L.A. folks: on Thursday, Feb 5 at 7pm i'll be moderating "JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD", a multimedia presentation with @seehatfield.bsky.social @jamesrthompson.bsky.social & others at ArtCenter College's Library in Pasadena. it's free for all, so come join us. artcenter.libcal.com/event/16190247

Pasadena fans of brilliant caricature can hear the Hirschfeld Foundation's David Leopold explore Al Hirschfeld's 82 years of illustration that defined much of 20th-century popular culture, spanning Broadway, Hollywood, TV, music, dance, etc. free! @alhirschfeld.bsky.social @davidnleopold.bsky.social

come join the fun at Comic-Con next Thursday as @robsalk.bsky.social Jim Thompson, Alonso Nuñez and i bust out of panel borders way beyond all those boring old definitions of comics. comiccon2025.sched.com/event/26wgo

are you at Comic-Con next week? come join me, @kmunson.bsky.social @sydneyheifler.bsky.social @shaenon.bsky.social and others as we discuss Trina Robbins's many wonderful, landmark books spotlighting comics and cartooning's greatest women artists. comiccon2025.sched.com/event/271Z8/...

SDCC panel: I'll be covering Trina Robbins's history/herstory books with @kmunson.bsky.social, Lee Marrs, @mchldooley.bsky.social‬, @sydneyheifler.bsky.social‬, Peter Maresca, and Bruce Simon!

join me as i explore four varieties of bad taste: schlock, camp, kitsch, and funk. i'm one of nearly four dozen free online presenters on June 24-25 during the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference in Brussels, Belgium: sign up for mine and get ’em all. bit.ly/tastesuper

newly posted: commentary on Will Eisner’s WWII posters, with bunches of wonderful hi-rez examples (starring Joe Dope) ~ ijoca.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...

read @mrfishcartoons.bsky.social 's smart, entertaining chat w/ Art Spiegelman: "Convenience makes the instinct to struggle against apathy disappear, which is why comics are more important than ever because they insist on contemplation." theindependentink.substack.com/p/a-conversa...

on today's Independent Ink, check out ‪@ mrfishcartoons.bsky.social‬ 's engaging one-hour talking heads (no visual aids!) conversation with fellow cartoonists Steve Brodner, @anntelnaes.bsky.social and @keefknight.bsky.social

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@dailycartoonist.bsky.social ’s column on Thomas Nast cites one story with a "positive" take on the influential political cartoonist, one negative – citing his "bigotry" against Catholics/Irish – and one with "a balanced approach" to Nast, written by... me! www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

a fun preview night for the Jack Kirby exhibit at Skirball Cultural Center ~ #2 of 2 @evanier.bsky.social @seehatfield.bsky.social @skirball.bsky.social @jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social

a fun preview night for the Jack Kirby exhibit at Skirball Cultural Center ~ #1 of 2 @david-mack.bsky.social @henrybarajas.bsky.social @piratelibrarian.bsky.social @skirball.bsky.social @jackkirbymuseum.bsky.social

next Tuesday, May 6, 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT DAN NADEL on ROBERT CRUMB nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/d... have you ever wondered anything about Crumb? now's your chance to ask Dan, author of the new, critically acclaimed, 480-page bio. FREE! register now: [email protected]

pix of an illuminating evening as i interviewed the marvelously multitalented artist David Mack, plus Daredevil: Born Again's production designer Michael Shaw, at ArtCenter, and the post-panel book signing (04/11) @david-mack.bsky.social @manwithoutfear.com ~ & thx to @piratelibrarian.bsky.social

On Muse set of BORN AGAIN: Mack, Charlie Cox, Hunter Doohan, & Production Designer Michael Shaw. April 11th, 7pm at @artcenteredu David Mack & Michael Shaw, speak w @mchldooley.bsky.social - FREE to public! I hope u love my MUSE ART / MURALS in the show kirbyscomicartshop.com/collections/...

to my L.A. friends: this coming Friday at ArtCenter i’ll be moderating a convivial conversation with @david-mack.bsky.social and we'll be joined by Michael Shaw, Daredevil: Born Again’s talented production designer. it’s free, so please come. and hey, bring a friend!

