We’ll start with a non-political one. I’m disappointed in the new Sunday Ben Bolt (KFS-Vintage) story arc. Ben Bolt is mostly light, semi-humorous stuff on Sundays, but this reminded me of a scene in City for Conquest, a 1940 movie in which Cagney boxes to help support his composer brother. There is a scene in […]
The National Press Foundation is reminding journalists that the deadline for applications for NPF’s 2023 annual awards is Oct. 2, 2023. That includes The Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons. All details are at NPF’s Berryman Award page. According to the AAEC awards page this is the last award deadline for […]
It’s all happening at the CXC on September 27 through October 1, 2023. Comic book writers and artists, editorial cartoonists, comic strip creators, small and large press… The Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, “a comics, art & animation festival,” begins next week in Columbus, Ohio and, as always, in association with The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and […]
It was the Pig Fair last SeptemberA day I well rememberI was walking up and down in drunken prideWhen my legs began to flutterAnd I fell down in the gutterAnd a pig came up and lay down by my side. As I lay there in the gutterThinking thoughts I dare not utterI thought I heard […]
Joining The Memphis Commercial Appeal’s announcement of comics page changes yesterday are dozens more Gannett newspapers letting their readers know about the new comics pages they can expect soon. Most are explaining the change with some form of “The USA TODAY Network is standardizing its comic offerings across its more than 200 publications.” The Newport […]
In response to The Daily Cartoonist story about Gannett unifying their comics pages, the newspaper group has sent a correction: In your “The New Gannett Unified Comics Pages” post, you note all USA TODAY NETWORK publications will carry the “exact same comics” which is inaccurate [emphasis added]. We are unifying our print comics package, but […]
No, no, no politics today, despite Pearls Before Swine (AMS) sneaking a good one in. DD Degg’s news of another chain abandoning its local readers is depressing enough without delving deeper into the mire. UPDATE: Gannett has disputed the report, though it’s not clear how big a difference it makes. Stay tuned: DD Degg is […]
Dr. Seuss is returning to comics. Well, comic books. Oh, and they aren’t really done by Theodor Seuss Geisel. By the first half of the1930s Dr. Seuss was already a very successful magazine cartoonist and ad man when William Randolph Hearst convinced him to create a Sunday comic strip. Hejji ran for only three months […]
Gannett’s USA TODAY Network of newspapers will all carry the exact same comics from a seemingly select list on their comics pages when the largest publisher of newspapers unifies the comics they carry beginning October 2, 2023. While newspapers across America will be informing readers of the changes over the next week, today it was […]
Offer to make dinner. Offer to rub her shoulders. Just don’t offer advice. You’re stepping on a rake. Daddy’s Home (Creators) demonstrates something I learned from Deborah Tannen’s 1986 book, That’s Not What I Meant, an analysis of men’s and women’s conversational styles that has since been echoed and confirmed, though mostly by other feminist […]
The UCLA Library received a donation of “A world-class collection of political cartoons and caricatures created between 1690 and 2022” from Michael and Susan Kahn (Michael Kahn co-wrote May It Amuse the Court: Editorial Cartoons of the Supreme Court and Constitution and What Fools These Mortals Be! The Story of Puck). From the UCLA news […]
Among its attractions and achievements Liverpool England is, according to Wikipedia, “an important cultural centre within the United Kingdom, incorporating music, performing arts, museums and art galleries, literature and nightlife amongst others.” Most notably it is where they first appeared. “They” being Curly Wee and Gussie Goose. above: the first and second installments of Curly […]
There are many Hunter Biden cartoons this week, but Clay Bennett (CTFP) offers my favorite because it’s so completely foolish. I have seen a few of these tags recently which specify that it is only the seller, not the buyer, who is not allowed to remove it, but the notion persists that nobody is allowed […]
In the vast universe of comics, specific names stand out for their creativity and ability to touch the human soul with simple ink strokes. One such name is Ricardo Siri, better known by his pen name, “Liniers.” His creation, Macanudo, is more than just a comic strip; it reflects life, love, and the myriad emotions […]
Arlo & Janis (AMS) went through a week of decluttering as preparation for selling their house and moving to the coast near Gene and his family, or, as Arlo says, possibly doing so. And as I observed earlier in the story arc, I’m awfully glad I haven’t lived in the same place for 30 or […]