Editorial cartoonist Clyde Peterson (aka C. P. Houston) has passed away. Clyde Enlow Peterson (aka C. P. Houston) May 7, 1942 – January 20, 2025 The Houston Chronicle is reporting the death of its longtime staff editorial cartoonist and illustrator: “CP Houston,” Clyde Peterson signed his cartoons, as if he were speaking for the city […]

6 days ago · For thirty years, from 1942 to 1971, cartoonist Lawrence Lariar collected and book publisher Crown (Dodd Mead for the last five) published The Best Cartoons of the Year as an annual series collecting “the best” cartoons from Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Liberty, The New Yorker, Argosy, Cosmopolitan, Parade, Ladies Home …

Jan 6, 2025 · I liked Shoe‘s rephrasing of the various end of year holiday greetings that had just past. Rina and Hilary gave me the laugh of the week with Saturday’s Rhymes With Orange. (I thought Saturdays were where the “weakest” gags were placed.) The January 4th Non Sequitur got me wondering about ...

Jan 15, 2025 · Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for January 2025 release (or so). 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. Jimmy! The Comic Art of James Swinnerton edited by Peter Maresca and Michael Tisserand (review) […]

Rod Emmerson offers this view from New Zealand, which is that he is gobsmacked that we put such an undeserving person in charge of our nation and, given America’s international standing, in charge of much of the world. While in Britain, Ella Baron is appalled at how Trump swooped in to turn a tragedy into […]

5 days ago · The opening panel of Prince Valiant took my mind to the long-gone time of black light posters. That panel would have made a great one. And maybe that is what got me thinking about the colors at Comics Kingdom, they seemed more vibrant today. Even the pastels appear to be more pastel-ly. Beetle Bailey came […]

Dec 22, 2024 · From The Sonoma Valley Sun: Sonoma native Hilary Campbell, a cartoonist for the New Yorker magazine whose work is featured in each edition of the Sonoma Valley Sun, is one of the cartoonists featured in a new book just released by Penguin/Randomhouse.. The Sonoma Valley Sun celebrates their homegirl Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell‘s At Wit’s End entry. ...

Oct 10, 2024 · Barry Blitt, Dennis Draughon, Tim Oliphant, Drew Litton, Cathy Wilcox, Jules Feiffer, Ernie Bushmiller, Quino. Randall Enos, and dozens of Cartoonists For Kamala. Pulitzer-Prize winning cartoonist Barry Blitt tired of Trump One might expect that Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Barry Blitt would be on the euphoric side with a coming U.S. election pitting his seemingly favourite […]

Dec 28, 2024 · Cartoonists here and there, comics hither and yon. Spotlight on Paul Gilligan PAUL GILLIGAN writes and draws the syndicated comic strip Pooch Café with Andrews McMeel, which runs in over 250 newspapers around the world and has been twice nominated by the National Cartoonist Society for best strip. He is also the author-illustrator of Pluto Rocket: New in …

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