Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

The Daily Cartoonist

@dailycartoonist.bsky.social

3.5K followers 520 following 1.3K posts

Industry news & opinion for the professional cartoonist since 2005. https://dailycartoonist.com Account managed by @alangardner.bsky.social Comic Strip of the Day AKA Mike Peterson at @csotd.bsky.social

dailycartoonist.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

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.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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 ...

www.dailycartoonist.com

62 130 300

Reposted by The Daily Cartoonist

Graphic Medicine International Collective @graphicmedicine.bsky.social · 3h

Thrilled to announce that the annual Graphic Medicine conference will be held in Baltimore, at Johns Hopkins University, on July 23-25, 2026.

We're now seeking submissions on the theme "Drawing Perspectives: Health Graphic Narratives Under Pressure!"

www.graphicmedicine.org/2026-gm-conf...

2026 GM Conference: Call for Submissions! | Graphic Medicine

The 2026 Graphic Medicine Conference in Baltimore, MD is now taking submissions for talks, presentations, and more.

www.graphicmedicine.org

3 5

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 6h

The Atlantic November 2025 issue will feature a gatefold cover by illustrator Joe McKendry
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

Revolutionary People Illustrated

Cartooning is a big interest here, but there are other diversions. The American Revolution being one. Bonus is when the two merge. The November 2025 issue of The Atlantic (more specifically here) gets...

www.dailycartoonist.com

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 6h

Today's csotd.bsky.social "Hump Day Morning Coming Down" featuring Arlo & Janis, Betty, Daddy's Home, Day by Dave, Flying McCoys, Moderately Confused, Non Sequitur, Prickly City, and the Duplex.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

CSotD: Hump Day Morning Coming Down

I’m going to assume that National Mall Walking Day began in the early 80s, since it requires the kind of enclosed shopping mall that was around in those days, but was somewhat rare before and is all b...

www.dailycartoonist.com

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 6h

Cartoonist news round-up!
* Hilary Campbell in Boise
* The Center for Cartoon Studies turns 20
* Lincoln Peirce visits 1932 Criterion Theatre
* Funny Times celebrates 40 years
* How Art Set Mad Magazine Free
* Patrick McDonnell on ‘The Gift of Everything’
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

Miss Cellany Amid the Cartoonists

New Yorker cartoonist Hilary Campbell comes to Boise Boise Weekly spotlights Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell prior to her meet and greet at Pengilly’s Saloon. Hilary Campbell is a cartoonist for The New Yo...

www.dailycartoonist.com

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 6h

tbtoro.bsky.social new collection of his New Yorker cartoons is getting positive press. D.D. Degg rounds up all the notable interviews.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

It’s Tom Toro’s October

Tom Toro’s favorite Tom Toro cartoons about climate change Tom Toro, who’s been cartooning his way through existential dread at Yale Climate Connections since 2019, has a new cartoon collection out to...

www.dailycartoonist.com

1 3

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 1d

I don't know the context for this cartoon, but I instantly knew who you were referring to.

1 2

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 1d

Today's csotd.bsky.social "Land of (Intentional) Confusion" with claybennett.bsky.social, claytoonz.bsky.social, droweafr.bsky.social, hucktooner.bsky.social, Stahler, Deering, mluckovich.bsky.social, bagleycartoons.bsky.social, rjmatsoncartoons.bsky.social.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

CSotD: Land of (Intentional) Confusion

It’s not this simple. As Bennett suggests, both sides are getting talking points out of the government shutdown. However, it’s unclear how much each side benefits or is damaged by the situation, in pa...

www.dailycartoonist.com

1 6

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 1d

How the West failed the test of the Danish cartoons controversy — D.D. Degg highlights two articles pointing out that freedom of speech has been curtailed in Europe since the 12 Muhammad cartoons appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

20 Years After the Danish Cartoon Affair

How the West failed the test of the Danish cartoons controversy On 30 September 2005, 12 cartoons appeared in the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, under the headline, ‘The face of Muhammad’. They we...

www.dailycartoonist.com

1 1 7

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 1d

Bill Hinds joins Paul Anderson on Marmaduke strip
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

1 4

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 2d

Today's CSotD "Repression as a Spectator Sport" with adamzyglis.bsky.social, anntelnaes.bsky.social, Blitt, billbramhall.bsky.social, Sheneman, fionakatauskas.bsky.social, hucktooner.bsky.social, Murphy, bagleycartoons.bsky.social, Bish, tedrall.bsky.social.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

