Zits (KFS) made me smile Sunday. Note that it’s not a slam on the Nutcracker itself, and I like classic ballet. But the guys agree that the same ballet every Christmas gets stale, even as a tradition. My smile came because I’m retired and no longer have the yearly discussion of whether we will send […]
Take a cue from Moose Miller – forget the rest of the newspaper and turn to the comics. Though, as Henrietta Beak shows, with seven, eight, even ten comics to a page you may need some help to read the Sunday Funnies. We’ll start with an ending, a happy ending. Patrick McDonnell created the feel […]
I wish I didn’t like Megan Herbert‘s commentary so much. Advent calendars have become so commercialized that it’s not easy to find ones that just offer a small picture of a candy cane or something similarly of the season, hearkening back to a time when we were excited by the approach of Christmas but more […]
Mark Fiore, David Fitzsimmons, AAEC Awards listing. First stop is Mark Fiore, who is experimenting with AI. For the most part I’ve been frustrated because I see an image in my head that I could draw the old-fashioned way, but I can’t make the robot do what I want it to do. Yet. While I’m […]
Today is the semiquincentennial of an act by patriots – or maybe by smugglers? Both? December 16, 1773: Americans disguised as Mohawks dumped cheap, but taxed, English tea into Boston harbor. panel 1: George the Third of England sat upon his throne. And to Lord North, his treasurer, made all his stamp acts known. panel […]
First Dog on the Moon offers a look at the year ahead, and he’s lucky to draw the assignment, because you just sit back and wax omniscient knowing that, as he says, a year from now, nobody will remember what stupid things you predicted. People love predictions. I keep seeing a horoscope column come up […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for December 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via the books’ publishers,though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Comics Revue Presents December 2023 features Drago by Burne Hogarth; Flash Gordon by Harry Harrison; Rick O’Shay by Stan Lynde; Gasoline […]
Humor specifically and cartoon commentary in general require context. The context of Paul Fell‘s cartoon is immediately clear to anyone who watches Daytime TV, but perhaps less so for those who work 9 to 5. His hapless character here has succumbed to a catalog of really bad ideas being foisted on the daytime audience. Back […]
Andy Sareyan, Andrews McMeel Universal CEO since 2014, has resigned. From Kansas City Business Journal: Kansas City media company Andrews McMeel Universal announced that CEO Andy Sareyan resigned. He had led the company since 2014. His role with the company will end on Feb. 2. He was hired in 2014 as the first CEO outside […]
The “best” of The New Yorker and Roll Call and Editorial Cartoons (Eppys) and a failure. If the algorithm is to be believed, what I want to see on Instagram are videos of people falling off horses, photos of celebrities before and after alleged plastic surgery (or did her nose lose weight?), and endless reels […]
Several comic strips have been anticipating Christmas with gags about kids trying to clean up their acts for Santa and people decorating their trees, but now we’re getting right down to the real nitty gritty, and Monty (AMS) brings up the topic of Christmas cards as we enter the home stretch. I used to get […]
‘Tis the season. ‘Tis the season to be jolly, and Comics Kingdom is decking the halls with a special Holiday Collection that’ll make your spirits zing faster than sleigh bells on Christmas Eve! The Comics Kingdom Shop has an assortment of ornaments, mugs, posters, and clothing with Holiday themes. ********** It is also the season […]
The September 25 issue of The New Yorker saw Kyle Bravo debut as one of two new cartoonists to the magazine. Michael Maslin at the time noted: Two newbies: Amelia Cossentino, and Kyle Bravo. They are the 12th and 13th cartoonists brought into the magazine’s cartoonist stadium this year, and the 138th and 139th cartoonists […]
Clay Bennett (CTFP)‘s cartoon introduces today’s theme by happenstance, because we all know that Ukraine needs our continued help, and that time is running out as fast as their ammunition. The happenstance is that the cartoon appears at the same time as David Frum’s article in the Atlantic, “Why the GOP Doesn’t Really Want a […]
Signe Wilkinson is widely acclaimed and celebrated for her remarkable contributions as an editorial cartoonist at The Inquirer and the Daily News. With an illustrious career spanning over 35 years, Wilkinson has established herself as a prominent figure in the world of cartooning, garnering numerous accolades, including the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. Despite the adjectives the […]