Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Frazz (AMS) starts us with a reminder that some things can’t be purchased, except of course that they can. As it happens, the strip ran just after the Boston Marathon, as likely planned, but also after a local news story here mentioned that they used to put the medallions indicating that you finished on a…
Cartoonists are focusing on a few major stories and therefore everything today could be a Juxtaposition. For instance, Michael Ramirez mocks the notion that Israel is being urged not to set off a major war in the Middle East by responding to Iran’s launching of missiles and drones. Added to some similar expressions from other…
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for April 2024 (and some March) 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. American Comic Book Chronicles: 1945-1949 by Richard Arndt, Kurt F. Mitchell, Keith Dallas At long last,…
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. — Winston Churchill Ann Telnaes declares wake-up time, and I like the substitution of an alarm clock for a sword, because we’re not sure of the outcome but it seems that the…
Ernest Lawrence Thayer with Brian Nelson and Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis, Garfield, Steve Brodner and The Herblock Prize, Jay Stephens’ homage to EC, AI gag writing, a centennial Annie-versary, and Dan Piraro and Wayno and Bizarro. Batter up! Brian Nelson, at The Worcester Telegram, offers a brief history of Casey at the Bat in…
Matt Golding offers the only Dead OJ cartoon you will ever need, but it sure isn’t the only Dead OJ cartoon you’re being offered. I suppose it’s because a lot of cartoonists are around 50 years old. My first memory of OJ was that he ruined the homecoming game my freshman year in college, and…
Brewster Rockit (Tribune) gets to lead off for a second day in a row, having shifted from the informational back to the absurd. As noted, I stayed home rather than driving the four hours to my old digs in the Adirondacks, and I missed both totality and a good party, but we had a nice…
Start with an explainer from Brewster Rockit (Tribune). The strip is usually an absurdist laff-fest, but it breaks from time to time for an explanation, which goes to show that humor is funnier when the joker understands the topic. And, boy, would I like to carve that in stone. The cartoons that work are the…
A letter to the Oregonian: The Rose is Rose cartoon of March 20 shows a cat’s version of enjoying nature – dashing off to chase birds. This is a timely reminder, if unintended, that nesting season is here and it’s a good time to keep your cat indoors. Even if your pet doesn’t actually kill…
Editorial cartoonist Don Wright has passed away. Donald Conway (Don) Wright January 23, 1934 – March 24, 2024 From The Palm Beach Post: (Or via MSN:) Don Wright, the former Palm Beach Post editorial cartoonist whose searing, meticulously crafted illustrations made him one of the most renowned political cartoonists of his era, died last month…
Trigger Warning: The following post includes disturbing images and concepts. Those who find such thoughts upsetting may wish to move to a planet were bad things don’t happen. Jeff Stahler (AMS) summarizes the latest tragedy, in which three vehicles of World Central Kitchen, which had been providing food to starving civilians in Gaza, were attacked…
Yesterday was Factchecking Day, which makes me wish Steve Kelley (Creators)’s cartoon had run then, because it’s an easy one to fact-check: March 31 was established as International Transgender Day of Visibility in 2009, so there was no “blunder” in the White House issuing a proclamation saying so, as they issue proclamations for all sorts…
King Features Syndicate has released Digital Press Kits for two new comics offered to digital and print publications. Dumplings by Victor Van Acker first appeared on Comics Kingdom last Summer. The King Features (KFS) press kit says the comic strip is now/will be available to hard copy newspapers daily and Sunday. KFS describes the strip:…
Dave Whamond began Holy Week with his Palm Sunday Reality Check page depicting The Last Supper a few days earlier than it is traditionally held and doing a pretty good job of showing the Leonardo Da Vinci painting. The past week began in earnest with Monday and Greg Cravens playing with negative art in The…
Crain Communications editorial cartoonist and illustrator Rich Williams is retiring after 40+ years. From Plastic News: With Rich retiring Plastic News interviews him on his career: I went to Ohio University to major in journalism, became the editorial cartoonist for The Post, the school’s student-run newspaper, and soon realized it was my visual skill that…