Doomed by Cartoon: How Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves
Largehearted Boy (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Achewood Volume 2: Worst Song, Played On Ugliest Guitar is much more than a collection of the cult classic webcomic. The book collects the comics that predate Chris Onstad's widely acclaimed Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight, and the cartoonist's...
io9 (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
What happens when not enough people know about your book for it to see print? If you're cartoonist Andy Ristaino, you take to the internet to spread the word. Introducing Escape From Dullsville, the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Right Celebrity (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Abigail Titmuss is a model and reality tv star now set to hit the stage as the new leading lady in s Shakespeare production. She is Lady MacBeth. Find out more exciting details here. Actress Abigail Titmuss, 33, will be starring as the next Shakespeare’s Lady MacBeth. As a biography, Abigail Evelyn Titmuss was born [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
The Cartoons that Shook the World , by Jytte Klausen (Yale, £20) In what deserves to become the definitive account of the Danish cartoon controversy of 2005-6, none of the major actors comes out looking too good. Certainly not the editor of the newspaper Jyllands-Posten, taking deliberate aim at the "sickly oversensitivity" of "mad mullahs"; nor the group of Danish imams...
Britannica Blog (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Spy vs. Spy has long been synonymous with MAD magazine. The wordless cartoon, created in 1961 for MAD by famed Cuban cartoonist Antonio Prohias, who left Cuba for the United States when Castro came to power, was a classic reflection of Cold War sentiments, with each combatant reflecting a mirror image of the other in trying to up the ante and get the upper hand. Here's a nice animated collection of...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
For many vehicle drivers in Pune, the old figure of Mangesh Tendulkar, handing over pictures sketched by him on road safety has now become a familiar sight.
ComicList Complete (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Media Release -- The Cartoon Art Museum hosts cartoonist Alan Groening on Saturday, December 19, 2009 from 1pm to 3pm as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to him about cartooning and view Alan's work. Read more » Original post blogged on ComicList .
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
Miranda Seymour enjoys a detailed insight into the daunting life of a Victorian hostess Gertrude Tennant, a centenarian born in 1818, was one of those formidable 19th-century hostesses whose names surface today primarily due to their unremarkable encounters with other, more eminent, Victorians. Heavy-browed and scornful-eyed, her chin supported by one of those lace swaddling bands favoured by dowagers...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
In late 2008, David Headley, Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a senior Lashkar operative, and a HUJI linkman began plotting a terror strike in Denmark...
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | yesterday
§ Tucker Stone is at it again. § Is someone making a book of Stan Lee’s tweets? They should. The reason I always say “good night” is I don’t want you staying up for hours denying yourself sleep, desperately waiting for my next tweet § Jog examines the ORIGINAL Astro Boy. § Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is also doing [...]
Neatorama (Free subscription) | yesterday
In a new comic, cartoonist Patrick Moberg compares various web 2.0 social networking tools to intoxicating drugs, including tumblr, twitter, vimeo, and myspace. But don’t think that he holds these utilities in low regard. Moberg once used them and more to locate a girl that he saw on a NYC subway. Link via Urlesque [...]
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fifty years ago this week, the world was introduced to Rocket “Rocky” J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose. An animated television series called Rocky and His Friends debuted on ABC at 5:30 pm on November 19, 1959. In 1961, the show moved to NBC, where it was renamed The Bullwinkle Show and ran until 1964. [...]
Mike Lynch Cartoons (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here is James Kochalka and some of his cartoonist friends for your weekend viewing pleasure.
Debbie Schlussel (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Debbie Schlussel Yaakov Kirschen, better known as “Dry Bones,” is Israel’s most prolific and well-known political cartoonist. I’ve enjoyed many of his right-on-target cartoons over the years. Reader Raymond sent me this one, below, “The Islamist and the Non-Believer,” which has to be the political cartoon of the year. It says it all about the [...]
Mike Lynch Cartoons (Free subscription) | yesterday
Here is cartoonist Stephanie McMillan . She and writer Derrick Jensen are collaborating on a new children's book, MISCHIEF IN THE FOREST. They ask that people give them money in exchange for copies of the book, sketches, being taken out to dinner by Stephanie and Derrick, etc. This is a Kickstarter.com project. Kickstarter is a "funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers" and others...
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