Today’s first complaint is simple: Either this is a multi-panel caption contest or GoComics didn’t print the black plate in Barney & Clyde (Counterpoint). But I scrounged around and found a different version. When I was doing education work, I ran Short Cuts, a weekly full-page educational cartoon that was sent in two parts for […]
Before the week begins, some stuff from the past week. Is it my imagination or is politics springing up more often in comic strips these days? e.g.: For Heaven’s Sake. And Jules Rivera seems to be creating Mark Trail plots more and more from what-the-future-may-bring scuttlebutt or crazy congresspeople conspiracy conjecture. I’m a big fan […]
Clay Bennett (CTFP) starts us off today with a cartoon that is problematic on a couple of levels. The main issue is the one he intends, which is that the current fury over health insurance companies is overwhelming the spirit of Christmas. No argument there. But there’s another issue in that “good will toward men” […]
Seems Insanity Streak had a contest I knew nothing about until it was over. My heartfelt thanks to all those who entered the 2024 Caption Contest. It was a lot of fun reading your delightful captions. This year’s contest involving cows in an art gallery contemplating a painting of a steak elicited many varied captions, […]
The National Cartoonists Society has uploaded the 2024 78th Annual Reuben Awards ceremonies to their YouTube channel. The 93 minute video shows the entire function of awards presentations, acceptance speeches, and customs of the Reubens Awards presentation on August 23, 2024 at the La Jolla Hyatt Regency in San Diego, California as part of the […]
Time Person of the Year cartoons are piling up, as are social media posts pointing out that Adolph Hitler also made the cut, but I think Dave Granlund hit the combo with this collection of Dubious Heroes. Though he missed this one from 1979. It’s not intended as an honor. It’s supposed to reflect the […]
Adrian Tomine, Kate Carew & Eddie Campbell, Art Spiegelman, Marshall Ramsey, and Bruce Eric Kaplan (BEK). A Comic Artist’s Antidote to the How-To Guide [Adrian]Tomine, it turns out, is an adept conversationalist — or at least his latest book, Q&A [link added], suggests as much. Recently released by his longtime publisher, Drawn & Quarterly, the […]
Alex Hallatt, a U.K. cartoonist based in New Zealand, graduated from the University of Kent at Canterbury with a degree in biochemistry and has never strayed far from science. Her syndicated comic strip Arctic Circle, follows three penguins who migrate to the Arctic and provide commentary on environmental and social issues, debuted in newspapers in […]
Renowned courtroom and congressional sketch artist William J. Hennessy, Jr. has passed away. William Joseph (Bill) Hennessy, Jr. December 9, 1957 – December 9, 2024 Bill ‘s son announced the passing: My name is John Paul Hennessy, William (Bill) Joseph Hennessy Jr.’s son. I’m reaching out with the sad news that my father passed away […]
Dave Ostow comes up with the most frightening first-person game ever. As I’ve said before, I reached a level of enlightenment when I realized that, as middle management, I could adopt the practice of other bosses: Show up, have a drink, greet the people in my department and get the hell out before anybody starts […]
Kate Beaton fame began with her webcomic Hark! A Vagrant and has grown worldwide with her recent win of the 2024 Jan Michalski Prize for Literature for her Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands graphic novel. “…a piercing and daring graphic memoir that sheds light on the hidden side of working conditions in the […]
Malcolm Mayes has announced that he is closing the Canadian based Artizans Syndicate. Edmonton Sun editorial cartoonist Malcolm Mayes informed his clients yesterday that he was pulling the plug on Artizans, the cartoon syndicate he created decades ago. From Bado’s Blog: Yes, the Artizans website is now down, though some of its past is available by […]
Pedro X. Molina has standing to speak for human rights, having fled Nicaragua in order to preserve his own. Somehow, the fact that yesterday was Human Rights Day didn’t hit my Intertubes until this morning, but I don’t think it matters a whole lot. Every day should be Human Rights Day, and, just as we […]
Iranian activist and cartoonist Atena Farghadani, originally sentenced to six years in prison for “insulting sacred values” and “propagating against the ruling system,” has been released after serving eight months. Her sentence was first reduced to 18 months, but a December 9 appeals court ruling acquitted her of the blasphemy charges, reducing her sentence to […]
A Charlie Brown Christmas – year 59. Next year will not only be the 75th anniversary of Peanuts debut on October 2, 1950 it will also be the 60th year since A Charlie Brown Christmas first appeared on December 9, 1965. Of course times have changed and your opportunity to view the Peanuts special free […]