Michael Cavna

Comic Riffs — Washington, D.C.

The latest from Michael

PERCY JULIAN: Google Doodle salutes pioneering chemist as a man utterly in his elements

  • Apr 11, 2014

This just in: Amazon.com reaches deal to buy comiXology

  • Apr 10, 2014

Go on, laugh: For Lewis Black opener Joe Kashnow, amputee jokes are part of the act

After losing part of his right leg, Joe Kashnow sought a career in standup. Lewis Black is helping him get there.

  • Apr 8, 2014

You’re a Good Plan, Charlie Brown: A peek into the meticulous vision behind 2015′s ‘Peanuts’ feature film

  • Apr 6, 2014

Captain America ‘plexes his muscle: ‘Winter Soldier’ sequel sets April record with $96M debut

  • Apr 6, 2014

‘STRIPPED’ Q&A;: As new docu tops iTunes, filmmakers wax passionate about their ‘love letter’ to comic strips

  • Apr 2, 2014

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Harlem Hellfighters’ is a powerfully vivid reminder of WWI valor

  • Apr 1, 2014

‘The Harlem Hellfighters,’ written by Max Brooks and illustrated by Caanan White

A graphic novel about the all-minority 369th Infantry Regiment in WWI, illustrated by Caanan White.

  • Apr 1, 2014

PEARLS BEFORE ‘NEIN’: Stephan Pastis finds irony in Post nixing strip about word choice…because of word choice.

  • Mar 31, 2014

BOX OFFICE: ‘Frozen’ is officially your biggest animated film. Ever.

  • Mar 31, 2014

Upon National Kidney Month, cartoonist launches syndicate site fueled by son’s disease

  • Mar 31, 2014

AWARDS ROUNDUP: Eisners HOF deadline Monday; political cartoonists honored

  • Mar 30, 2014

ROZ CHAST: With ‘a little distance’ after parents’ deaths, cartoonist creates a superb and soulful new memoir

  • Mar 29, 2014

BOB MANKOFF: Cartoon editor offers peek behind New Yorker curtain. Is now good for you?

  • Mar 27, 2014

In star cartoonist Roz Chast’s hands, tale of aging parents is far from the same old story

The New Yorker artist’s story of her aging parents touches on the more intense realities of elder care.

  • Mar 27, 2014

For cartoon editor, a New Yorker state of mind

Bob Mankoff’s understanding of how humor works crackles through his new memoir.

  • Mar 27, 2014

Bill Watterson/Richard Thompson’s OSU Show: Creators are ‘honored’ and ‘gobsmacked’ at opening of museum’s exhibit

  • Mar 25, 2014

DOROTHY IRENE HEIGHT: ‘Godmother of the civil-rights movement’ was a portrait in powerful change. Google Doodle salutes her accordingly.

  • Mar 24, 2014

VALENTINE’S DAY READER CAPTION CONTEST: And the winner is…

  • Mar 23, 2014

Agnes Martin: To celebrate the great painter, Google Doodle offers meditative muted beauty

  • Mar 23, 2014
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About Michael

Writer-artist-recovering-syndicated-cartoonist Michael Cavna is a man of many hyphenates. His articles on visual artists and comic art have been recently honored by the national Society of Features Journalism and the international Harvey Awards. A San Francisco native and UCSD alum, Cavna wrote the main text for the Eisner Award-nominated anthology book "Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson's." "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz once told Cavna at a black-tie awards dinner: "You do funny things"; to this day, he does not know for sure whether Schulz was referring to Cavna's syndicated comic "Warped" or to his tragically askew cummerbund.

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