Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Jack Ohman (Counterpoint) notes the lack of conflict-of-interest rules for Congress, in light of a proposal by Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) to prevent senior government officials, including Supreme Court Justices, from playing the stock market. It seems ridiculous and unnecessary, but the fact that it is necessary explains why it is not ridiculous. It’s not entirely…
No matter what kind of change, other than doubling the amount of comics while keeping all the regular ones, newspaper editors must be prepared to receive negative comments from their readers. The latest change to Lee Enterprises newspapers brought the inevitable response. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, which went from 34 comics to 10, has been…
Granted, David Rowe is an Australian and not a proper Brit, but I take some comfort in not being the only person who has had enough of all this, and, after all, she is on his money. IMHO, he’s right on the money as well. I saw a promo for live coverage of the Queen’s…
King Features Syndicate has launched development on a new animated feature inspired by the interactive children’s comic strip, Slylock Fox — having renewed its representation agreement for the property, previously known as Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids. © King Features Syndicate The film in development will follow the Sherlock-Holmes-esque detective Slylock Fox and his…
I’ve got great news for all you creeps, crooks and conmen of the Panhandle political class. Grab your champagne and pop your corks — the idiot cartoonist is officially leaving the Pensacola News Journal! Yes, editorial cartoonist Andy Marlette announced early this month that he was leaving the paper where he had been employed since…
Mike Smith (KFS) offers a common though often dubious critique, that the Republicans are flooding us with criticism of the Biden administration without proposing any solutions of their own. I say “dubious” because sometimes an act is so clearly foolish that you only need to point it out; you don’t need to specify the non-foolish…
Apologies to Sean Cleary and everyone, life got in the way of The Daily Cartoonist today. So other than the already set in motion Hey Kids! Comics! post TDC was forced into the backseat. Anyway… © Patrick McDonnell Yes Sean there has been a number of comic characters guest starring in other comic strips this…
(Benjamin Slyngstad) (Pat Bagley) Here are two closely related commentaries on the negative response to diversity and inclusion in fantasy productions, but, while closely related, they differ in some interesting ways. Slyngstad rightfully draws his character as a bigot, but the fellow has half a point: Elves, trolls and orcs are all derived from…
Between the death of Queen Elizabeth and the Anniversary of 9/11, things are tedious over on the editorial pages, so we’ll stick to the funnies today. I was surprised to see this Pardon My Planet (KFS) this morning, since sensitivity might have called for pulling it, but, then again, it would have already been sitting…
I was surprised to hear yesterday’s news about the dip in NAEP reading and math scores over the past year, not because of the dip itself but because it was being discussed as if there were something surprising about it. Anyone who thought you could achieve the same results with 30 kids on Zoom that…
Underground/alternative cartoonist and editor Diane Noomin has passed away. Diane Noomin (née Diane Robin Rosenblatt) May 13, 1947 – September 1, 2022 The news of Diane’s passing is being shared on social media. From Charles Kochman on the afternoon of September 1: I am so sorry to share the news that Diane Noomin passed away…
September Mourn above: “Morning Music” by Sempé © Condé Nast The New Yorker’s new issue (dated September 5, 2022) features a J. J. Sempé cover (the 114th) in tribute to the artist who passed away earlier this month. The cover story feature: The French artist’s widow describes Sempé’s decades-long relationship with the magazine and his…
A day for catching up on various things, and we’ll start with today’s Zits (KFS), in which it turns out Jeremy’s podcast was everything I thought it would be and less. I have no idea how much pain is yet to come, because some threads become part of the strip and others drop and disappear,…
Biden’s decision to cancel a portion of student loan debt is top of the news, and Kevin Siers makes the point that, while it’s not a cure-all, lot of people wanted it to happen. It’s a sign of the times that doing something a lot of people wanted you to do carries a tinge of…
Today’s Zits (KFS) illustrates the problem I have with podcasts. It’s not that they’re a collection of belches and farts, exactly, but they tend to be just about that rigorous in the way they’re set up and planned out. There’s already a certain amount of ego involved in thinking people want to know what’s on…