Industry news for the professional cartoonist
For those who subscribe to the Daily Cartoonist’s RSS feeds and perhaps don’t visit the actual site, I’d like to direct your attention to the latest In Focus article….� This latest installment features editorial cartoonist Ed Hall, who I had the privilege of getting to know recently.His book is called “Diversions” and was self published back in March, and I hope you’ll take the time to read about it here on the Daily Cartoonist.
The NCS Southeast Chapter has posted photos of the Reuben Awards weekend.See photos here, here, and here.Thanks, Bruce, for the heads up.
His professionalism and love of the art form will add a new chapter to one of America’s classic continuity strips. I know that the strip’s loyal readers will appreciate Eduardo’s work as much as I do,” says Judge Parker writer Woody Wilson.
Last week I posted that the Great Lakes Chapter of NCS has posted photos of their excursion to Chicago. Craig Boldman, the current chairperson for the chapter writes into remind me (thus you) that the photos are being updated every day and that they have enough for several weeks.
Mike Jantze who now maintains his comic strip “The Norm” online has posted a notice to subscribers that he’s running repeats for the next couple of weeks while he recoups from a back injury. The Norm resumes on June 19.
Ohio State fans have also been speeding it along — much to the surprise of the creative team that’s been milking the same three jokes for 28 years.”The use of ‘wolverine’ in the Garfield comic strip was not in reference to the Michigan fans or the mascot,” says a comically sincere response to MSU zealot Bob Nelson of Lansing.Nelson already figured that out, “but it will be a long time,” he promises, “before the U-M Wolverines see the last of this particular cartoon.””Garfield” debuted in 1978 and appears in 2,600 newspapers worldwide, making it one of the most successful comic strips on Earth…. At which point Garfield thinks, “Loser.”Nelson, 55, oversees a club called SPAR10 PL8S and a Web site, www.CQQL.net/msu.htm, devoted to vanity license plates that praise the Green and White or pillory the Maize and Blue.He liked the juxtaposition of “wolverine” and “loser” so much that he dropped a thank-you note to Davis — who, for the record, went to Ball State.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is celebrating 30 with Jim Borgman as their editorial cartoonist. To commemorate, they’ve posted a Q&A with Jim, several congratulatory cartoons from fellow cartoonists (includng Dave Coverly, Jim Davis, Mike Luckovich, Marshall Ramsey, Jerry Scott, Jeff Stahler, Lynn & Rod Johnston), a video of Jim at work re-drawing the winning cartoon from the contest, a slideshow of 9 of his most favorite cartoons, caricatures of the local politicians he’s skewered over the years, and finally some of the cartoon contest runner ups.
On Brian Anderson’s web site, he alerting his fans that the Times-Union is voting whether to keep the “Dog Eat Doug” comic a part of their line up…. Fans can go to the link above and scroll down a bit and cast their vote.
The Post Dispatch has been trying out four new comics since January and they’ve declared that it now time to vote some comics off the island and choose a new permanent strip for their funny page. The choices are: “Brevity,” “Lucky Cow,” “BrewsterRockit” and “Candorville.”They are also running a new feature in the place of Boondocks called “The Meaning of Lila.”