Ann Telnaes combines her anguish over the crackdown on women’s rights under the reconstituted Afghan government with her fury over the assault on women’s rights and dignity by JD Vance and his misogynistic followers. Don’t say “It can’t happen here,” because it’s already happening here with the overturning of Roe v Wade, cutbacks to freedom […]
Walt Kelly’s Can’t Record Storybook Cover and Story Page Original Art Group of 28 (1969) Heritage Auctions has a preview of an upcoming lot by Walt Kelly for bid: Walt Kelly, the genius behind Pogo, brings his whimsical charm to a delightful children’s story. Created for the 28-page storybook accompanying a 45-RPM vinyl record that […]
This year’s Galway Cartoon Festival, in Ireland, will feature an American cartoonist – Dave Coverly, creator of Speedbump. Dave submitted cartoons last year for their festival exhibit and was happy to get an invitation to be a featured guest at this year’s festival. While this may be Dave’s first time at the Galway Cartoon Festival, […]
Yesterday saw the release of Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story and tomorrow will be the 30th anniversary of the Mutts comic strip. The Daily Cartoonist is splitting the difference and celebrating both today. First the book. From the award-winning syndicated comic strip Mutts, the long-awaited “Guard Dog” story is now collected and presented in […]
Lisa Benson — Counterpoint Mike Lester — AMS Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,But there is no joy in Mudville— Donald Trump is striking out. Make no mistake: Trump has not struck out […]
Sez Keefer: The Orange Dotard’s trip to Arlington National Cemetery and the foolishness that ensued reminded me on this classic strip by Cat cartoonist B. Kliban. I had to pay homage. Keith Knight is having fun with a cartoon classic. Check out Keith Knight’s Substack where he posts the above (th)ink cartoon and the original. […]
In what is becoming an unsettling pattern, an Egyptian state security prosecutor extended the detention for cartoonist Ashraf Omar for yet another two weeks. It is his fourth extension since he was abducted from his home in July by plainclothes officers. Ashraf, whose work appears in Al-Manassa, has been a vocal critic of the Egyptian government. He’s […]
How better to welcome everyone back from Labor Day than with this Tom Toro panel? I drove 275 miles each way Saturday to visit my mother for her 100th, though her birthday was actually Sunday. As it happened, the 550-mile round-trip wasn’t so bad and I assume most drivers had left on Friday and returned […]
Olivia Jaimes returned to the Nancy comic strip today after taking a sabbatical. While gone Olivia got (bribed? coerced?) other people to create Nancy comics in her absence. Following are the credits for the Summer of 2024. Olivia Jaimes April 9, 2018* – June 22, 2024 (*Sundays May 6, 2018 – June 16, 2024) Leigh […]
Oregon cartoonist Bill Friday has passed away. William Rodney (Bill) Friday November 8, 1942 – August 23, 2024 From the obituary: William “Bill” Rodney Friday, fondly known to many as Uncle Bill, passed away in Bend, Oregon, in 2024 at the age of 81. Born on November 8, 1942, in Payette, Idaho… Bill spent the […]
For some odd reason which they seem unwilling to explain, Facebook has suspended our account. If you are used to seeing links from us there, be assured we are still here and are still posting regularly. If we are reinstated, you’ll see us back on FB. If not, we’ll all survive somehow. We’re hanging in. […]
Xitter has been kicked out of Brazil, as Joy of Tech notes without mourning. It seems Musk got in a quarrel with them over his right to spread misinformation, and so they blocked reception of his platform, though the NYTimes also reports that he’s encouraging people there to log on via Starlink, which could get […]
1814 Surrender of Alexandria, Amtrak across America, Page One-above the fold Cartoonist Profile, Letterer Appreciation Day, Cartoonists for ,la. Prominent Alexandrians saw how British forces burned Washington, D.C. on Aug. 24, 1814. Although the War of 1812 had started two years earlier, the war came home to residents of Alexandria in 1814, when our city […]
Cartoonist Michael Leunig, a fixture for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, for 55 years, was laid off along with dozens of others across Nine Entertainment Co’s chaing of newspapers. The media company claims the layoffs were necessary due to declining advertising and the loss of $15 million in revenue from Meta. Michael says […]
Mike Lynch (with Art Bouthillier, Randy Glasbergen, Ted Goff, George Jartos, Bart Roozendaal, and George Trosley), Ed Steckley, Warner Bros cartoons, Flash Gordon comic book, AI, and (sorry) Scott Adams. The Aspiring Cartoonist: The Craft and Business of Gag Cartooning Mike Lynch has a very fine habit of pulling old cartooning magazines out of his […]