#2 of 2: it's always a great pleasure to reconnect with old friends and make new ones - and discover more terrific art! - at #WonderCon @rhodemontijo.bsky.social @tonymoyart.bsky.social @stephanfranck.bsky.social @dannyfingeroth.bsky.social

#1 of 2: it's always a great pleasure to reconnect with old friends and make new ones - and discover more terrific art! - at #WonderCon @david-mack.bsky.social @lonniemillsap.bsky.social @barbrajdillon.bsky.social @fanbasepress.bsky.social @act4publishing.bsky.social

at WonderCon this Sunday ~ join Charles Hatfield, Jim Thompson, and me as we examine midcentury's "sick" comic books, comic strips, and cartoons that were mad mixes of horror, humor, hostility, and social critique (think Lenny Bruce stand-up). @seehatfield.bsky.social

at WonderCon ~ join our panel on Saturday to discuss Feiffer's brilliant legacy including his Village Voice comic strip, Great Comic Book Heroes book, Carnal Knowledge and Popeye films, Kill My Mother graphic novel trilogy, and children's books. @dannyfingeroth.bsky.social @seehatfield.bsky.social

happy #daredevil day to all who celebrate. @david-mack.bsky.social and I first became pals on long car rides talking Daredevil. then we got to make daredevil comics together and we thought that was pretty amazing. tonight we get to share screen credit on the kick ass DD show.

free online event: The Comic Art of James Swinnerton this Tuesday, March 18, 4pm PDT, 7pm EDT with @eddiecampbell.bsky.social Michael @tisserand.bsky.social, Peter Maresca, Paul C. Tumey, & Rick Marschall. nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/2025/03/07/t... email [email protected] to register

question: would you recommend that i subscribe to Disney+ to get the new #DaredevilBornAgain ? i loved the original Netflix series. ¶ and here's my Print article on the history of #Daredevil comics artists. www.printmag.com/branding-ide... @ddevilupdates.bsky.social @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social

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How do You Draw a Jew? Ethnic Caricature in the Early 20th Century • free online Thu, Mar 6, 3pm PT, 6pm ET osu.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Jeffrey A. Marx discusses Harry Hershfield’s breakthrough Abie the Agent, which presented a very different image of the Jew than was seen in previous comic strips.

free online Tue, March 4, 4pm PT 7pm ET: The Spirit at 85! WILL EISNER experts – Denis Kitchen, Patrick "MUTTS" McDonnell, Danny Fingeroth & others showcase & discuss their favorite Spirit stories. @dannyfingeroth.bsky.social @thenewschool.bsky.social nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/will-eisners...

free online Thu, March 6, 4pm PT, 7 ET: remembering Jules Feiffer, with friends & admirers Peter Kuper, Mort Gerberg, Karen Green, Danny Fingeroth & others. @klg19.bsky.social @dannyfingeroth.bsky.social @pkuper.bsky.social @thenewschool.bsky.social nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/remembering-...

for Black History Month today, D.D. Degg at @dailycartoonist.bsky.social posted some cartoons by Ollie Harrington, who "set a standard for Black readers, combining his signature wit with incisive social critiques and observations about Black life in America." www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

Author & history professor Michael Dooley on cartoonist ThomasNast @mchldooley.bsky.social ✅ Nast condemned Irish violence against other ethnic groups ✅But when Nast depicted an ideal America—a multiracial dinner party—he included a kindly Irish couple. ☘️ 🇺🇸 www.printmag.com/design-criti...

honoring David Edward Byrd, who died last Monday. these are my photos from the opening and panel discussion for “Revolutions 2: The Art of Music”, an exhibition at the Forest Lawn Museum in 2015. David was very kind to me. @shananys.bsky.social

