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 […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2024 release. Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets, though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Arnold, The Complete Collection is now available! Arnold: The Complete Collection Volume 1 by Kevin McCormick On […]
Pat Byrnes criticizes the press with an imaginary Page One, accusing them of seeking to find faults with the Harris/Walz ticket while giving Trump a free ride. It’s a troubling accusation, because he seems to run afoul of Hanlon’s Razor, which states “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” That, in […]
‘Midwest nice’ cartoonist for The New Yorker is ready for Chicago and the DNC Paul Noth [link added], who contributes regularly to the magazine, has his pencil poised for the Democratic National Convention. He produces some of the nation’s sharpest political satire. Most recently, Noth, 51, found himself wrestling with an idea after watching Donald […]
Russell Myers, by unanimous vote of the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) Board of Directors, will be the recipient of their Gold Key Award which enters him into the NCS Hall of Fame. From the National Cartoonists Society announcement: Russell Myers will be honored with the Gold Key award at the 78th Annual Reuben Awards [link […]
A substantial portion of the public really likes Kamala Harris, but, as Phil Hands notes, the press is losing patience. Having posed the question of how she can make up for lost time with the elections so close, they aren’t very happy with her answer of taking her message directly to the public instead of […]
The profession of editorial cartooning isn’t so much dying as it is simply entering a new phase in the circle of life — the phase where the corpse is eaten by maggots and turned into dirt. True, cartoonists are just above mimes and poets in social significance; is the nation really losing anything? From 2009 […]
Note: This schedule has been superseded by an updated schedule. Expected Special Guests and Emcees: Christian Vachon, Wes Tyrell, Jack Ohman, Aislin, Boris, Graeme McKay, Ward Sutton, Mr. Fish, Serge Chapleau, Kal, Barry Blitt. And maybe Patrick Chappette, Matt Wuerker, Joel Pett, and Ann Telnaes. Bonus: an appearance by The Daily Cartoonist’s own Mike Peterson. […]
Day by Dave (AMS) reminds us that today is National Tattoo Removal Day, and I suppose the way you react to that information could be an indication of your age. Whamond’s gag assumes a relationship between alcohol consumption, getting a tattoo and regret. The question isn’t whether that pattern exists. Of course it does. The […]
Nancy, Li’l Abner, Ziggy, Crankshaft, Barney Google, Mallard Fillmore, The Shadow, Pearls Before Swine, Working Cats, Rosebuds, Goomer, Suburban Fairy Tales, and, believe it or not, even more. Rick Kogan of The Chicago Tribune was surprised to come across an old man (no, not me) reading the funny pages in a print format on a […]
Man Martin, author and cartoonist, has made a name for himself as one of the great illustrators of the human condition as it concerns how we treat one another – with a specialty in Biblical foibles, though he certainly doesn’t confine himself to that. A few months ago cartoonist Man Martin, a TDC favorite, informed […]
Elon Musk provides a starting point today, though perhaps not the one he intended. Ben Jennings had accurately predicted the fawning tongue-bath his online “interview” with Donald Trump would be. Judd Legum, on the Popular Information substack, put details behind that, headlining his prediction “The most expensive political ad of all time” and placing it […]
From Dean Simons at The Comics Beat: Apple has caused consternation in the creative space as it requires Patreon – the creator monetisation service – to move all purchases and subscriptions made via its iOS app through its own integrated payment system which takes a 30% cut. From Patreon: Apple is requiring us to use […]