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Note: This schedule has been superseded by an updated schedule.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 […]

The Animation Guild (TAG) starts negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) today (August 12). As a precursor to the negotiations a rally was held in the IATSE Local 80 parking lot in Burbank: A huge mass of animation workers, cartoon fans, and union members from other crafts gathering in the […]

Yesterday on Facebook, Tarique Rahman, Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP, announced that freedom of political expression has been restored after former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country. I am deeply gratified that the freedom to draw political cartoons has been restored in Bangladesh. Before 2006, Bangladeshi cartoonists, especially Shishir Bhattacharjee, often […]

A documentary on the career and influence of South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, AKA Zapiro, debuted at the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa. The film focuses on Zapiro’s controversial cartoons during Jacob Zuma’s presidential term, challenging the boundaries of freedom of expression. The documentary description: The Showerhead examines the work of cartoonist Zapiro, […]