Feiffer links at @dailycartoonist.bsky.social: @cartoonbrew.bsky.social >animation, @vaultofculture.bsky.social >Comic Book Heroes book, @thedailyheller.bsky.social video, @literaryhub.bsky.social essay, @vmspod.bsky.social podcast, @comicsjournal.bsky.social www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

many superb contributors to @comicsjournal.bsky.social / @andrewfarago.bsky.social 's "Remembering Jules Feiffer" feature ~ @derfbackderf.bsky.social @lizadonnelly.bsky.social @tisserand.bsky.social @tomtomorrow.bsky.social @jeetheer.bsky.social me, others. www.tcj.com/remembering-...

a Longreads follow-up article to my earlier Twin Peaks post: a dispatch from the real Twin Peaks... longreads.com/2025/01/30/r...

gave up on Twitter/X/hell long ago. still, happy to be among the masses migrating to @bsky.app ~ www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...

to learn a bit more about why the first season of Twin Peaks was such a success. and why season two was such a mess ~ www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

there’ve been many wonderful essays on Jules Feiffer following his death. here’s a personal one from Steve Heller at Print magazine: www.printmag.com/daily-heller...

@comicsjournal.bsky.social has an excellent in-depth, insightful analysis of political cartoons following the @anntelnaes.bsky.social controversy, with critiques from @brodner.bsky.social @tomtomorrow.bsky.social @jensorensen.bsky.social and others. @cbldf.bsky.social www.tcj.com/political-ca...

my personal reflection on the barbaric murders of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s political cartoonists on January 7, 2015, ten years ago today; my first of several Print articles about this event, written directly afterward. www.printmag.com/michael-dool... @charliehebdo.bsky.social

watch a hilarious, illustrated, anecdote-packed 50-minute video chat with Denis Kitchen, recipient of MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo)'s first-ever "Underground Visionary Award". @massmice.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N42...

how John Holmstrom used EC Comics to create his Lou Reed cover cartoon for Punk magazine #1, which he called “the Biggest Challenge of my Life!” @eccomics.bsky.social @ec-comicscovers.bsky.social johnholmstrom.substack.com/p/punk-1-cre...

in @thenation.com Peter Kuper interviews Jules Feiffer on his 95th birthday and draws a cartoon tribute. www.thenation.com/article/cult...

my Best Of 2024 list for @comicsjournal.bsky.social includes works by @bensears.bsky.social @dailycartoonist.bsky.social @jamesthefourth.bsky.social @eddiecampbell.bsky.social @caroladlam.bsky.social @getcampbell.bsky.social & many, many others www.tcj.com/the-best-com...

Thank you @comicsjournal.bsky.social and @mchldooley.bsky.social for including @csotd.bsky.social in your "The best comics of 2024, as chosen by TCJ contributors" – www.tcj.com/the-best-com...

the latest "Cartoonists on Cartooning": Liana Finck on Saul Steinberg. "He drew in order to think, not the other way around, and he brings the viewer into his thought process." lithub.com/a-writer-who...

Kate Carew: America's First Great Woman Cartoonist is a delightful new book by Eddie Campbell (From Hell artist), who's interviewed on this week's Virtual Memories podcast. chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-615-eddie-campbell @vmspod.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social @eddiecampbell.bsky.social

Josh Lieb posted about Harvey Kurtzman's first published cartoon, drawn when he was about 15. it was a runner-up in Tip Top comics’s Buffalo Bob contest, and an early example of Harvey's "breaking the fourth wall"... joshlieb.substack.com/p/cartoon-ni...

free online: "Reading Love and Rockets", this Tues, 12/03, 4pm PT, 7 ET. Author Marc Sobel discusses his new book that explores what makes Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez's graphic novels such enduring classics. email [email protected] to register. nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com/marc-sobel-d...

Best. Single-Panel. Cartoon. Ever. (by Liana Finck)

here's a good, illustrated interview with Chris Ware (by Steve Heller, printmag) that explores his early strips, Acme Novelty brand, Datebooks, lettering sources, regrets, future plans, and much more. enjoy! printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-chris-wares-favorite-wares