Medar de la Cruz Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary
Medar de la Cruz, contributor to The New Yorker, has been awarded the 2024 Illustrated Reporting and Commentary Pulitzer Prize…
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More Past Week Comics This Week
Before we get too far away some more comments on yesterday’s and last week’s comics. It didn’t take long for…
CSotD: Love in perspective, love of perspective
I don’t know how much lead time Jimmy Craig takes for They Can Talk. I guess it’s up to him,…
25 Years of National Cartoonists Days
It’s the Silver Anniversary of National Cartoonists Day! As News18 tells it: During World War II in 1943, cartoonists including…
CSotD: Errors, Misunderstandings and Lies
It’s always nice, though not always possible, to begin with an overview of what is about to come. Jen Sorensen…
Books, Comic and Otherwise – Mostly Comic
Mad Cave has signed a deal with King Features to publish new comic book stories starring Flash Gordon. The partnership…
CSotD: Marooned on an Accessible Island
Ivan Ehlers captures my mood as I watch the nation’s dialogue degenerate into what seems like a contest to see…
Broom-Hilda, Dick Tracy, and Pluggers Now at Comics Kingdom; New Mutts Coming Up
Comics Kingdom is now running three Tribune Content Agency (TCA) comics on its website. From the Comics Kingdom blog: We’re…
Rachita Taneja and Zunzi Winners: the 2024 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award
From the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation: The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the City of Geneva announce the winners of the 2024…
CSotD: Directions and Misdirections
Joy of Tech comments on the decline of the Internet, and they’re not alone, though this detailed takedown of Facebook’s…
Miss Cellany Visits Some Friends
Charles Brubaker, Mike Thompson, Jackie Ormes, Farrah Rodriguez, Liana Finck, Olly Duke, Walt Handelsman, and John Reiner. Charles Brubaker got…
Dan Schkade Discusses Flash Gordon
Pencil to Pencil hosted a set with new Flash Gordon comic strip cartoonist Dan Schkade. As seen on the screen…
CSotD: Dogs, Frogs and Demagogues
Harley Schwadron speaks for me, because there is a flood of topics being cartooned about at the moment and my…
Alexandra Bowman Recipient of Inaugural John Locher Memorial Fellowship
The John Locher Memorial Award has evolved into the John Locher Memorial Fellowship and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists…
Wayback Whensday: Steve Canyon Extras
To paraphrase Eric Burdon: When I was young it was more important to get my comics as a half page….