Again: Are Editorial Cartoonists Journalists?
Newspapers frequently receive letters about the editorial cartoons they run. The Register-Guard in Oregon is no exception: Of the many…
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Senior Strippers (2021 Edition)
Happy Birthday to Lily Renée (Lily Renée Willheim Peters Phillips) born 100 years ago today. Lily joins a few…
CSotD: Waiting for Shelleen
Political cartoons aren’t supposed to be funny except when they are, and I got a laugh out of Cathy Wilcox‘s…
Cartoonist Files
His work space is a challenge — the ledge is about three feet deep and three feet high, so he…
CSotD: Truth, if you care to seek it
I don’t know if Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereals is a “political cartoon” or a “funny cartoon” but it is certainly…
New Comic: Shrimp & Grits by Andy Marlette
Shrimp & Grits by Andy Marlette will debut from Creators Syndicate on May 31, 2021 (if I’m reading the dates…
Feminist Cartooning: Winnie Winkle, Breadwinner
Before Working Girl, 9 to 5, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, or even Our Miss Brooks, which each featured single…
Mary Worth’s Family
Five years ago this week, cartoonist June Brigman took over the iconic newspaper comic strip “Mary Worth,” continuing a popular…
GoComics to Run David Gilbert’s Buckles Archives
David Gilbert ended his 25 year run on the Buckles comic strip seven weeks ago. Now he brings back the…
CSotD: Happy ‘Not All Men’ Day
Mother’s Day brought out a sort of history, unintentionally emphasizing that oddly untethered view of time and society comic strips…
Bill Morgan – RIP
Sports writer, promoter, cartoonist Bill Morgan has passed away. William Edwards (Bill) Morgan, Jr. December 13, 1931 – February 9,…
Comic Strip News Grab Bag
Ripley’s Stippler Immersion © Ripley Entertainment The new artist of Ripley’s Believe It or Not, who we will refer…
CSotD: Anybody here remember print?
(Some thoughts about newspapers, while I take Mother’s Day off to go visit the Aged P.) Here’s the protagonist…
de Adder Wins 2020 National Newspaper Award
The National Newspaper Awards have announced the winners of their 2020 awards with Michael de Adder as the winner of…
1921 Beginning of the End for Cartoons Magazine
These days we have Funny Times and Humor Times for regular magazines featuring political, social, and gag cartoons. 100 years…