Cartoons | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/cartoons/RSS feed for CartoonsenThu, 12 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000Feeling More Hate Than Love This Valentine's Day? Send Snarky 'Vinegar Valentines' to Your Enemies Like the Victorians Didhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/feeling-more-hate-than-love-this-valentines-day-send-snarky-vinegar-valentines-to-your-enemies-180988172/These oft-anonymous messages took aim at pretentious poets, unhelpful salespeople, suffragists and secessionists alikeThu, 12 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/feeling-more-hate-than-love-this-valentines-day-send-snarky-vinegar-valentines-to-your-enemies-180988172/Happy Public Domain Day to All Who Celebrate! You Can Now Use Betty Boop, Nancy Drew and 'The Maltese Falcon' for Freehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/happy-public-domain-day-to-all-who-celebrate-you-can-now-use-betty-boop-nancy-drew-and-the-maltese-falcon-for-free-180987927/On January 1, 2026, copyrights will expire for comics, books, movies, musical compositions and other creative works from 1930, as well as sound recordings from 1925Wed, 31 Dec 2025 15:29:45 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/happy-public-domain-day-to-all-who-celebrate-you-can-now-use-betty-boop-nancy-drew-and-the-maltese-falcon-for-free-180987927/How the Beloved 'Peanuts' Found Its Way to Define the Modern Comic Striphttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/beloved-peanuts-found-way-define-modern-comic-strip-180986809/With poignant wisdom and gentle wit, Charles M. Schulz reinvented the form and introduced the nation to Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and so many more indelible charactersThu, 26 Jun 2025 18:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/beloved-peanuts-found-way-define-modern-comic-strip-180986809/You Can Now Watch the Long-Lost Thomas the Tank Engine Pilot Episode for the First Time Everhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-now-watch-the-long-lost-pilot-episode-of-thomas-the-tank-engine-for-the-first-time-ever-180986617/Created in 1983, the five-minute episode introduced the signature elements of "Thomas & Friends," including Ringo Starr's soothing narration and hand-crafted model trains. But for decades, it collected dust in the archivesWed, 14 May 2025 15:26:24 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-now-watch-the-long-lost-pilot-episode-of-thomas-the-tank-engine-for-the-first-time-ever-180986617/This Flamin' Hot Cheeto Is Shaped Like a Pokémon Charizard. It Just Sold for Nearly $90,000 at Auctionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-flamin-hot-cheeto-is-shaped-like-a-pokemon-charizard-it-just-sold-for-nearly-90000-at-auction-180986273/The "Cheetozard" resembles an orange dragon-like figure from the popular Japanese franchise. Its seller had purchased it on eBay for $350 in 2019Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:03:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-flamin-hot-cheeto-is-shaped-like-a-pokemon-charizard-it-just-sold-for-nearly-90000-at-auction-180986273/Why the ‘Peanuts’ Characters Still Thrive 25 Years After the Last Original Comic Strip Was Publishedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-the-peanuts-characters-still-thrive-25-years-after-the-last-original-comic-strip-was-published-180985766/In the decades since the end of the cherished newspaper strip, audiences continue to find reasons to chuckle and cheer over Charlie Brown’s gangFri, 03 Jan 2025 15:00:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-the-peanuts-characters-still-thrive-25-years-after-the-last-original-comic-strip-was-published-180985766/Happy Public Domain Day! Popeye, 'Rhapsody in Blue,' 'The Sound and the Fury' and Thousands of Other Captivating Creations Are Finally Free for Everyone to Usehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/happy-public-domain-day-popeye-rhapsody-in-blue-the-sound-and-the-fury-and-thousands-of-other-captivating-creations-are-finally-free-for-everyone-to-use-180985744/On January 1, 2025, copyrights will expire for books, films, comic strips, musical compositions and other creative works from 1929, as well as sound recordings from 1924Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/happy-public-domain-day-popeye-rhapsody-in-blue-the-sound-and-the-fury-and-thousands-of-other-captivating-creations-are-finally-free-for-everyone-to-use-180985744/See Winston Churchill Through the Eyes of the Political Cartoonists He Inspiredhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-winston-churchill-through-the-eyes-of-the-political-cartoonists-he-inspired-180985640/A new exhibition at London’s Imperial War Museum brings together political cartoons from around the world that celebrate and satirize the wartime prime ministerThu, 12 Dec 2024 15:36:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-winston-churchill-through-the-eyes-of-the-political-cartoonists-he-inspired-180985640/This Defeated Presidential Candidate, Once the 'Best-Known Man in America,' Died in a Sanatorium Less Than a Month After Losing the Electionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-defeated-presidential-candidate-once-the-best-known-man-in-america-died-in-a-sanatorium-less-than-a-month-after-losing-the-election-180985083/Newspaper editor Horace Greeley unsuccessfully ran against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in November 1872. Twenty-four days later, he died of unknown causes at a private mental health facilityThu, 19 Sep 2024 09:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/this-defeated-presidential-candidate-once-the-best-known-man-in-america-died-in-a-sanatorium-less-than-a-month-after-losing-the-election-180985083/How Tyrus Wong Spent 106 Years Making the World More Beautifulhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/maestro-of-design-180984915/The Chinese American artist left a breathtaking legacy that ranged from fine art to Disney movies to Christmas cardsWed, 28 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/maestro-of-design-180984915/