But we’ll start with someone not so enamored of the golden oldies. A letter writer to The (Boulder, Colo.) Daily Camera argues against legacy/zombie strips: Quantity isn’t the same as quality. The camera editor, John Vahlenkamp, on Sunday, Aug. 18, explained and attempted to justify the changes in the Sunday comics with a, “more is […]
Jack Ohman — Tribune Bill Bramhall I remember when a candidate would be mocked for something as simple as sticking his dog in a crate on top of his car and having terrified canine diarrhea stream down over the windows. To which RFK Jr has now said, “Hold my bear.” His daughter Kick has revealed […]
The Neurodivergent Cartoonist. Gus Walz’ moment of joy at the Democratic National Convention struck a chord with millions of people around the nation. One of the people touched by Gus’ emotional reaction to his dad Tim’s vice presidential acceptance speech was Omaha, Nebraska-based political cartoonist Jeffrey Koterba. Amelia Robinson at The Columbus Dispatch writes about […]
The South African Film and Publication Board gave The Showerhead documentary a “16 LNPSV” rating (suitable for over 16, containing language, nudity, prejudice, sex, violence). The film focuses on Jonathan Shapiro’s (AKA Zapiro) controversial cartoons during the Jacob Zuma presidential term, challenging the boundaries of freedom of expression. Producers of the film are appealing the […]
Michael de Adder won the Divisional Reuben for Editorial Cartooning: Thank you, National Cartoonist Society. First, sorry I wasn’t there in person to receive this storied award. Last minute personal issues made it impossible to attend. I almost had the ticket in my hand before fate snatched it from my grasp. Second, thanks for naming […]
I borrowed today’s headline from an old website run by the late Bill Bickel in which he used to mock comic strips for not coming up to his standards. It was one of a couple of similar sites that motivated me to launch Comic Strip of the Day in 2010, because I thought it better […]
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Last Friday’s editorial in The Washington Post highlighted Saudi Arabia’s suppression of expression among its Saudi citizens (even if living abroad) including a U.S.-Saudi citizen filmmaker, Abdulaziz al-Muzaini who created the hit animation series Masameer. Abdulaziz and his production company was charged with sponsoring and supporting terrorism and homosexuality. Additionally, the language used in Masameer […]
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Deon Parson announced on social media that King Features Syndicate will soon make his Rosebuds comic strip available for your print newspaper’s Sunday Funnies. From Dee’s Facebook page: Rosebuds first appeared four years ago when The Anderson (Ind.) Herald Bulletin started running it on a weekly basis and GoComics carried it twice weekly. Earlier this […]
There’s been a lot of chatter down in the Antipodes about the high cost of housing, and so it makes sense that Matt Golding would go international with this example of an American couple who has found a place to live rent-free. It might take you a moment to examine where they’re living to get […]
The 78th Annual Reuben Awards took place this past weekend, honoring the best and brightest talents in cartooning and illustration. The event, hosted by the National Cartoonists Society (NCS), is one of the most prestigious ceremonies in the industry, recognizing outstanding achievements across various categories. King Features proudly hails Hilary B. Price as Cartoonist of […]
Beginning with some hope from Alex Hallett and Arctic Circle. The past week, Monday through today (so far), has Nancy and Sluggo playing baseball. But from the signature(s) it looks like temporary Nancy cartoonist is being assisted by “SHEN.” I can only guess, finding no acknowledgement, that this is the guy from Shen Comix, who […]
Peter Steiner makes fun of grumpy wet-blanket killjoys. The New York Times, by contrast, names them Deputy Editor of its Opinion section and turns them loose on a joyful world, hoping to quash the moment and make us all become very, very serious about very, very serious things. After writing this, he went down to […]
For 40 years now Ariail’s been making people think. By high school, Robert Ariail was the school paper cartoonist, inspired by his 10th grade English teacher who introduced him to Pat Oliphant and other notable artists. The principal canned his first cartoon. “My first taste of the editor/cartoonist relationship,” Ariail said . He landed his […]