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.” […]
Two months ago we reported that The Antelope Valley Press was among some Horizon newspapers making changes to their comics and puzzle pages. After a hue and cry from their reading public the newspaper has again revised their comics and puzzle pages. This time adding back some comic strips that were cut in the earlier […]
Mannequin on the Moon (AMS) suggests a line that some major newspapers could adopt for the benefit of readers. I find it annoying when they list a headline on their opinion page that promises a challenging, interesting opinion, but doesn’t include the byline, so that you click on it and discover that, indeed, it’s from […]
British Newspaper Strips: A Contextual History by Adam Twycross This book explores the history and development of the British daily newspaper strip. It considers such strips within their political, commercial and societal contexts and fills in a crucial section of publishing history that has been largely overlooked by both comics and newspaper studies to date. […]
Tom Batiuk, creator of the tremendously popular Crankshaft and Funky Winkerbean comic strips, has created a compelling storyline that illuminates the challenges librarians and store owners currently face around book banning. The series will begin August 26 and continue through October [2024]. As a former teacher and writer of the strips for many years, books […]
An exhibit of cartoon art called Cartoon Ey Bidroho (Rebellion in Cartoons) is on display at the Drik Gallery in Dhaka Bangladesh. The exhibit celebrates the cartoons and art that inspired and fueled the revolution that culminated last month with the toppling of the Bangladesh government. During the Sheikh Hasina administration, freedom of expression and criticism of the government […]
I don’t know that voters have ever, as a whole, truly understood the issues being laid before them, but Gary Huck is right that it seems we’re in a period of militant, hostile ignorance we haven’t seen since the short-but-nasty rise of the Know-Nothings. It’s hard to know what to do about it, and not […]
Following is a collection from a wide range of comics/cartoon related items. … Funny thing is, that isn’t even my worst flying experience in recent memory. And the indignities of air travel are no longer relegated to when you’re on the plane. Oh, no. Try getting into a philosophical debate with Burbank airport security about […]
The Australian Kennedy Foundation has announced this year’s winners of the Kennedy Awards for Outstanding Journalism. In the category of Outstanding Cartoon, the prize goes to Cathy Wilcox of the Nine Network & The Sydney Morning Herald, for her cartoon Solid Ground. Solid Ground by Cathy Wilcox Finalists for the award are: The Kennedy Awards […]
Crankshaft Leadtime (again). Last week I implied that Crankshaft was at least a year ahead on its deadline. This week has me rethinking that. Today’s Crankshaft uses an actual Jumble puzzle from April 13, 2024 putting it four months ahead. Now I’m thinking Tom Batiuk has the plots and scripts further ahead than Dan Davis […]
We’re going to take a little break from politics today, while I recover from having spent the past week banging my head on the desk. Like the grandfather in The Buckets (AMS), I’ve been sparring with my computer and various online entities. Both the motherboard and hard drive on my desktop are in hospice, but […]
Profiles of and interviews with Walt Handelsman, Brian Box Brown, Crockett Johnson, R. Alan Brooks, Jeff Smith, and Phil Hands. And Jud Hurd. When Walt Handelsman Went Marching in to New Orleans The Advocate and The New Orleans Times-Picayune celebrate the 35th anniversary of the arrival of editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman as he left Scranton […]
Roy Carlson has a column at Sports Collectors Daily specializing in Topps Baseball cards. Like many, I grew up watching cartoons on TV for hours on end every Saturday morning. When programming eventually shifted to adult content, I marched from living room to bedroom and submersed myself into yet another batch of cartoons – the […]
Guy Parsons is being somewhat cynical here, but that’s not to say he’s wrong. There was a time, O Best Beloved, when people who loved the Earth recoiled from milk in plastic jugs, preferring to pick up the glass bottles that had to be brought back to the store. In fact, we were going to […]
A visit to Edward Sorel to deliver his Reuben Award sets Jason Chatfield thinking about how to cartoon. Sorel is, without question, one of the most iconic satirical illustrators in America… I was nervous to finally get an opportunity to meet him. My friend Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University, had […]