While Rina Piccolo’s web site is silent on the issue, E&P mentions that a new “Tina’s Groove” collection will be released in March.“Tina’s Groove,” a collection of Rina Piccolo’s comic, will be released in March by Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP). The King Features Syndicate strip stars a self-assured waitress named Tina who, said AMP, “shatters […]
According to E&P, Rose Ellison King, the writer for “Flo and Friends” has passed away.Rose Ellison King, a humorist who wrote for the “Flo & Friends” comic, has died of breast cancer, according to a Sunday article in The Plain Dealer of Cleveland. The Ohio resident was 63. King was a former art director at […]
A new exhibit has opened in London featuring editorial cartoonists from both sides of the Atlantic and how the artists treat the US President. Pictures in a new exhibition depict President Bush as a crocodile, a spider and a dimwitted cowboy. And those are the polite images. “Misunderestimating the President Through Cartoons” looks back on […]
The Monterey County Herald (CA) has returned Doonesbury to the funny pages after nearly 300 readers complained when it was dropped.
Along with the upcoming Dreamworks movie “Over the Hedge“, Activision will be releasing the “Over the Hedge” video game. Screen shots are available at xbox365.comActivision today released the first screens and information on the forthcoming adaptation of DreamWorks Animation Films adaptation of Michael Fry and T Lewis popular comic-book, Over the Hedge, starring Bruce Willis, […]
Garry Trudeau has been recognized by the Pentagon for using his character B.D. to bring attention to servicemen and women who have been injured during active service.Trudeau said he decided to take B.D., a former football star, and have him receive a life-altering injury because he wanted to dramatize the kind of sacrifices troops are […]
The North Central Chapter News has issued a call to all their members to be prepared to judge the NCS Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration division entries later this month.This year, our chapter has been chosen to judge the NCS Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration division entries for the Reubens awards. We’re going to place the entries online, on […]
E&P has the story on why 1988 Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette is interested in moving to the Oklahoma newsaper the Tulsa World. One reason editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette is moving to the Tulsa World is because the Oklahoma newspaper is owned by a family rather than a chain. “I like the idea that […]
Scott Adams and Mike Belkin’s search for an artist to co-create Mike’s “Unfit” feature has closed and the respondant’s work have been posted on a new web site. Earlier this month I told you that Mike Belkin was looking for an artist to take over the drawing of his syndicated comic strip Unfit. More than […]