Rocketed to earth as a baby when his planet explodes .. . no, that's not it. Deep in a cave beneath stately Wayne manor... nope, not that either. Bitten by a radioactive ...?
Friday, May 30, 2025
Joe Sutliff's Dunderman comic strip
Rocketed to earth as a baby when his planet explodes .. . no, that's not it. Deep in a cave beneath stately Wayne manor... nope, not that either. Bitten by a radioactive ...?
Monday, May 05, 2025
Cartooning Would-be Kings event photos (UPDATED)
Journalists and editorial cartoonists around the world are facing unprecedented attacks.
Please join us May 5, in Washington, DC, to celebrate World Press Freedom Day with a panel of legendary cartoonists out on the front lines of free speech — and for the announcement of the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award by Cartoonists Rights.
Katherine Jacobsen of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will deliver a keynote address on the state of press freedom in the U.S. and share findings from CPJ's April 2025 U.S. Report.
Syracuse University’s Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship
PARTICIPANTS:
Barry Blitt, The New Yorker
Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, The Economist
Joel Pett, Tribune Content Agency
Signe Wilkinson, Philadelphia Inquirer
KEYNOTE:
Katherine Jacobsen, U.S., Canada, and Caribbean Program Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists
MODERATOR:
Roslyn Mazer, SU alumna and free expression champion
Sponsored by Cartoonists Rights, Committee to Protect Journalists, Freedom Cartoonists, The Herb Block Foundation

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Bro Russell and KAL |
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Barry Blitt (left) |
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Nik Kowsar (right) |
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Barry Blitt drawing of Jeff Bezos |
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Joel Pett drawing of Mitch McConnell |
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Matt Wuerker drawing of Elon Musk |
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Nik Kowsar drawing |
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KAL drawing of Trump |
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Joe Sutliff and Matt Wuerker |
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Katherine Jacobsen, Committee to Protect Journalists |
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Introducing the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award |
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Zehra Ömeroğlu's pre-recorded speech accepting the award |
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Nik and KAL |
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Clay Jones snuck in |
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
New items in Michigan State's Comic Art Collection
Every month, librarian Randy Scott lists new material that he's catalogued for
MSU's Comic Art Collection.
For February-March 2019, a 2013 set of US government
comic books I've never seen showed up, followed by Joe Sutliff's
work on mosquito control in Fairfax County.
The Choice. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of the Special Trustee for American
Indians, 2013? -- 12 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. --
(Empowerment $aga ; volume 1, issue 6) -- "Red Rose Elk
(Sioux/Assiniboine), author; Matthew Barkhausen,
illustrator ; original concept by J.P. Barham." -- "The
story begin with shape-shifters: four birds, Eagle, Raven,
Hawk, and Owl, perched on telephone lines on the outskirts
of the Native community. They are spiritual helpers to a
group of teens: Shining Star, Theresa, Ranger, and Jay.
These young teens learn financial resources as they embark
on many adventures, and encounter intrigue in the process.
The Choice shows the perils and rewards of making the right
life choices, and how traditional values can help with
those choices in order to thrive." -- Educational genre,
about Indians of North America. -- Call no.:
PN6728.25.U5E4806 2013 Red Rose Elk.
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Coloring Book. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of the Special Trustee for American
Indians, 2013? -- 1 v. : ill. ; 27 cm. -- (Empowerment
$aga) -- "Red Rose Elk (Sioux/Assiniboine), author ;
Matthew Barkhausen, illustrator ; original concept by J.P.
Barham." -- Other title: Empowerment $aga Coloring Book. --
Call no.: PN6728.25.U5E49 2013
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A Loan or Not a Loan? -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of
the Interior, Office of the Special Trustee for American
Indians, 2013? -- 1 v. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. -- (Empowerment
$aga ; volume 1, issue 5) -- "Red Rose Elk
(Sioux/Assiniboine), author ; Matthew Barkhausen,
illustrator ; original concept by J.P. Barham." --
Educational genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.25.U5E4805 2013
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Exploring a New Frontier - Credit. -- Washington, DC : U.S.
Department of the Interior, Office of the Special Trustee
for American Indians, 2013? -- 1 v. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. --
(Empowerment $aga ; volume 1, issue 4) -- "Red Rose Elk
(Sioux/Assiniboine), author ; Matthew Barkhausen,
illustrator ; original concept by J.P. Barham." --
Educational genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.25.U5E4804 2013
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Adventures in Banking. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of
the Interior, Office of the Special Trustee for American
Indians, 2013? -- 1 v. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. -- (Empowerment
$aga ; volume 1, issue 3) -- "Red Rose Elk
(Sioux/Assiniboine), author ; Matthew Barkhausen,
illustrator ; original concept by J.P. Barham." --
Educational genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.25.U5E4803 2013
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Journey of Trade. -- Washington, DC : U.S. Department of the
Interior, Office of the Special Trustee for American
Indians, 2013? -- 1 v. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. -- (Empowerment
$aga ; volume 1, issue 1) -- "Red Rose Elk
(Sioux/Assiniboine), author ; Matthew Barkhausen,
illustrator ; original concept by J.P. Barham." --
Educational genre, about business enterprises. -- Call no.:
PN6728.25.U5E48 2013 -----------------------------------------------------
What's Bugging You? : Mosquitoes and Ticks / written and
illustrated by Joe Sutliff. -- Fairfax, VA : Fairfax County
Health Dept., 2011. -- 24 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm. --
Children's book format, with some word balloons. --
Educational genre. -- Call no.: PN6728.25.F3W47 2011
Monday, November 05, 2018
Meet John Darrin: A Chat About His Anti-Trump Cartoon Book
Early this fall, some of my friends among local political cartoonists started telling me that they had a piece in a new book. Author John Darrin commissioned over a score of cartoonists to illustrate Who's That Man with Mr. Lincoln, Mommy? A Parent's Guide to the Trump Presidency. Darrin himself is from Frederick, MD, and local cartoonists in the book are Steve Artley, Barbara Dale, Al Goodwyn, Clay Jones and Joe Sutliff (see the bottom of this post for his list of all the contributors).
