Industry news for the professional cartoonist
As reported elsewhere here, Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles has announced his retirement, effective at the end of the month. And, as this 1987 cartoon — scanned from a clipped, yellowed copy — indicates, I’ve been a Tom Toles fan for a long time. Back in them thar days, I was 37, with kids about…
I’m going to wait another day for a few more Trump/Tax cartoons to hit, but Morten Morland (London Times) lays out the administration’s response, which is, of course, denial. Trump’s constant refrain about fake news brings up the line from Princess Bride: “You keep using that word. I am not sure it means what you…
Rick McKee starts off the discussion with a simple, time-tested fact, which is that people believe what — but mostly who — they want to believe. Some of it is trivial. Most kids become suspicious about Santa Claus early on, and figure it out for themselves, sometimes with a friend bursting a bubble that was…
This week’s story arc in Betty has them contemplating the collection of snow globes they’ve accumulated in their travels, with the central question being “Why on earth did we accumulate all these snow globes?” Apparently, they weren’t being ironic, though snow globes from tacky gift shops might be an interesting thing to collect. And by…
Alex adds a caution to the cheerful notion of leaving the city to telecommute from rural splendor. Which isn’t happening. But, then again, is. That first article is based on the logic that just because people are looking at houses on realtor.com and Zillow, it doesn’t mean they’re actually bidding and buying and serious. The…
The world is full of serious issues, but I’m in a Big Nate mood: Tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight. Starting with … Juxtaposition of this past Friday (F-Minus) (Flying McCoys) This was such an odd Juxtaposition that it made me stop and say, “Didn’t I just read this?” and go back. It also struck me…
A lot of cartoonists are posting their original 9/11 cartoons this week. Here’s what I was doing then. It was the start of the school year, which put a real burden on teachers, since they didn’t really know their kids yet and suddenly had to guide them through this horrific event. Fortunately, in a…
But first, this … Having used Chip Bok‘s cartoon yesterday to illustrate conservatives who dismiss the revelations in the Atlantic because of (fairly standard) anonymous sources, it’s only fair to note that he posted this that morning. Fair enough, Chip. Now let’s dispense with politics and enjoy some Friday Funnies. Granted, Candorville often riffs…
This is as close to political cartoons as I plan to get today: Morten Morland is certainly not the first or only cartoonist to riff on the difficulty of re-adjusting to life in the office, but doing something better is an excellent defense for not having done it first. And lining them up on the…
Indeed there is, Rat. Indeed there is. Pearls Before Swine has become a bit preachy lately, but we’re in a crisis and I’ll give Stephan Pastis credit for knowing it early enough that, despite a few weeks lead time, he dropped this at the moment when our government decided to hide evidence of foreign interference…
I wasn’t sure whether to start or end with Matt Wuerker‘s cartoon, but I think it does serve to set the scene as well as to wrap it up. The Trump Whirlwind is a brilliant piece of graphic personification, but let me belabor the storm metaphor for a moment, because, as we watch Louisiana dig…
Not only is it TGIF, but it’s also TGIR, which stands for “Thank God I’m Retired,” because this Andertoons might otherwise spark a bout of depression. The only suspense in visits from Corporate was whether they were sending a deliberate liar or just someone who didn’t know what was going on. We had a…
Peter Brookes leads us off today with a commentary on the bizarre mashup of celebration and disaster surrounding the Republican National Convention, which, as several people have noted, is unusual because an incumbent president is basing his appeal on the horrific condition of the nation he has been leading. We sure aren’t hearing Republicans ask,…
I’ll confess (A) I didn’t stay up for the RNC, it being hard enough to get up at 4 AM to get this blog together and (B) I certainly saw more than enough clips this morning of Don Jr’s girlfriend screaming. And I saw that Herschel Walker endorsed the fellow who, lest we forget, should…
“The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on,” the Arabic saying goes, and, the DNC having concluded, the analysis begins. Darrin Bell is unhappy that the convention speakers didn’t unfold a complete blueprint, but I’m not sure when that has ever happened. Even in the days when the platform was written and only then a…