Jules Feiffer (1929–2025)
Here’s an NPR obituary, with links to more NPR features about his work.
An editorial cartoon, killed
Cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit The Washington Post after her editor killed a cartoon.
Aircut
George Bodmer’s Oscar’s Day: “You shouldn’t be able to cut the air.”
George Booth (1926–2022)
The New Yorker cartoonist was ninety-six.
Cover for the turn of the year
A New Yorker cover by Harry Bliss.
23C and 23D
Safe to say that the intended audience for this cartoon includes me.
Gahan Wilson (1930–2019)
The New York Times has an obituary and a sampler of his work. The New Yorker has a reminiscence from fellow cartoonist Michael Maslin, with more Wilson cartoons.
“Pick a season”
George Bodmer has the perfect cartoon for our midwestern weather.
Dad jokes
Oscar’s Day No. 2492.
Connecticut and comic-strips
Cullen Murphy writes about life in Fairfield County, Connecticut, once home to countless cartoonists, comic-strip creators, and illustrators.
Art of sardines
A cartoon by Mark Stivers.
Cartoon ink
Oscar’s Day cartoons.
Art and supplies
Oscar’s Portrait explores the relationship between art and supplies.
“Pluto in His Cups”
From George Bodmer’s Oscar’s Day.
Cartoon plagiarism
“How bad are you at editing that you couldn’t notice your ‘cartoonist’ has been wildly swinging from one style to another, like Tarzan on Red Bull?”
George Bodmer at 1,000
A thousand cartoons.
Artwork labels
At Oscar’s Portrait, an exhibition of artwork labels.
Oscar's Day, no. 500
Draw on, George.
Foxtrot and representation
“The joke reminds me of Alain’s 1955 New Yorker cartoon of an Egyptian life class: there too the idea of codes or conventions of representation gets turned on its head, with artists depicting reality as it really is.”
Oscar’s Day today
I think that Geo-B and I are living parallel lives today, even if his cup holds coffee, not tea.
Local man’s blog referenced in cartoon
George Bodmer’s Oscar’s Portrait references Orange Crate Art.
Art by Geo-B
Lost smells.
Oscar’s Portrait
Art by George Bodmer.