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Corey Pandolph pulls plug on Elderberries
Corey Pandolph, who took over on Phil Frank’s The Elderberries five years ago, has announced that he’s retiring the strip. March 4th will be the last comic. Corey has been working on a comic strip (notably Barkeater Lake, Toby, Robot Satan) in various forms for the last 15 years. He tells me that in the [...]
Posted on: Feb 21, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 4 Comments
NCS announces nominees for Cartoonist of the Year
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominations for the 2011 Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees are Pickles creator Brian Crane, Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis and MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond. Brian’s strip has been in syndication since 1990 and this week Washington Post Writers Group announced that the [...]
Posted on: Feb 17, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Cul de Sac brings in 6 guest cartoonists for 5 weeks
Michael Cavna reports that six cartoonists will fill in for Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac for a five week stint stating Monday and ending March 19 for dailies and the Sunday features run March 18 through April 15. The guest cartoonists include: Mo Willems, Stephan Pastis, Lincoln Peirce and Michael Jantze, Corey Pandolph and Ken [...]
Posted on: Feb 17, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
The comic book and cartoonist meme
They’re the rage right now in social media – the “what my friends think I do… what I really do” meme. I’ve come across two that are comic related. The first is regarding creating comic books, the second by Michael Kandalaft, creator of That Monkey Tune on cartooning.
Posted on: Feb 17, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
NCS to honor Steve McGarry with Silver T-Square Award
This year’s Silver T-Square Award will be given to former NCS president Steve McGarry during the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Awards weekend in May. The award is given for outstanding dedication or service to the Society or the profession. Former NCS president Jeff Keane: Under Steve’s watch the NCS flourished both here at home and [...]
Posted on: Feb 16, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Interviewed: Wiley Miller talks Non Sequitur’s 20 years
Tom Racine interviews Wiley Miller about his comic strip Non Sequitur which celebrates 20 years in syndication. From Tom’s Tall Tale Radio Podcast: Wiley Miller of the brilliant “Non Sequitur” joins me to talk about the fact that his comic just turned 20 years old! He’s been in syndication since 1992, and has seen a [...]
Posted on: Feb 15, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
Prince Valiant turns 75
Yesterday was Prince Valiant’s 75th birthday. The strip was created by Hal Foster in 1937. Hal was authoring the popular Tarzan comic strip when he was invited to create his new strip by William Randolph Hearst who distributed it through his syndicate King Features. The strip has since been adapted in many forms. It was [...]
Posted on: Feb 15, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
Brian Crane’s “Pickles” now in 800 papers
Fantastic news for Pickles creator Brian Crane. Washington Post Writers Group has announced that Pickles has crossed the 800 paper milestone earlier this month. It was first launched in 1990. From the WPWG: Crane began the strip 22 years ago, while he was working full time at an advertising agency. He would drive home, have [...]
Posted on: Feb 14, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 12 Comments
Robot6: 6 strips that ended too soon
Chris Mautner over at The Robot6 blog names six comic strips that he believes met “an untimely death.” He names: Franklin Fibbs by Hollis Brown and Wes Hargis, Top of the World by Mark Tonra, Spot the Frog by Mark Heath, Bo Nanas by John Kovaleski, Lucky Cow by Mark Pett and Oh, Brother by [...]
Posted on: Feb 13, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 4 Comments
Team Cul de Sac releases artists featured in fundraiser book
Chris Sparks the mastermind and muscle behind the Team Cul de Sac project to raise funds for a cure for Parkinson’s Disease has released the names of the artists who will be featured in the Team Cul de Sac book that is due out in June. Here’s the list of artists: Bill Amend Brian Anderson [...]
Posted on: Feb 9, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 14 Comments
Annual Amateur Cartoonist Contest kicks off
Yesterday was the first day of this year’s Annual Amateur Cartoonist Contest sponsored by The Cartoonists Studio. This year there are 135 contestants (up from 119 last year). Here’s the schedule for the elimination rounds. Elimination Rounds voting starts voting ends Round one Monday, 12:00 am 2/6 Sunday 5:00 am 2/12 Round two Monday, 12:00 [...]
Posted on: Feb 7, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 7 Comments
Mystery solved: Tribune pulled Doonesbury because it promoted a charity
The mystery of what was so “offensive” about last Friday’s Doonesbury seems to be solved. Daily Cartoonist reader Jimmy Delach noted in the comments that The Chicago Tribune has told its readers that they pulled the comic because it “broke from its satirical mission in order to deliver a direct fundraising appeal for a specific [...]
Posted on: Feb 7, 2012, Section: Comic strips, Comments: 12 Comments
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