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Tony Dow’s death inspired Ruben Bolling to repost this Tom the Dancing Bug from 2012, which I liked then and I like now, not only because it pokes holes in the rightwing objections to liberal reform, but because it treats the original sitcom with more respect than it usually gets. “Leave It To Beaver” did…
Comic book editor and writer Sid Jacobson has passed away. Sidney R. (Sid) Jacobson October 20, 1929 – July 23, 2022 From Sid’s son Seth: My father, Sid Jacobson, passed Saturday night (July 23rd) at Mission Hospice House in Redwood City, south of San Francisco. He went peacefully after suffering a major stroke during…
So everyone has had fun now, making Josh Hawley jokes, and the Senator has, predictably, offered the PeeWee Herman “I meant to do it” defense. Clay Jones offers the best cartoon I’ve seen so far that captures this bold cowardice. Beyond that, Will Bunch encapsulates what I’m hearing on the street, which is that…
Mike Rhode reports on Sara Duke revealing that The Library of Congress has received a new addition from 1918 to their collection by Harrison Cady, a master of the arts. “Written by Jim Edgar, ‘Matt Marriott’ was the finest and most atmospheric newspaper strip about the American Wild West that has ever been produced,”…
I’m not in a political mood today, but I’ll feature this Carpe Diem (KFS) because I’m pretty sure that, since Niklas Eriksson lives in Sweden and his panel is not political, his lead time was significant and this is a coincidence. I wouldn’t run it if I thought he were drawing a fist-bump cartoon not…
Announcing the 2022 Davenport International Cartoon Contest! A festival that honors a famous Political Cartoonist seems almost naked without some kind of competition focused on that endeavor. To that end, the International Cartoon Contest has returned! Also, since we have not changed either our entry fees or our prizes in over 30 years, we have…
They Can Talk provides an excellent starting point for contemplating cartoons that remind me of other things, because, by playing on the social tendencies of cats and dogs, it mirrors those tendencies within ourselves, which is how good comedy works. It’s allied to the half-empty/half-full glass trope, except that that classic division between optimists and…
I woke up this morning feeling really refreshed, but couldn’t tell why until I began going through the political cartoons and realized I’d somehow slept through the past year and missed the mid-term elections entirely. As Steve Breen (Creators) and others have noted, it’s time to start up the 2024 presidential campaign! I’m disappointed, since…
We’ll narrow that Boston area to Malden. Keith Knight, a Malden native, infuses his work with humor, creativity and social activism. Knight went to high school in Malden, lived for a while in California’s Bay area (where the “Woke” series is based), later moved to Los Angeles and now lives with his wife and…
There’s a dust-up among editorial cartoonists over a fellow who cartoons for Cagle under a cloak of anonymity, which seems, by any measure, a violation of journalistic ethics, in which anonymous sources are used only with reluctance, but the stories in which they appear are signed. It seems particularly unnecessary, given that (A) nobody here…
Perils of working too far in advance: Prickly City (AMS) doesn’t seem aware that watching gas prices has become nearly a joyous practice. Around here, they’ve gone down 30 cents since my last fill-up, which means that, instead of thinking I’d better top off before they go any higher, I’m wringing out every mile in…
In order to start a day of mythbusting on an apolitical note, here’s a cartoon Rich Powell shared on Facebook the other day, though I note by the date that he drew it some time ago. It’s about the nursery rhyme about little piggies, used, as demonstrated in this 1857 painting by Lilly Martin-Spencer, to…
Wallace the Brave (AMS) and his buddies are off for the summer, and the last day of school provided an example of why this comic strip stands out. To begin with, Mrs. Macintosh likes her job, she likes the kids and the kids like her. The affection in that first panel is, if not entirely…
Tribune Content Agency has announced that Henry Barajas will be the new writer for the Gil Thorp comic strip beginning July 11, 2022, replacing Neal Rubin*. The unique storylines of Gil Thorp will have a new voice starting in July — graphic novel author Henry Barajas, a Latinx author based in Los Angeles. Barajas takes…
The current question for political commentators seems to be “Can you walk and chew gum at the same time?” Adam Zyglis drew this cartoon before SCOTUS handed down their abortion decision last week, but it’s a good marker of where we’re at, because, amid all the uproar over that story, there has been a…