The Origin and Evolution of a Magazine Cartoon, or When a Cartoonist Just Won’t Let Go
One bright day in the middle of the night Jason Chatfield is sitting at a bar when inspiration hits. I…
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CSotD: Getting it right
Walt Handelsman (AMS) has what appears to be the best take on the revelation that the coronavirus is more likely…
Wednesday Whatnots
Bazooka Joe in Israel © Topps The Virtual Museum of Israel Chewing Gum Wrappers looks at the Bazooka Joe chewing…
Wuerker: “The Cartoon is Totally Within Bounds”
Politico interviewed Matt Wuerker about the Bill Bramhall cartoon commotion. Suggesting that people are overreacting to the cartoon and…
CSotD: National Juxtaposition Day
Before we get into the Juxtapositions, a couple of cartoons that pinged me on a personal level. Macanudo (KFS) hits…
Bill Bramhall Slammed for Racist Cartoon – update
Bill Bramhall, editorial cartoonist for the New York Daily News, is being called out for a racist cartoon about New…
John Furlow – RIP
Sports cartoonist John Furlow has passed away. John Allen Furlow July 23, 1921 – May 8, 2021 A…
CSotD: Focusing on Dystopia
Being ADD is either a disability or a great advantage, depending on severity and other talents. A lot of ADD…
175 Years of Associated Press
The news agency Associated Press was founded 175 years ago in May 1846. According to Wikipedia, which takes the date…
Dog Eat Doug Running on Webtoons
Brian Anderson is now running his Dog Eat Doug comic strip on the Webtoons site. So far the strips seem…
CSotD: Cartoonist in the mud
Rising to a point of personal privilege, I’m dealing today with Jeff Danziger’s memoir of his time in Vietnam…
Tim Campbell on Kids and Covid
Cartoonist, editorial and otherwise, Tim Campbell created a tutorial of sorts to help middle school students and their teachers and…
Everybody Gagging
The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest is certainly the most famous and popular of the current You-Write-the-Gag exercises. So popular…
CSotD: Petitions, and repetitions
Ward Sutton admits he drew this some time ago and it languished in the files at the NYTimes Review of…
The Return of the Prodigal Cartoonist
The Metter (Georgia) Advertiser welcomed back editorial cartoonist Gary Jarrell after Gary was wandering the world outside the newspaper for…