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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · Nov 19
Looking to see who’s here on BlueSky? We’ve complied a list of cartoonists, publications and organizations to help you find people to follow.
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Directory of Cartoonists on Blue Sky
There has been a slow migration away from Twitter/X by many long-time users since Elon Musk acquired it in 2022. The exodus has escalated noticeably after the recent U.S. election. We’ve noticed that ...
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Today's csotd.bsky.social "Coffee Break’s Over – Back on your heads" with Jeff Danziger, Jeff Stahler, jauchter.bsky.social, johnbuss.bsky.social, Michael Ramirez, Mike Smith,bagleycartoons.bsky.social, Steve Kelley, & theomoudakis.bsky.social
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CSotD: Coffee Break’s Over – Back on your heads
I agree with Kelley so rarely that it’s only fair to let him start off this post-Thanksgiving edition. He’s right. If Democrats said to do those things, it wouldn’t give you permission, though if you ...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Coffee break's over: Let's get back to work. Come join Jeff Danziger, Jeff Stahler, John Auchter, John Buss, Maggie Goodlander, Michael Ramirez, Mike Smith, Pat Bagley, Steve Kelley & Theo Moudakis
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CSotD: Coffee Break’s Over – Back on your heads
I agree with Kelley so rarely that it’s only fair to let him start off this post-Thanksgiving edition. He’s right. If Democrats said to do those things, it wouldn’t give you permission, though if you ...
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November 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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In editorial cartooning news:
* Kevin Kallaugher and David Horsey to chat about State of the Art and Cartooning
* Zapiro's 30th anniversary collection
* Tim Campbell's new Substack
* Museum of Australian Democracy to preview of Behind the Lines
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EDitooning OPerators
Kallaugher and Horsey on Editorial Cartooning Tomorrow Kevin KAL Kallaugher and David Horsey chat about the State of the Art and Cartooning the State: We will have a fun and free-wheeling conversation...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Comic news:
* Comics Kingdom deal: $6 for 6 months
* National Cartoonists Society Call For Entries for Divisional Awards begins January
* The Cartoon Museum hosting the British Cartoonists’ Association competition for Young Cartoonist Awards
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Friday’s Comics Child
$6 Dollars for 6 Months King Features is playing Friday’s Child this weekend by giving a subscription bargain to their Comics Kingdom site. $6 dollars for 6 months! Scroll toward the bottom for the ba...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Today's csotd.bsky.social "Blecch Friday" featuring Arlo & Janis, Betty, Frazz, Lola, Madam & Eve, Nature, @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social, Rubes, the Duplex, the Lockhorns, the Other Coast, and They Can Talk.
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CSotD: Blecch Friday
I’d like to apologize to the world for somehow having exported Black Friday around the globe. There are a lot things we Americans could apologize for, though Dancing with the Stars was not our idea, n...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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David Pope’s “Gaza” Judged Walkley Cartoon of the Year
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David Pope’s “Gaza” Judged Walkley Cartoon of the Year
The 70th annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism was held on November 27, 2025 in Sydney. David Pope’s “Gaza” was awarded Cartoon of the Year at Australia’s national journalism awards. The ...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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WITHOUT FREE EXPRESSION, EVERY DAY WILL BECOME A NEWS & OPINION BLACKOUT! Pleas help us defend Cartoonists’ Rights with a donation at cartoonistsrights.org/donate A rectangle filled with broad, black brushstrokes is in fact the editorial cartoon produced by Ann Telnaes the day after Jeff Bezos instructed The Washington Post to drop its planned endorsement of Kamala Harris in October 2024. Famously, the Post’s motto is “Democracy Dies in Darkness”.
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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An Early History of Newspaper Illustration and Cartooning
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An Early History of Newspaper Illustration and Cartooning
Illustrating the Progress of Art in Journalism 1897 It started a few days ago when Tony Rose discovered a startling item in an old Editor and Publisher. A 1925 obituary for Albert Wilbur Steele includ...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Today's csotd.bsky.social "Small Favors, Major Gaps" with Arlo & Janis, billbramhall.bsky.social, harrybliss.bsky.social, davewhamond.bsky.social, mluckovich.bsky.social, bagleycartoons.bsky.social, brodner.bsky.social, and tomtomorrow.bsky.social.
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CSotD: Small Favors, Major Gaps
I went looking for interesting Thanksgiving cartoons of the past but didn’t find much I hadn’t seen repeatedly since. But having praised big, wide newspapers yesterday, I got a kick out of this 1925 p...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Street Scene by Jonny Hawkins – New Comic
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Street Scene by Jonny Hawkins – New Comic
News comes from Rachel DeSchepper at GoComics that they have added a new comic panel. Street Scene is by long-time cartoonist Jonny Hawkins. Hawkins, who’s been freelancing since 1986 and has drawn mo...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Comic news
* Mark Schultz and Xenzoic Tales
* Annenberg School Receives Tony Auth Archive
* Comic strip writer Tom Sims honored
* Jan Eliot interviewed about Stone Soup
* Making a living at cartooning isn’t necessarily a pretty picture
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Cartoonist Tales
Mark Schultz and Xenzoic Tales; the Tony Auth archives; comic strip writer Tom Sims honored; Jan Eliot interviewed about Stone Soup; and making a living at cartooning isn’t necessarily a pretty pictur...
