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Jul 8, 2008 by Alan Gardner

» The Honolulu Star-bulletin has picked up The Knight Life and The Other Coast. The features replace retiring, Single and Looking and Spot the Frog. » The Birmingham news also picked up The Knight Life. » The Albuquerque Journal’s Comic Shootout (see previous month’s “shootout”) between Get Fuzzy and Hi and Louis resulted in almost 7,864 votes [...]

Section: Comic strips

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MacKinnon cartoon used to make Obama racial slurs

Jul 8, 2008 by Alan Gardner

The Halifax Chronicle-Herald editorial cartoonist, Bruce MacKinnon, published a cartoon back in January depicting presidential hopeful Barack Obama in front of a sign that reads “White House” and thinking, “Well first off, that sign’s gonna have to go.” Now the cartoon is being “hijacked” - used and modified by others to make racial slurs against [...]

Section: Editorial cartooning

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Readers respond to suggested characters future death

Jul 8, 2008 by Alan Gardner

The Rudy Park comic strip may be rubbing out another one of its characters. Last year, Rudy Park cartoonists Theron Heir and Darrin Bell wrote out the Mort Park character and now another character Sadie Cohen has been diagnosed with a tumor in her throat. Readers are writing in to “vote” whether the tumor [...]

Section: Comic strips

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Ed Stein starts election year graphic blog

Jul 7, 2008 by Alan Gardner

Rocky Mountain News editorial cartoonist Ed Stein has started a new election season graphic blog that is updated every Friday starting on the 4th of July running through the Democratic National Convention scheduled for Aug. 25-28 in Denver. From his blog: You’ll note that this is a significant departure from my normal work. Every Friday from [...]

Section: Blogs

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Remembering Jesse Helms through Marlette’s work

Jul 7, 2008 by Alan Gardner

Rob Tornoe reviews the life of Jesse Helms through the eyes of one his arch nemesis, the late editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette. As a cartoonist, when I think of Helms, it may be fitting that I think of an old foe of his who also lost his life a short while ago, Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist [...]

Section: Editorial cartooning

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Big thanks to Aaron Taylor; blogging resumes

Jul 7, 2008 by Alan Gardner

A big shout out of thanks goes to Aaron Taylor for keeping The Daily Cartoonist updated whilst I was off on vacation. Hope everyone had a great Independence Day weekend. Blogging will resume later today after I unpack a few things. Alan

Section: Daily Cartoonist

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Dunham pays tribute to pet dog in “Overboard”

Jul 3, 2008 by Aaron Taylor

Chip Dunham, the creator of the comic strip “Overboard,” paid tribute to his 13-year old canine companion, Basil, in the June 30 edition of the cartoon. Basil passed away on May 30. Basil inspired the character of Louie in the strip, and also helped create the common theme within the strip of the dogs, Louie and [...]

Section: Comic strips

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UPS offering daily animated comic strips

Jul 3, 2008 by Aaron Taylor

In partnership with Deviant Films of Los Angeles, Universal Press Syndicate is offering daily animated comic strips for newspaper Web sites. The shorts will feature a rotating variety of Universal Press Syndicate comic properties including: “The Argyle Sweater,” “Lio,” “Flying McCoys,” and “Ink Pen.”

Section: Comic strips

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Knight’s “The Complete K Chronicles” reviewed

Jul 3, 2008 by Aaron Taylor

Comics Worth Reading has posted a review of Keith Knight’s award-winning cartoon compilation, “The Complete K Chronicles.”

Section: Books

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Guest cartoonist talks about filling in at “Orange”

Jul 3, 2008 by Aaron Taylor

Best-selling author and illustrator Suzy Becker talks about filling in on the daily comic strip “Rhymes with Orange” while cartoonist Hilary Price was on vacation a couple of weeks ago. “I thought it was a great opportunity for me. I’ve thought about doing a weekly because I have a lot of cartoon ideas I don’t get [...]

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Drew Litton’s “The Broncs Zoo” debuts

Jul 2, 2008 by Aaron Taylor

Drew Litton, the staff sports cartoonist at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, debuts the first installment of his online animated cartoon series “The Broncs Zoo.” The Denver Broncos have long been my favorite topic to draw about (25 years now at the Rocky Mountain News) and I’m always looking for fun ways to cartoon the [...]

Section: Animation

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“Scary Gary” creator interviewed on podcast

Jul 2, 2008 by Aaron Taylor

Mark Buford, creator of “Scary Gary,” sits down with John C. Snider of www.scifidimensions.com and talks about his comic strip. In the podcast, Buford offers a glimpse not only into his influences — the comics and the people who have inspired him — but also into the inspiration for Scary Gary, how the innovative comic was [...]

Section: Comic strips

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German government creates anti-extremism cartoon strip

Jul 2, 2008 by Aaron Taylor

The German government is developing a comic strip in an attempt to drive Muslim youth away from Islamic extremism and the cartoon is being met with a great deal of resistance from the Muslim community. You can listen to an interview about the comic strip with Taris Ahmad, a representative of the Islamic Human Rights [...]

Section: Cartoons

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Clay Bennett receives Ink Bottle Award

Jul 2, 2008 by Aaron Taylor

Clay Bennett added the Ink Bottle Award to his 2008 honors at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists convention on Saturday. AAEC President Nick Anderson of the Houston Chronicle and WPWG said a major reason for the Ink Bottle honor was Bennett’s work as AAEC president in 2005-6. During that “tumultuous and eventful” time, recalled Anderson, [...]

Section: AAEC

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F Minus creator Tony Carrillo to teach class for kids

Jul 2, 2008 by Aaron Taylor

In the months of July and August, F Minus creator Tony Carrillo will teach classes at Changing Hands, a Tempe, Ariz. bookstore, for teens and tweens. Classes are focused on everything from basic cartoons to visual storytelling. Info at www.changinghands.com.

Section: Cartoons

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