Industry news for the professional cartoonist
In one of my answers in the comments section of The Great Gannett Comics Conspiracy I sarcastically said, “It’s like saying Gannett dropped Between Friends because they are misogynistic.” Further analysis suggests that may not be far from right. But first let’s turn to Breaking Cat News cartoonist Georgia Dunn from her Facebook page: The…
All this talk about Gannett and Doonesbury and The Gannett 34 reminds me I never updated the list. The original Gannett 34: Group 1: Blondie, Zits, Beetle Bailey, Family Circus, Hagar the Horrible, Dennis the Menace Group 2: Garfield, Peanuts, For Better or Worse, Baby Blues, Pickles, FoxTrot Group 3: Pearls Before Swine, Jump Start,…
Here we thought the USA TODAY Network’s move to restrict their newspapers’ choice of comics to some part of The Gannett 34 was just a budget cutting effort – saving money going to the syndicates and saving manpower hours by setting up pagination layouts for the groups newspapers. Turns out it was all a cover…
Original January 20 post: Another batch of Gannett newspapers announcing their adoption of The Gannett 34 comics pages. The Austin American-Statesman takes The Gannett 34 literally, they will carry all the comics available to them. From American-Statesman Executive Editor Manny Garcia: Our refresh of the daily comics begins on Jan. 29, and we start our…
… will introduce a revamped and updated comics section on Monday, Jan. 15… Beginning Jan. 15, we are excited to bring to our San Angelo readers a refreshed comics section… So, here’s what we’re changing beginning Jan. 15… Most(?) Gannett newspapers made the switch last Fall, those left behind will be making the switch this…
Under the headline “Clarion Ledger refreshes comic lineup based on reader input, changing tastes” the Mississippi newspaper informed readers that their funnies will be changing as the paper finally conforms to Gannett’s company-wide overhaul of their comics pages. After reminiscing about the old days of meeting with syndicate salesmen to discuss comics changes to his…
Everyone was delighted about the original announcement this past September so Gannett newspapers are reminding people that the final group of The USA TODAY Network will soon implement the standardization of their comics pages. The Nashville Tennessean via The Coloradoan: Classic newspaper comic strip legends like Dennis the Menace, Blondie and Beetle Bailey are here…
Borgman began drawing weekly cartoons for the school newspaper, where the thrill of others seeing his work grew. A week after graduating from college, Borgman started as The Enquirer’s editorial cartoonist. Victoria Moorwood at The Cincinnati Enquirer profiles cartoonist Jim Borgman. (hat tip: Lynn Larkin) Borgman and ‘Zits’ writer Jerry Scott went from friendly acquaintances…
Hold them side by side. The “Blondie” comic strip created by Chic Young for Sept. 8, 1930 is told in four frames. A well-dressed playboy, Dagwood Bumstead, with a wiry body and dark, plastered hair, introduces a pert, curly-haired woman to his short, roundish father, a blustering railroad tycoon. Exactly 93 years later, the “Blondie”…
The Staunton News Leader is part of Gannett’s USA TODAY Network, and so their comics page will now consist of that newspaper’s choice among a selection of comics as handed down by headquarters in Gannett’s effort to standardize the group’s funnies. Unfortunately Barney Google and Snuffy Smith by local cartoonist John Rose, which The News…
Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz returns to The Canton Repository today as part of the USA TODAY Network’s comics pages standardization resolution, the strip is a component of their Group 2 of comics. As today is also the anniversary of Peanuts’ October 2, 1950 debut, The Repository found it fitting to highlight the comic strip…
note: The Daily Cartoonist has no idea if other USA TODAY Network newspapers will follow and run profiles of local newspaper cartoonists; it is our hope that more will take up the banner, and so we add “Part One” to our header. Prior to the USA TODAY Network standardizing their comics pages tomorrow a couple…
“In the first half of the 19th century, newspapers had been around for centuries but had very few images because images had to be engraved or etched. By the second half of the century, they were becoming more visual.” Columbus Dispatch reporter Belinda M. Paschal with major assistance from Jenny Robb, head curator of the…
The USA TODAY Network/Gannett group has released a list of the selected 34 comic strips and panels that local editors and publishers will* choose from to run in their newspapers – not all will run in all (any?) of the papers. From The Fort Collins Coloradoan: Here’s a look at the comic strips readers will…
Joining The Memphis Commercial Appeal’s announcement of comics page changes yesterday are dozens more Gannett newspapers letting their readers know about the new comics pages they can expect soon. Most are explaining the change with some form of “The USA TODAY Network is standardizing its comic offerings across its more than 200 publications.” The Newport…