CSotD: I read the news today, oh boy
Francis (AMS) leads today because, for all the bonding in a hyperconnected world, we Americans are still awfully fixated on…
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CSotD: Sound and fury signifying something
Peter Brookes (Times UK) invokes James Gillray’s classic 1805 cartoon to show the controversy between the UK and France over…
CSotD: Laughter is the Best Quackery
Yes, it’s Bastille Day, and Arlo & Janis are celebrating in their backyard, which is where everyone celebrates these days….
CSotD: Foiled again!
I remember reading some swashbuckler in which, at the very start, the roughnecks who wielded broadswords were complaining about Frenchmen…
CSotD: The Eve of Destruction
It’s hard to pick a starting point today, but Pat Bagley offers a good reflection on things, because we’ve sure…
CSotD: Damn the canaries – Full speed ahead!
Tom Toles offers one of the more depressing cartoons of this brand new year and decade. What’s happening in…
CSotD: Weeping in the Hall of the Phaeacians
Sousa and Machado set the scene today, as I try to reconcile history remembered with history in the making. History…
Aussie senator pops open a can of crazy on cartoonist David Pope
When Australian Canberra Times editorial cartoonist David Pope was alerted that one of his original cartoons had been altered and…
Aussie cartoonist Chris Wilson breaks world record for marathon caricature drawing
I’m always a bit surprised at the various things that get logged as a Guinness World Record, but I like…
South Aussie Minister demands apology over cartoon and gets one
I’ll admit up front, that I wonder if this exchange between South Australian Minister Chloe Fox and The Advertiser Duke…
Jeff Hook honored with Order of Australia
Former Herald Sun cartoonist Geoffrey “Jeff” Hook will be honored with a Medal of the Order of Australia for outstanding…
Crumb explains why he canceled trip to Australia
Robert Crumb was the headlining artist at the Australian Graphic arts festival in Sydney, but cancelled after a newspaper ran…
Crumb withdraws from art festival after paper calls him a sex-pervert
Robert Crumb was supposed to be the headlining appearance at the Graphic arts festival in Sydney, but the cartoonist has…
Jason Chatfield still recovering from Taxi incident
From The West Australian we learn that Jason Chatfield is still recovering from being dragged by a taxi earlier this…
Jason Chatfield dragged by taxi in hit and run
Jason Chatfield, President of the Australian Cartoonists Association and Ginger Meggs artist, was dragged aside a speeding taxi last Saturday…