Last week I reported that Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, had erupted another firestorm by drawing a cartoon depicting “nine nearly naked black men fighting each other with sticks, stools, boots and a pillow” and ran with a caption, “Ethiopian Food Fight.” The paper has printed a near 1000 word […]
Richard Thompson’s Cul-De-Sac officially launches today. According to Universal Press, it launched with an above average number of papers (70) including the Detroit Free Press, the Boston Globe, the Portland Oregonian, the Houston Chronicle and the Toronto Star. It should be up on GoComics today, but I just checked and it’s not yet available.
Mark Fiore, one of the pioneering animated editorial cartoonists, has reworked his web site. The news site also offers a “Shout back” section which includes a toll-free number for those who wish to leave a message about a cartoon.
The much anticipated “hybrid” format of Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse this last week has included more original artwork than was originally planned. According to an interview Lynn by Dave Astor at E&P, reveals that at a personal level, Lynn has had to work through a separation with her husband, Rod, this spring […]
The San Francisco Chronicle that has ran the local Farley comic since 1985 has finally printed a background story on why Phil Frank is retiring his Farley character. According to the report, Phil “is retiring because of a serious illness that has kept him confined to his home in Sausalito for several months and has […]
Yup. Chuck Asay about sums it up.
I’m not sure when Dave Coverly redesigned his web site, but its sporting a new skin.
I’ve been a bit remiss in reporting on this bit of news. Adrian C. Sinnott is now the acting chairman of the Berndt Toast Gang – a chapter of the NCS on Long Island, NY. He sent me a very clever fake news story by Joe Vissichelli using a screen shot of The Daily Cartoonist […]
Lynn Johnston has added a new section to the web site (or what I’m now dubbing as the “Better/Worse Universe”) dedicated to the history of the Liz and Anthony’s relationship over the last 14 years. The section spans 7 pages and has a long sample of comics – ideal for someone wanting to get the […]
Drew Litton, one of the rare sports cartoonists in the country, is marking his 25 years at the Rocky Mountain News. 25 years. It’s hard to believe it’s been that long. It seems like only yesterday when I sat in the press box at Mile High stadium for the very first time. I’ve been blessed […]
Phil Frank’s Farley has been a local comic for the San Francisco Chronicle since the mid 1980s, but according to Daryl Cagle it will come to an end today. With the news of the firing of Leo Garza who drew the Nacho Guarache for the San Antonio Express-News, we have Ed Stein and his Denver […]
Michael Roberts, a columnist for the Denver Westword paper, recently forced himself to read every comic in the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News for a two week period to gauge the state of the the funny paper. To find out what else I’ve been missing, if anything, I read every comic in the Post […]
Last year, I reported about Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, who created a national stir for two cartoons that were published in the Cavalier Daily. Both the editor and cartoonist later apologized for running the cartoons. Woolard has set off another controversy this week that resulted in about 200 students […]
The Washington Post Writers Group has picked up It’s All About You by Tony Murphy and will be launching the feature on December 31st.From the description on the syndicate’s site, The YouTube generation meets Seinfeld in It’s All About You, a new daily and Sunday comic strip by Tony Murphy. “The strip’s title is sort […]
Austin American-Statesman cartoonist Ben Sargent will be the featured speaker at the Brazos County Democratic Party fund-raiser on September 16. The event will also include various Democratic candidates. A word of caution to Ben: Don’t donate any money, but if you do, don’t go on record as saying you “don’t give a ratâ??s ass” about […]