With apologies to Mike Peterson, Crabgrass was the Comic Strip of the Day. Perfect timing. The Chainsaw Cabin story was over, as far as we knew, with Saturday’s denouement and we moved on to the unrelated Sunday strip. Then >Wham< here’s an epilogue about a forgotten detail of the Chainsaw plot. Wonderful! It’s been awhile […]
DD Degg recently posted two round-ups (here and here) of remarks from people who are of the opinion that political cartoonists should not have opinions. Or at least not strong opinions with which others might disagree. And yet they do, and as proof, here are some examples. Get’em before more publishers decide it’s not worth […]
Editorial Cartoons on Billboards New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is under fire and being ridiculed in a new political cartoon commissioned by the Sussex County Republican Committee. The cartoon shows the governor dragging a boy from his family and indoctrinating him into changing his gender identity. Sussex County Republican Chairman Joe Labarbera announced that the […]
So gold and rare coin proponent Mike Fuljenz used part of his September 6, 2023 column to discuss how he can, after a few days, decide on a newspaper’s political bias by the editorial cartoons the paper carries. As I travel the nation meeting with other industry leaders and giving insight on issues impacting the […]
First Dog on the Moon has the delightful ability to make me laugh but also send me scurrying to the Googles, and this is an excellent example. First Dog is the conscience of the world, so militant about climate change as to be annoying but, then again, not wrong. He brings up the important issue […]
In the morning it is my wont to have a news program on in the background while surfing the internet. The news channels change frequently but this morning it was CNN and Michael Smerconish for a while. Smerconish got my attention when he plugged his newsletter featuring exclusive political cartoons. Smerconish has, beginning in July, […]
It used to be nearly impossible to win one of the giant teddy bears depicted in this Rhymes With Orange (KFS) strip, given the various tricks and outright cons employed by the carnies who run the midway games at the county fair. But, yes, you would see some parent or two dutifully schlepping one of […]
Comic strips and panels. It didn’t catch fire right away, but since its publication, the [Peter Steiner] cartoon has become one of the most recognizable jokes about the internet, if not technology in general. 30 years later, Cyberdog is the most-shared cartoon in the New Yorker’s century-long history. The original drawing goes up for sale […]
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for September 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through your local comic shop or independent book store is a good idea. Unsupervised: A Crabgrass Comics Adventure Out of Line: The Graphic Humor of D. Watson How to Make Money Writing for Comics Magazines (new […]
Robert Ariail sums up the GOP’s impeachment effort with a familiar expression, though he’s generous in assuming they even have a horse, even one they haven’t hitched up before that cart. But the “Giddyap!” dialogue is instructive, because they are insistent that they’re ready to roll despite clear indications that they are not. They’re hoping […]
For well over 40 years, a fat orange cat has been a linchpin of American culture. It’s time to accept that. “The Secret to Appreciating Garfield” It’s late August, and I am cracking up as I read a brand-new Garfield comic. My appreciation for the comic partly stems from the elegance of the cartooning, the […]
Mutts cartoonist Patrick McDonnell has written and illustrated a love letter to the comic books of his youth. “The Super Hero’s Journey is a fantastical dream-memory of my childhood infatuation with comic books, and a tale of the spiritual inner journey of reconnecting to the “super being” in us all. The book is a love […]
If I were doing politics today, I’d want to swap out the parents with Uncle Sam and the Statue of Liberty in this Wallace the Brave (AMS), because about the best you can say about current politics is that a 50% decency rate isn’t as bad as it could be. I’m not much into awards, […]
Jack Ohman helped Politico kick off their new California Playbook page. THE BUZZ — Covering California’s mercurial political figures is no easy feat — but neither is capturing them in cartoon form. The Golden State is home to so many political giants — from San Francisco’s Nancy Pelosi to Bakersfield’s Kevin McCarthy — and to […]
Spy vs. Spy, Brother Jonathan, and 20 Trailblazing Comic Strips That Changed the Game Spy vs. Spy and Antonio Prohías The seventy-first issue of MAD Magazine, cover dated June 1962, contains a noteworthy entry in Antonio Prohías’ Spy vs. Spy, a comic strip depicting Looney Tunes-style espionage between two pointy-headed, monochromatic secret agents. This particular […]