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 […]
The National Cartoonists Society announced the winners in twelve categories Friday night (August 23, 2024) at the 78th Annual Reuben Awards. Following are the finalists for the divisional categories with the winner listed. They are … For Variety Entertainment the winner is Chuck Dillon for Highlights for Children puzzles and games! For Advertising/Product Illustration the […]
Ann Telnaes shares the ebullience flowing out of the DNC, adding a dash of feminine pride to the contrast between joyous celebration and the sourpuss dread driving the GOP campaign. And she’s not wrong to show Justice and Liberty as boosters for Harris, given that we’ve seen Justice denied amid a flurry of hostility directed […]
Hilary B Price has finally taken home The Reuben Award as 2023 Cartoonist of the Year. After being nominated for the honor for the past twelve years Lynn Johnston, recalling Etta James’ “At Last!,” presented Hilary Price, creator of the Rhymes With Orange comic panel, with the Reuben statuette at last night’s National Cartoonists Society‘s […]
Being a collection of various items from a variety cartooning categories (kinda like the Reuben Awards). The splash page from a 1962 comic book story by Steve Ditko and Stan Lee appeared on Facebook courtesy Michael Gilbert and Jim Keefe riffed on it for his own purposes. From Mike Lynch comes a selection of Barnabas […]
David Parkins, a British-born cartoonist working for the Globe and Mail in Toronto, has captured the mood down here as the Democratic National Convention rounds up. A lot of my favorite overseas cartoonists don’t seem to quite grasp our political system, but I do keep an open mind and, given that Parkins’ political cartoons are […]
Long time 21st Century Ripley’s Believe It or Not artist John Graziano has passed away. John Anthony (Graz) Graziano August 2, 1962 – August 17, 2024 From the obituary: John Anthony Graziano, 62, a remarkably talented artist of Davenport, Florida, passed away at his residence on August 17, 2024. Born on August 2, 1962, in […]
The 78th Annual National Cartoonists Society Conference and Reuben Awards begins today August 22, 2024. The National Cartoonists Society has shared a “quick glance” and detailed schedule and session information. Some highlights include: …charter buses for the short ride to the Comic Con Museum at San Diego’s famous Balboa Park. We will be treated to a delicious […]
This Reality Check (AMS) raises an interesting question: Do you have to be a guitar player to get the joke? My feeling is that you only need a very basic understanding of music to get a chuckle, because the G-Clef tells you it’s about music and you should know there are majors and minors that […]
From Hal Johnson: I want to find the first American graphic novel—I say American simply because I know very little about comics of other countries; so put down your Tintins and your ACK hardbacks, and let’s see where this leads us. Hal first has to define what a “graphic novel” is: Graphic novel is a […]
I don’t often put rerun comic strips in my roundups, but this appreciation of Billy DeBeck by Richard Thompson is just too good to pass. As that link makes clear the piece originally appeared as a forward to the 2010 book Barney Google: Gambling, Horse Races & High-Toned Women, a collection of 1922 Barney Google […]
Can’t deny Scott Stantis’s observation that the Democratic Convention isn’t sticking to a tight schedule, though all reports are that people not only stuck around for Biden’s speech but delayed his speech for four or five minutes more with an ovation. In fact, it may be that part of the scheduling issue is that they […]
Rhea Ripley, a superstar of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), has one of her ring battles being featured in the Gil Thorp comic strip today. Is it a one-time appearance or a multiple day guest role? [next day edit: multiple] Either way the professional wrestling world has taken notice. Today at PW Mania: On August 20, […]
A Leicester man has been arrested for his online connection to the 2015 terrorist attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Majid Novsarka, also known as Majid Freeman, has been charged with “encouraging terrorism over social media posts.” From the BBC: It is alleged that by making posts relating to the deadly 2015 attack […]
The Egyptian state security prosecutor extended the detention of cartoonist Ashraf Omar for another 15 days. Ashraf was taken from his home in a midnight raid on July 22. His detention has been extended once before. He has been charged with “being involved in a terrorist group, disseminating false news and misusing social media tools.” […]