I’m starting the day with Nick Anderson‘s cartoon following the release of the Justice Department’s 600-page report on the May, 2022, school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. There have been several other cartoons, but, while I don’t expect a cartoonist to read all 600 pages in time to fire off a timely commentary, I didn’t find […]
First – a little catching up from Rob Tornoe at Editor & Publisher last Fall: Over at King Features Syndicate, President CJ Kettler doesn’t see comic strips going away anytime soon. In fact, Kettle said the company launched several new comics features this year, including “Break of Day” by Nate Fakes and “Never Been Deader” […]
Tony DePaul on his, more-or-less monthly these days, blog chimed in on the just ended Wrack and Ruin: On Phantom matters (which I’m always ambivalent writing about here), the dual-timeline Wrack and Ruin series came to a close last Saturday, after seven chapters and 32 months. It ended with Jeff Weigel’s Phantom reflecting for a […]
I’m not exactly on the brink of despair, but Too Much Coffee Man (AMS) is close enough, because I’m beyond the brink of disgust and, yes, very worried about the immediate future. Come to think of it, that may be the definition of “brink of despair,” since I’m not quite in despair yet. However, I […]
The National Cartoonists Society has opened its Call For Entries for the annual Reuben Divisional Awards. Calling all cartoonists! The National Cartoonists Society announces its annual call for entries for consideration for the 78th NCS Divisional Reuben Awards, recognizing excellence in professional cartooning for work published in 2023. You do not have to be a member of […]
95 years ago today, on January 17, 1929, E. C. Segar introduced a new character to the comics pages. Popeye had powers far beyond mortal man thanks to the Wiffle Hen and later to spinach. Ten years later, on January 16, 1939, newspaper readers were introduced to another person with “powers and abilities far beyond […]
Dave Whamond notes the latest absurdity in Ron DeSantis’s war on thinking: The Escambia County school district has taken several dictionaries from its shelves because they contain dirty words. Or words that could be considered sexual; several of the dictionaries are edited for children, so we can assume that the most prurient words were not […]
From Lynne Sullivan of The Providence Journal: After we announced the debut of a refreshed comics page, more than 200 of you called or wrote in, expressing your support for “Wallace The Brave.” This is what I love to see, readers engaged with our content and telling me how much this comic strip – set […]
It has been announced on Joel Pett‘s Facebook page that he will be contributing cartoons to WEKU: News! Joel’s new Kentucky home is with WEKU 88.9, Eastern Kentucky University’s NPR affiliate. He will provide three political cartoons per week to weku.org (link below) and produce weekly audio commentary, which will air at 7:31 a.m. and […]
Two days ago, I complimented Wiley Miller for timing a Non Sequitur (AMS) commenting on the Patriots’ lousy season such that, though drawn weeks in advance, it was accurate and landed as the football season ended. Now it’s Scott Stantis’s turn, with a Prickly City (AMS) the morning after Iowa, and, once more, it’s accurate […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2024 release.Images and links from a variety of publishers and outlets,though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. John Romita’s Amazing Spider-Man: The Daily Strips Artist’s Edition By John Romita (preview) An Artist’s Edition is a book […]
Today is a holiday, though it’s another of those American wage-slave holidays where the banks, the schools and the post offices close and everything else goes on as normal. Most of the cartoons acknowledging MLK Day seem pretty bland, but Marc Murphy breaks ranks by making a point, adding on his Facebook page: People think […]
From TV Tropes: A “Shaggy Dog” Story is a plot with a high level of build-up and complicating action, only to be resolved with an anti-climax or ironic reversal, usually one that makes the entire story meaningless. According to author Tony DePaul the just concluded “Wrack and Ruin” story began two and a half years […]
… will introduce a revamped and updated comics section on Monday, Jan. 15… Beginning Jan. 15, we are excited to bring to our San Angelo readers a refreshed comics section… So, here’s what we’re changing beginning Jan. 15… Most(?) Gannett newspapers made the switch last Fall, those left behind will be making the switch this […]
Our impending political disaster is grim enough that Andertoons (AMS) manages to mine it not so much for an actual laugh but, more appropriately, for a grim smile and nod. And he’s right: Once we, or our children or their children, emerge from all this, there will be a rush of people explaining how bad […]