From the New York Times: (free registration required)Lou Myers, a satiric artist and graphic essayist whose expressive style helped modernize cartoons in advertisements and major American magazines, died yesterday at his home in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. He was 90.He is a sample of his work. (Be warned the NYT article mentions that a frequent topic […]
As first reported by the Comics Reporter, Zits and Baby Blues will be included in the family-friendly newsletters it publishes.ArcaMax Publishing ( www.arcamax.com ), a leading publisher of family-friendly newsletters, has become the first company to send by e-mail Baby Blues and Zits — comic strips that generated large followings in major newspapers.
E&P: United Media gets a new editorThe former King Features Syndicate executive succeeds Neil Gladstone, who went to AOL after more than five years with United.
I always wondered what cartooning would be like in a nation where your family or yourself could found dead because of a cartoon. According to this article, Iranian cartoonist Majid Amini is doing well (though he says it could be better).TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) — Iranian cartoonist Majid Amini won third prize at the 22nd […]