Stop! You’re both right! CSotD is two – two – two sites in one! And, at this fraught moment, there are enough humorous political cartoons that we can do a whole posting of nothing but. We’ll start things off with a bit of pure stand-up schtick from Drew Sheneman (AMS), who draws for the […]
Michael de Adder (Lincoln Project) provides a ridiculous look at a ridiculous effort, and he’s not the first cartoonist to invoke the “clown car” analogy in the current storm of preposterous appeals against mathematics, logic and law. But I like his use of state flags, because, while the drawing itself is silly, what isn’t funny […]
DC Comics has announced that it has put it’s entire line of comics on the three major ebook platforms: Kindle Store, iBookstore and the Nook Store. From the press release: “As e-readers and tablets continue to explode in popularity it’s important for us to offer consumers convenience and choice in how they download digital comics […]
CBS News profiled Matt Wuerker about his cartoons for Politico – the beltway newspaper. Wuerker said he has heard from the people he satirizes. He recalled a cartoon attacking Donald Rumsfeld during the Iraq War: “I got an email from a colonel in the Pentagon who said that [Secretary Rumsfeld] had seen the cartoon and […]
Michael Cavna interviews Roger Langridge about his recent decision to no longer work for Marvel or DC comics over ethical concerns about poor treatment of comic creators like Jack Kirby and Gary Friedrich. MICHAEL CAVNA: Can you describe how you came to this decision, Roger? What were the motivating factors and compelling forces – and […]
The Washintonian profiles Washington Post humor columnist Gene Weingarten who is also co-writer of the comic strip Barney & Clyde. Weingarten may also be the best writer in American journalism. He?s the only person to have won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing twice, once for the violinist story and once for a story about […]
Washington City Paper reports the second edition of a new commuter paper is in circulation in the DC area. The paper, “Magic Bullet,” carries comics and sequential art. This issue features more than a dozen artists, so it’s lot more than “not Archie.” There’s Rafer’s own “Nightmare the Rat” strip, starring a demonic Mickey-esque rodent. […]
ComicsDC blogger and City Paper columnist Mike Rhode reports that the Washington City Paper has brought back it’s comics that it dropped back in 2008. The new line up will include two long-time contributors to City Paper, Derf and Shawn Belschwender with The City and Clowntime respectively and two strips new to City Paper readers: […]