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November 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Things to be thankful for, things to change. Celebrate the holiday w/ Arlo & Janis, Bill Bramhall, Bliss, Dave Whamond, David Horsey, Drew Sheneman, Gluyas Williams, Gregory Kearney, Jeff Danziger, Mike Luckovich, Pat Bagley, Steve Brodner & Tom Tomorrow
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CSotD: Small Favors, Major Gaps
I went looking for interesting Thanksgiving cartoons of the past but didn’t find much I hadn’t seen repeatedly since. But having praised big, wide newspapers yesterday, I got a kick out of this 1925 p...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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We once thought that satirists would only ever face criticism from heads of state “over there”. Those days are over!
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ADAM ZYGLIS, AMBER RUFFIN, ANN TELNAES, HENG KIM SONG, JACK OHMAN, JIMMY KIMMEL, JOEL PETT, KEVIN SIERS, MICHAEL DE ADDER, PATRICK CHAPPATTE, ROB ROGERS,  SETH MYERS, STEPHEN COLBERT. ATTACKS ON SATIRISTS ARE NO JOKE. PLEASE DONATE TO HELP US HELP THEM. A cartoon by Ann Telnaes depicts a court jester figure in motley cap and bells, hanging from a noose. cartoonistsrights.org/donate
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Ashraf Omar Referred to Criminal Court
#freeAshrafOmar #Egypt
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Ashraf Omar Referred to Criminal Court
Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar has been referred to criminal court. Ashraf has been detained since July of 2024 on charges of joining a terrorist group, publishing false news, and misusing social med...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Today's csotd.bsky.social "Humpday Afternoon: I’m just beginning to see" featuring Dark Side of the Horse, Dean Patterson, Frazz, Grand Avenue, Pardon My Planet, Rubes, the Other Coast, Tom Toles, and xkcd.com.
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CSotD: Humpday Afternoon: I’m just beginning to see
My friend got some bad news at the doctor’s this week. A new endocrinologist said he was very impressed with how she handled her various health issues and assured her that she had several more decades...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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It's Humpday and we're talking old age and schools and sins and heads of pins, along with Dark Side of the Horse, Dean Patterson, Frazz, Grand Avenue, Pardon My Planet, Rubes, the Other Coast, Tom Toles & xkcd
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CSotD: Humpday Afternoon: I’m just beginning to see
My friend got some bad news at the doctor’s this week. A new endocrinologist said he was very impressed with how she handled her various health issues and assured her that she had several more decades...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Cartoonist, illustrator, and musician J. D. King has passed away.
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J. D. King – RIP
Cartoonist, illustrator, and musician J. D. King has passed away. John David (J.D.) King May 3, 1951 – early November 2025 Word spread on social media that illustrator J. D. King had passed away. From...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Call For Entries: Scholastic Herblock Scholarship Award
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Call For Entries: Scholastic Herblock Scholarship Award
The deadline for teenagers to enter the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards may be as little as one week away. Though January 6, 2026 is the deadline for my Zip Code and probably yours. The Alliance for Y...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Today's csotd.bsky.social "Reporting from the Fringe" featuring Chip Bok, claytoonz.bsky.social, Drew Sheneman, jamesdfmellor.bsky.social, jauchter.bsky.social, Lisa Benson, Max Espinoza, @rob-rogers.bsky.social.
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CSotD: Reporting from the Fringe
An easy choice for lead-off, given the serious nature of the issue and the joy of seeing Jones back in the saddle, though he’s far from over his stroke. But if the drawing hand still requires more foc...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Françoise Mouly, current art editor of The New Yorker, reads "The Smythes" and passes on her thoughts
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Classic Comics – The Smythes
Rea Irvin, the [New Yorker]’s first art editor, is best known for creating Eustace Tilley, the monocled dandy whose upturned nose has graced our pages for a hundred years. Irvin established the stylis...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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NPR has released their list of Best Books published in the year 2025
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Books NPR Loves 2025
NPR has released their list of Best Books published in the year 2025. The Graphic Novels category includes a few books whose authors have comic strip credentials. J vs. K by Jerry Craft and Kwame Alex...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Gentleman Johnny, Benedict Arnold and Dear Leader: A report from the fringe, with help from Chip Bok, Clay Jones. Daniel Boris, Drew Sheneman, James Mellor, John Auchter, Lisa Benson, Max Espinoza & Rob Rogers
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CSotD: Reporting from the Fringe
An easy choice for lead-off, given the serious nature of the issue and the joy of seeing Jones back in the saddle, though he’s far from over his stroke. But if the drawing hand still requires more foc...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Today's csotd.bsky.social "Peace Without Shame Without Peace" featuring bundaycartoons.bsky.social, droweafr.bsky.social, John Cole, mluckovich.bsky.social, mortenmorland.bsky.social, Nicola Jennings, chappatte.bsky.social, Peter Schrank, & tbtoro.bsky.social.
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CSotD: Peace Without Shame Without Peace
“From the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit. They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when the...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Editorial cartooning updates:
anntelnaes.bsky.social received 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award
mrhode.bsky.social visits Politico cartoonist mwuerker.bsky.social at his office
claytoonz.bsky.social not back to 100%; but starting to create cartoons again
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Telnaes and Wuerker and Jones Oh My
An(n) Award As reported earlier this month Ann Telnaes was to receive the 2025 William Randolph Hearst Award. And so she did. Ward Sutton posted a picture with Ann holding the award, with Mark Fiore a...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM