Iranian activist and cartoonist Atena Farghadani, originally sentenced to six years in prison for “insulting sacred values” and “propagating against the ruling system,” has been released after serving eight months. Her sentence was first reduced to 18 months, but a December 9 appeals court ruling acquitted her of the blasphemy charges, reducing her sentence to […]
A Charlie Brown Christmas – year 59. Next year will not only be the 75th anniversary of Peanuts debut on October 2, 1950 it will also be the 60th year since A Charlie Brown Christmas first appeared on December 9, 1965. Of course times have changed and your opportunity to view the Peanuts special free […]
In this Candorville (KFS), Lemont echoes my feelings about scabdrivers. I don’t think we even have taxis out here in the sticks, but I’ve been to a couple of conventions where I got to sample both the licensed cabs and the unlicensed drivers, and I’m sticking to my original thoughts, which echo Lemont’s. I know […]
Following Jack Davis and Sam Glanzman we have the centennial anniversary of Fran Matera. Unlike the other two Fran spent most of his comic career on the newspaper pages drawing a number of comic strips from 1946 to 2004. Beginning with comic books in 1941 WWII interrupted his career. Returning to civilian life in 1946 […]
The Indian Institute of Cartoonists is celebrating its 200th cartoon exhibit as well as the release of the third edition of their flagship publication “CartoonistsIndia Annual 2024.” The exhibit will feature the work of cartoonist M.S. Ramakrishna whose work was published in “Shankar’s Weekly“, “Caravan“, and “Woman’s Era“. According to Kashmir Images, “CartoonistsIndia Annual 2024” […]
We’ll start at the beginning, with Dick Wright digging into the History Bag for a traditional metaphor in support of Dear Leader’s lies about immigrants. Certainly you’ve seen similar cartoons, this one coming from a Viennese newspaper in 1938, celebrating Germany getting rid of its rats with a “Germany for Germans” policy, while other, more […]
With Steve Breen, Georgia Dunn, Ralph Hulett, Hartley Lin, Jack Ohman, Rob Rogers, E. C. Segar, Scott Stantis, James Thurber, and more. SMERCOMICS raises 200K for Children’s Crisis Treatment Center From Michael Smerconish YouTube channel: Thank you to all who purchased Smercomics 2024. Last night I received copy No. 1, and handed over 100% of […]
The breaking news this morning is that the Syrian government has fallen and Bashar Assad has disappeared. Steve Brodner marks the moment by remembering that Tulsi Gabbard, who is not at all a Russian asset, visited the Russian-backed dictator in 2017, to the distress of The Syrian American Council. She explained the trip to Jake Tapper: When asked […]
Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud are co-chairs; Connie Zeigler on Brenda Starr and Dale Messick; Phil Witte – counsellor, cartoonist, critic; Barbara Shermund biographer Caitlin McGurk; Terry Laban – graphic novelist; Beginning: Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon. Telgemeier, McCloud chosen as National Library Week honorary chairs From the American Library Association: CHICAGO — Award-winning author and […]
Dan Piraro has a fascinating and important piece on his blog that ties in with my own experience of having been punished as a young lad for what we now recognize as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and being fortunate enough to turn it into an advantage. He was punished more savagely, since I was only […]
Dan Perkins, who as Tom Tomorrow creates This Modern World for the Daily Kos and other outlets and publications was awarded the 2024 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons from the National Press Foundation (NPF). Said the NPF judges: “Tom Tomorrow’s sharp and iconic work embodies the higher purpose of political […]
Winners of the 2024 Ellwood Atfield Political Cartoon of the Year Awards have been announced. Dave Brown of The Independent took home Political Cartoonist of the Year. Jeremy Banx was named Pocket Cartoonist of the Year. Fergus/InfiniteGuff‘s cartoon from the London Economic (below) was named Political Cartoon of the Year. Grizelda Grizlingham’s cartoon (below) was named Pocket […]
With the syndicates no longer distributing annual Christmas specials, we must rely on the regular comic strips for a Joyeus Noel, and a few have started this past week. We already noted Sally Forth, but Breaking Cat News also began a Pawmark Christmas movie this week which brings to mind those old NEA Christmas strips. […]
An excellent day for you to click on all the links, because there’s a lot to be said, but let me start with a quote from John Donne: Each man’s death diminishes me, for I am involved in mankind. This photo was taken September 16, 1920, in the wake of an explosion outside the offices […]
Comic artist Sam Glanzman was born 100 years ago today on December 5, 1924. Sam Glanzman had a long career as a comic book artist mostly drawing war comics in the latter half of his career. He gained a cult following for his cartooning that included a number of respected comic book artists and creators. […]