A London woman rediscovered original cartoon art including seven Andy Capp strips by Reg Smythe. Andy Lines reports for The Daily Mirror: Rare original Andy Capp strips have been found in a cellar, 30 years after they were hidden away there. The signed Reg Smythe works were among 2,222 Daily Mirror toons from the 20th […]
There used to be a Sunday talking heads show called Issues and Answers, which was a pretty ambitious promise, though back then they tried. Today, it would be called “Issues and Talking Points” and I don’t watch Sunday political chat shows because I’m old enough to remember when politicians who went on “Meet the Press” […]
Ninety years ago Lee Falk began his 65 years in comic stripping by writing and drawing the first two weeks of Mandrake the Magician from June 11 to June 23, 1934. After that he continued as the creator and writer of Mandrake (and later The Phantom) but turned the art duties over to Phil Davis. […]
From Iran International: The Revolutionary Court of Tehran has handed down a six-year prison sentence to Atena Farghadani, a cartoonist targeted for her critique of the government. According to her attorney, Mohammad Moqimi, Farghadani has been behind bars since her arrest on April 13, charged with “insulting sacred values and propagating against the ruling system”. Farghadani received […]
Prickly City (AMS) reiterates the high-minded, analytical approach familiar to grade-school alumni: “I know you are, but what am I?” Trump having been seen dozing off while he was on trial, the response is to declare that Biden dozes off all the time. It’s not the only example, particularly if you plumb the depths of […]
The 21st Phantom Mike Manley has returned to The Daily Phantom today with a new story. And though I can no longer find it on Mike’s Facebook page he did mention that he had a hand in the direction of this story (IIRC). The 2nd Phantom Upcoming in The Sunday Phantom is a tale of […]
Best way to shut me up is to draw the perfect cartoon. Too Much Coffee Man has done just that. Fortunately, the effect is temporary. Matt Golding usually ends up in political cartoon postings, but this one is purely social, and let’s note that obnoxious people with leaf blowers are blowing leaves Down Under. Up […]
Highlights from the Collection of Jules Feiffer Later this month Swann Auction Galleries is presenting art for bid from cartoonists and illustrators from the fields of magazines, comic strips, animation, newspapers, ads, and much much more (320 lots); at least some of which come from the Jules Feiffer collection. Jun 20, 2024 at 12:00 PM […]
Among our pointing to comics from the past few days we will also note some news stories related to recent items here. For example today’s Rex Morgan M.D. brings to mind the Bizarro post from yesterday with its opening panels using the them/they pronouns. This past week (or two) saw Phoebe of Phoebe and Her […]
Bob Englehart provides a head-scratcher. There’s nothing wrong with contrasting two presidents, or two speeches, but you have to do it in a way that clearly approves of one and disapproves of the other. Roosevelt used the phrase, which he said was a West African proverb, more than once, starting with a letter written as […]
Comics scholar and illustrator John Adcock has passed away. John Kenneth Adcock May 1950 – June 1, 2024 From the Obituary: On June 1, 2024, John Kenneth Adcock of Edmonton, Alberta, passed away peacefully at the age of 74 years. Born in Nelson, BC in May 1950 and raised in Trail, BC, he was a […]
From Dan Piraro: I successfully raised two children to adulthood who, until recently, I called my daughters. But in the past year, one of them has asked that I not refer to her with terms associated with females. She doesn’t feel that words like “her,” “ma’am,” or “daughter” describe her. In fact, she doesn’t think […]
Well, of course it was! Though Ann Telnaes could have run this cartoon just about anytime in the past decade or seven, because nothing at all has ever been Donald Trump’s fault and the system has always been rigged against him. On the other hand, in this picture he’s surrounded by more sheep than ever […]
In this week’s paper, you will notice a few feature on our opinion page: a new comic strip called ‘Mr. Mayor.’ It has been a dream of mine for years to write a local comic strip or an editorial cartoon about local issues and ‘Mr. Mayor’ is a little bit of both. If you want […]
With Steve Brodner, Alison Bechdel, Lawrence Wood, Alex Norris, Jerry Craft, Art Speigelman, Norman Rockwell and The Usual Gang of Idiots. The Herblock Foundation held its 2024 Herblock Prize ceremony at the Library of Congress on June 4 honoring Steve Brodner this year. Comics DC has links to photographer Bruce Guthrie‘s pages of the reception […]