"Bohemian Trumpsody" - Marsh Family adaptation of "Bohemian Rhapsody"

"At Wit's End: Cartoonists of the New Yorker"

From Bookshop. 

An exclusive sneak peek inside the creative minds of more than 50 New Yorker cartoonists, celebrating legends and newcomers alike with stunning photography and engaging profiles.

The Onion to release print edition

From The Globe and Mail.

The Onion will hand out its new print edition this week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Brian McConnachie 1942-2024

From Patreon.

It's with great sadness that I must announce the death of friend and colleague Brian McConnachie last Friday morning. 

In addition to being the Founder of The Bystander back in 1981, Brian was essential in its relaunch in 2015. 

Every day, on every page, he has been our North Star.

ACC Honorary Member

 

 The 2022 Gable Award by our president Wes Tyrell.

The ACC is very pleased to welcome the great comedian John Cleese as an honorary member.

He performed in Toronto on April 26 and was delighted to be considered a colleague to all the terrific Canuck cartoonists.

Don Asmussen 1962-2021

From The San Francisco Chronicle.

Cartoonist Don Asmussen, passed away on December 9, 2021, at the age of 59, after a long battle with brain cancer.

Asmussen, 59, had been with the San Francisco Chronicle since it merged with the Hearst-owned Examiner in 2000, having worked at the Examiner for several years before that.

The American Bystander at 18

 From The Daily Heller.

When in 2015, Trump was just an annoying little gnat, Michael Gerber knew that humor would be a saving grace in a demonic moment of history & unveiled The American Bystander, the first new national humor magazine in 30 years. 

Humorist Tony Hendra Dies at 79

 From The New York Times.

Tony Hendra, a humorist whose wide-ranging résumé included top editing jobs at National Lampoon and Spy magazines and a zesty role in the mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap,” died on Thursday in Yonkers, N.Y. He was 79.

Private Eye editor looks at satirising 2020

 From The Irish Examiner.

Ian Hislop in the Private Eye office

Ian Hislop, editor of the UK satirical magazine Private Eye, and team captain on political panel show Have I Got News For You, has every reason to be thoroughly pessimistic.

A Cartoon Collection by Harry Bliss and Steve Martin

 

Entertainer Steve Martin has joined forces with New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss and will be collaborating on the syndicated “Bliss” cartoon panel indefinitely.

Steve shared caption and cartoon ideas, Harry provided artwork, and together they have created A Wealth of Pigeons, a collection of humorous cartoons and comic strips, with amusing commentary about their collaboration throughout.

Jon McNaughton has been outdone

If you thought Jon McNaughton was a sycophant, the work of Dany Hahlbohm really takes the cake.

UPDATE

Someone mentionned on the web that his depiction of Christ bears a likeness to Charles Manson.

The story behind "Not The New York Times"

From The New York Times.

In 1978, a mischievous band of writers that included George Plimpton and Nora Ephron teamed up to create a spoof of The New York Times. Turns out, Times journalists were among them.

"Department of Mind-Blowing Theories" by Tom Gauld

From Publisher's Weekly.

Tom Gauld turns out this fizzy collection of one-panel cartoons, originally drawn for New Scientist magazine, showcasing his charmingly simplified art and brainy, gently off-kilter comic sensibility.

Donald Trump’s Handwriting Is Now A Font Called Tiny Hand

From Fast Company.

Although he’s known for his incessant tweeting, an interesting fact about Donald Trump is that he doesn’t really use computers outside of his iPhone.

Although he aspires to lead the most technologically progressive nation on Earth, the Republican presidential hopeful has admitted he didn’t own a computer until 2007.

The Weird World of Jon McNaughton

Edited from Current Affairs.

Utah-based painter Jon McNaughton, who has been called the “Trump administration’s unofficial artist", explains the meaning of 10 works from his canon.

"Wake up America"

“Every man, woman, and child in America is enslaved to our national debt. As anartist, I have laid out my vision of the dire circumstances that surround us. Now, more than ever, each American must make a choice: will we unlock the shackles that enslave us, or will we give up the greatest gift we have—our freedom? It is my hope and prayer that America will ‘wake up’ before it is too late… Those who are familiar with my work know I like to use symbolism and metaphor to engage the viewer. See if you can find and decipher the many symbols in this image. In the painting I have intentionally hidden six keys that will WAKE UP AMERICA and release us from the chains of economic and political bondage. Find these keys and share them with as many Americans as you can. If we don’t ‘wake up,’ the next generation may not know what it means to be free”

MAD Magazine Is Shutting Down

From Pop Politics.

MAD Magazine #548, October 2017, Tom Richmond.

I just heard from a friend of mine who is in a Facebook group with MAD writer Stan Stinberg that, after the next two issues, MAD will no longer be publishing original material. Instead, it’ll publish reprinted material until it’s subscription responsibilities are fulfilled and then the magazine will cease publication.

Children on climate strike replicate a Cathy Wilcox cartoon

From Cathy Wilcox's Facebook page.

The children of Wagga Wagga have replicated a cartoon by Australian cartoonist Cathy Wilcox in a photo.

The Original "American Bystander"

Jennifer Finney Boylan in The New York Times.

American Bystander, published for just one issue in the 1980s, is back. It was worth the wait.

"Artistically MAD: Seven Decades of Satire" at Ohio State

From the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum website.

Harvey Kurtzman’s brainchild made its debut as a comic book in 1952 before switching to a magazine format in 1955.

Over the ensuing years, MAD has featured artwork by many of the most talented cartoonists in the industry. 

Interview with "The American Bystander" editor

Steven Heller in Print.

Cover of issue #6 by Arnold Roth

Cry and you cry alone. Michael Gerber, the founder and publisher of The American Bystander, the last of the sophisticated American humor magazines, may be committed.

In fact, he is committed to print. Once, the field was full of funny mags; now, trenchant humor has migrated to late-night television and the digital world as populated by laff-makers too. 

Has this hurt the following of Gerber’s magazine? Let’s see.