CSotD: Repression as a Spectator Sport

We’ll start with a cartoon from Australia that suggests two responses from up here: One is “Glad we could amuse you,” since we have to live with the chaos she depicts. But that draws a second response...

www.dailycartoonist.com

1 3

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 2d

D.D. Degg's observations of the comics this week featuring: Close to Home, Mark Trail, The Lockhorns, Dennis the Menace, Blondie, Off the Mark, Jack Ohman, Wizard of Id, and Bliss.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

Toons Noted This Past Week

Timing John McPherson, who drew this weeks (months?) ago, gets the Good Timing Award this week. When I hear Mark Trail canon I think Ed Dodd canon. Turns out to be earlier this year Jules Rivera canon...

www.dailycartoonist.com

1 4

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 3d

Jeff Darcy, editorial cartoonist for The Cleveland Plain Dealer for the last 33 years, is retiring
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

Jeff Darcy Retires

Jeff Darcy, who has been an editorial cartoonist at The Cleveland Plain Dealer for 33 years, is retiring. From today’s Cleveland Plain Dealer is Jeff’s message to his fellow PD staffers: After nearly ...

www.dailycartoonist.com

2 13

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 3d

Today's @csotd.bsky.social "Downer Jokes and Upper Pups" featuring Arctic Circle, Arlo & Janis, Dave Granlund, F Minus, firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social, Pardon my Planet, picassolemon.bsky.social, Speed Bump, They Can Talk, and xkcd.com.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

CSotD: Downer Jokes and Upper Pups

Arctic Circle makes a point that has long bedeviled me, because I don’t live on the seaside. I also don’t toss away a lot of plastic, though I realize much that goes into recycling bins winds up not b...

www.dailycartoonist.com

1 3

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 3d

The Center for Cartoon Studies is also turning 20 years old this year. @csotd.bsky.social dropped into their gallery celebration Friday and files this thoughts on their milestone.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

1 6

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 3d

Conservatives demand California Governor Gavin Newsom resignation for posting “antisemitic” AI generated cartoon of White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller leading former President Donald Trump on a leash.
www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

Walking the (Antisemitic) Dog

SACRAMENTO — California Governor Gavin Newsom is facing a wave of criticism after the official press account for the governor posted an AI-generated cartoon showing White House deputy chief of staff S...

www.dailycartoonist.com

1 9

Reposted by The Daily Cartoonist

Cartoon Art Museum @cartoonart.bsky.social · 4d

CAM curator Andrew Farago will be talking about his new book 'Snoopy: The Story of My Life' today (Sat., Oct. 4) at the @schulzmuseum.bsky.social as part of the 75 years of 'Peanuts' celebration. More info: schulzmuseum.org/celebrating-75-years-of-peanuts/ #Snoopy #newbook #booksigning

Cover of the book 'Snoopy: The Story of My Life' by Andrew Farago

3 31

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

Now that you’ve recovered from your Peanuts 75th anniversary hangover, it’s time to start planning your Calvin and Hobbes 40th party on Nov. 18. If there’s no tuna fish sandwich involved, you’re doing it wrong.

1 5

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

All those stories in this thread over at www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

A Three Ring Comic Strip Circus

The Failure of G. B. Trudeau My childhood dream, like the popularity of print newspapers, inevitably faded. I had long been bewitched by the comics pages folded into each edition of the Times-Picayune...

www.dailycartoonist.com

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

rinapiccolo.bsky.social created a comic about AI generated Art vs. Human Art.

2 1 6

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

Maximilian reveals the winner of the Terminal Lance comic strip contest (language warning). 9/9

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

Gary Vaynerchuk launches VeeFriends comic book bundle 8/9

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

An Evening with Sy Barry, artist for many comics, including The Phantom, Batman, Superman, and Superboy. 7/9

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

cashbrowns.bsky.social, who is taking over the Nancy strip, is getting positive publicity. 6/9

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

Warren Buffet (mis)remembering the Li’ Abner story 5/9

The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

Creator jimbenton.bsky.social shares the psychology behind his sassy bunny with Nicole Kinning at officialgocomics.bsky.social 4/9