A Zinger from Bangladesh
Review: “Zinger Toonz: Dark n’ Twisted” – a cartoon book from Bangladesh For Bangladeshi cartoonist Obaidur Rahman, it seems, inspiration for humor is drawn from his dark and … Read more
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A Short Video Promo on Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Darrin Bell’s New Graphic Memoir, ‘The Talk’
“Through evocative illustrations and sharp humor, Bell examines how The Talk shaped intimate and public moments from childhood to adulthood.” I had the distinct honor of moderating a … Read more
Funnies Farrago Celebrates a Half Century of Doonesbury
Taking a look back at the beginnings of the multi-talented Garry Trudeau’s ‘Doonesbury’ comic strip. G. B. Trudeau has been producing his comic strip Doonesbury for over 50 … Read more
Mister Oswald
Funnies Farrago encounters the longest-running comic strip: Mister Oswald. IN 1968 WHEN A BOOK COLLECTION of Mister Oswald was published, Forty Years with Mister Oswald, almost no one … Read more
Farrago Funnies: Fay King, Prize-Fighting Cartoonist
Fay King: The greatest woman cartoonist, caricaturist and ‘kidder’ in the world — and where did she disappear to? IF FAY KING HADN’T MARRIED A PRIZE FIGHTER named … Read more
Why Bob Mankoff Left ‘The New Yorker’
Funnies Farrago Explains: Bob Mankoff left “The New Yorker” as cartoon editor after a couple decades on the job — what was that really about? So why, actually, … Read more
Ray Billingsley Gets the Reuben
Funnies Farrago celebrates the first African-American to get the Reuben Trophy for Cartoonist of the Year. The National Cartoonists Society made history on a week or so ago … Read more
Peter Arno and the Untrammeled Life
The Roaring Twenties and the Essence of The New Yorker: Funnies Farrago Meets Peter Arno. THE DECADE THAT HAS ENTERED AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY as “the roaring twenties” was created, … Read more
Funnies Farrago Meets Dr. Seuss, Henry and — The Flit!
The story of how Theodore Seuss Geisel created a celebrated advertising campaign for the “Flit” in the 1930s. Oh yeah, and then became Dr. Seuss. “Flit.” That simple … Read more
Funnies Farrago Meets Herb Mignery, Cowboy Cartoonist
“Cowboy cartoonist” Herb Mignery is also a master of drawing horses. I went to a local “postcard and paper” show a few months ago. And, as always, I … Read more
