cartoonists of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists starting at 1:30pm ET for a…
Book Covers and Looney Trademark Rights
This week, we published a book by the talented Jaime Weinman on the history of the Looney Tunes cartoon franchise,…
CSotD: Truth, or a reasonable facsimile thereof
Starting out with a point of personal privilege: As Rod Emmerson notes, Covid is becoming a greater problem in rural…
Looking Back on Comics News This Week
As the old cliché goes, “What goes around comes around.” And Charlie Daniel is still coming around. At Bacon &…