Roy Lichtenstein’s long-lost Anxious Girl (1964) is up for auction this weekend and is rumored to go for $60 million. Roy was a leading artist in the Pop Art movement. Some of his best known pieces were large stylized pieces that looked like cut-outs from a newspaper or comic book. Anxious Girl was derived by DC […]
What happens to satire when press freedom shrinks? Why has satire increasingly become something institutions fear rather than defend? Those are questions Daniel Warner at CounterPunch asks as he notes that the United States has fallen to its lowest score on Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index. Major U.S. media institutions are scaling back […]
With John Rose and Tom Heintjes, Jim Keefe and L.K. Hanson, Mo Willems and Jerry Craft, Pat Rosenkranz and Don Donahue, Charlotte Beach and Ivan Ehlers. John Rose and Tom Heintjes On Stage A really late notice that if you are at Heroes Con or near Charlotte N.C. tomorrow try get to the panel featuring […]
This week saw Marshall Ramsey officially take on the writing chores of the Prickly City comic strip. From Prickly City creator Scott Stantis: The extremely talented and very nice Marshall Ramsey, the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, is taking over Prickly City. It has been a grand 22 years, and I know I am leaving Carmen […]
Alan Dunn architectural cartoonist; Brian Fies graphic medicine artist, U of Missouri cartoon archives.Alan Dunn Architectural CartoonistLast year we noted a Gabriele Neri article for Architectural Record about cartoons relevant to that magazine and the profession it spotlights. There was a note mentioning New Yorker cartoonist Alan Dunn. Little did we suspect that Neri was […]
Featuring the illustrated “Heroes! The Astounding True Story of America’s Comic Book Creators” by Roy Schwartz and Frank Stockton from the Summer 2026 issue of The Smithsonian magazine and the 1933 thesis A History and Analysis of the American Comic Strip by Harry Emsley Wood, Jr. The Summer 2026 America 250 issue of The Smithsonian […]
Early last year Mark Buford put an ash stake in his Scary Gary comic strip. Now Julie Lineback for the University of West Georgia brings us up-to-date with Mark. “A Major in Minds, a Minor in Mischief.” As the U.S. recognizes National Cartoonist Day on May 5, University of West Georgia alumnus Mark Buford ’86 […]
Below are some comic and cartoon books scheduled for June 2026 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.MAD #600 by THE USUAL GANG OF IDIOTS MAD #600 features a wraparound cover illustrated by legendary […]
Paul Noth Collected Paul Noth, newly crowned Cartoonist Laureate of Wisconsin, has collection of his cartoons coming out in October and we now have the cover of I Am Going to Eat You and the opportunity to pre-order it. The Complete Zap Comix A month earlier, in September 2026, comes The Complete Zap Comix Box […]
John Freeman at downthetubes reviews a new history book of British comics – it comes with a warning. The rise of AI has led to some bilge-filled books in recent years times, and now it’s becoming the bane of British comic fans interested in exploring the history of our medium. A case in point is […]
More on Patrick Lamontagne World Press Freedom award, Nazi Germany’s pressure on cartoonists, and an argument that comics are NOT for Kids. Patrick LaMontagne Receives International Award A week and a half ago we reported on the World Press Freedom International Editorial Cartoon Award winners. As a followup here is The Calgary Herald noting that […]
The news worthy cartoonists this round are Dan Martin, Dale Messick, Bret Juliano, and Alan Dunn. Dan Martin Lecture on St. Louis Cartoon History & Weatherbird Weatherbird cartoonist and St. Louis cartooning historian Dan Martin will expound on both next Sunday. By Tribune Staff • Join the Madison County Historical Society at 2 p.m. on […]
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