Darrin's website describes his book thusly:
Who’s That Man With Mr. Lincoln, Mommy? is a political parody intended to discredit the Trump Administration in a simple, compelling, and entertaining way. Set as a walking tour of the Mall in Washington, DC, two young parents and their children play the alphabet game to explain why President Trump is the greatest. The children unwittingly expose their parent’s absurd explanations with common sense. Interlaced with penetrating editorial cartoons from award-winning artists, this no-holds-barred tale takes us on a journey through the deception and hypocrisy of the Trump White House.
The slim volume (there are only 24 letters in the alphabet after all) features a page of text with an illustration and his imaginary family discussing a word that has gained prominence (or notoriety) due to the Trump administration. The facing page reproduces a political cartoon and a brief biography of the cartoonist.
Darrin was kind enough to send me a copy to preview and answer some questions for ComicsDC.
You're normally a novelist? Why did you decide to write a children's book parody?
Yes, I am a novelist, and also some business-based non-fiction. A parody of a children's book allowed me to present the pro-Trump arguments in the shortest and simplest form and have them rebutted not by partisanship and ideology, but by simple common sense and honest questions.
And why have it illustrated by cartoonists?
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Steve Artley's drawing from the Lincoln Memorial |
How did you find them?
Lots of research and queries. Lists like Pulitzer and Herblock prize winners, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, and different cartoon syndicators. Then lots of correspondence to sell the concept.
I made a comprehensive list of words that would apply to Trump's administration (page 62 of the book) and picked the ones that I felt were most important. For example. using pussy or Putin as the "P" word was an obvious choice. But I wanted this to be a catalog of Trump's failings and Puerto Rico was no longer on people's minds. With the daily barrage of lunacy, it is easy to forget earlier offenses to the American legacy. Several of my choices were changed by the cartoonist to fit their interests, such as Ingrid Rice, a Canadian cartoonist, choosing NAFTA over narcissism.
Yes, the story was drafted and then the cartoonists drew to the subject and narrative.
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Joe Sutliff's drawing of the Trump Hotel (aka the Old Post Office) |
The book is available on our website and on Amazon. We have been trying to get it placed in retail stores, but we don't have a wholesaler so we'll continue to work on that.
There are two sequels planned: Who's That Man Scolding Mr. Trump, Mommy?, and Who's That Man Looking So Sad, Mommy?, about the Mueller investigation and the mid-term results, respectively.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Joe Sutliff launches Trumpy doll Kickstarter
The direct link is https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/485242647/trumpy-doll/
Friday, July 15, 2016
'Fight the Bite' and Zika
"Yes, that's my art from some of the projects I've done for them. Because it's sold to the VA government, they get to use it as much as they want. They showed the posters to me after they did them - the CDC is getting slammed with requests for Zika materials, and they don't have anything ready, so these were thrown together. All public pools in Fairfax will soon feature one."
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
Joe Sutliff's April Fool's day Kickstarter (updated)
Of his 'project,' Joe says, "While easily perceived as a prank, my campaign is (or was) an attempt to tap into the gestalt of crowd funding. Rather that present a complex experience all at once, I wanted to see what would happen if something simple and silly would be appreciated by the community. Now I'm challenged to come up with a response to this. As everyone knows, a wounded cartoonist is the most dangerous beast in the jungle… At least I've become more annoying!"
Sunday, June 22, 2014
A few more photos...
Becky Cloonan and Shaun Simon at Big Planet Comics Vienna. |
Becky Cloonan and Shaun Simon at Big Planet Comics Vienna. |
Claire and Mike Rhode wearing t-shirts from Joe Sutliff's Master Jeffrey webcomic which has a Kickstarter campaign now. |
And here's pictures from the exhibit of original artwork at Art-Enables by five artists who contributed to the new graphic novel Wild Ocean: Sharks, Whales, Rays and Other Endangered Sea Creatures (Fulcrum Publishing). Artwork by: Brooke Allen, Matt Dembicki, Andy K, Steve Loya and Steven Russell Black.
Art by Matt Dembicki, that I think I now own. |
Steve Loya and his art. |
Monday, June 09, 2014
Joe Sutliff's Master Jeffrey Kickstarter campaign launches
Monday, May 05, 2014
Free Comic Book Day photos
Tangent cartoonists |
Monica Marier |
Big Planet Comics Vienna (Curls Studio aka Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo):
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Original Christmas ornaments by cartoonists
Carolyn Belefski
Joe Sutliff
Barbara Dale
Steve Artley
I kept getting this glowing nose on Artley's ornament - Christmas is magical after all...
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Team Cul de Sac panel at Baltimore Comic-Con
ZARVOX PRESENTS: The Team Cul De Sac – BCC13 Panel
EPISODE 244
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The Carolyn and Joe Show has been hijacked by aliens once again!
The alien warlord ZARVOX has intercepted the original show that was intended to be released this week and has used their alien technology to rewarp what they believe is a more important show to broadcast on the Carolyn and Joe Show, The Baltimore Comic Con 2013 – TEAM CUL DE SAC panel with Barbara Dale, Dawn Griffin, Carolyn Belefski, Chris Sparks and Joe Sutliff. Enjoy…humans.