The Erie Times-News has released the results of their comic poll. Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse was the most read feature in their paper with a 88.3% readership. It’s noted that family strips dominated the top 5 most read features. Aside from FBoFW, the next 4 in line are: Pickles (85%), Hi & […]
Dilbert creator Scott Adams participated in a Q&A on the Freakonomics blog on Wednesday. It’s a long Q&A, but an interesting read. Tucked in that interview is a hint that one of his regular characters will die “soon.” He wouldn’t disclose when or who. Further into the interview he’s asked how far ahead he produces […]
If you’re near Boston this Sunday, go listen to Harry Katz lecture on the history of cartooning in America. Harry is the former head curator of the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress and author of “Cartoon America: Comic Art at the Library of Congress.” He’ll speak at Cary Memorial Library at […]
Mike Cope writes in to alert us that Charles M. Schulz biographer David Michaelis will be interviewed on CBC’s radio probram “Q” today at 2 p.m. EST to talk about his new book Schulz and Peanuts. Those wanting to listen in can listen to the live stream or wait for the program to be archived […]
From most reports Mike Peters had the most entertaining presentation of the OSU Festival of Cartoon Art last weekend. Thanks to Mark Anderson, we have video of the last 7 minutes of Mike’s presentation.
Jerry Warshaw, who worked on the American Adventure comic strip and was the editorial cartoon for the Evanston beacon (IL) has passed away at the age of 78. Mark Brown, a Sun-Times columnist, has a fond obit. Over the years, Jerry’s cartoons appeared in everything from Playboy to Rotarian Magazine to newspaper ads for the […]
Clay Jone’s Great Halloween Theme Editorial Cartoon Research Project is now over and he’s declared the winner to the editorial cartoonist that used the most Halloween gags in their cartoons.The winners are: But wow, 97. Hey, let’s find out who drew the most and hope it wasn’t me. (this is where you pretend I’m away […]
Yesterday’s and today’s Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller are dealing with distorted biographies for the sake of selling more books. The storyline includes the Danae character questioning her father about his childhood with the intent to write her own distorted biography in the event he becomes famous. The timing of the material might suggest that […]
Hector Cantu and Carlos Catellanos, the co-creators of Baldo are featured attendees of Wizard World, a comic convention in Texas on November 16-18.
I want to take a moment and thank those individuals who purchased their Mac OS X Leopard upgrade through this blog. As of last night, four individuals have purchased either the family pack or the single license netting me a 6% commission on each purchase.Thank you.
E&P did a bit of footwork and found that after Monday night’s viewing of Charles M. Schulz documentary on PBS’ American Masters the Amazon rating for the controvercial biography Schulz and Peanuts rose to 53rd place. The week before it hovered in 80s and 90s. On a related note, PBS is rerunning the documentary. Check […]
Every year Forbes tallies up the top-earning deceased celebrities and Charles M. Schulz is once again in the top five. Sparky comes in at #3 with $35 million behind John Lennon’s $44 million and Elvis Presely’s $49 million.
Mark Tatulli’s Heat of the City will run an encore of a 2002 storyline to commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht, or “the night of broken glass,” refers to the terrifying sequence of events throughout Germany and parts of Austria on Nov. 9-10, 1938 as 8,000 Jewish villages, homes and businesses were swarmed and destroyed […]
Clay Jones, editorial cartoonist for the Free Lance-Star, is putting together what he is calling the “Great Halloween Theme Editorial Cartoon Research Project.” For the last couple of weeks he’s been rounding up all the editorial cartoons over on the AAEC web site that are Halloweened themed. His list is now up to 63 cartoons. […]
Charlos Gary, who launched Cafe Con Leche earlier this year about a Hispanic and African-American couple has asked if newspapers are ready to embrace strips with bi-racial characters. On his blog he writes: Looking around, I remember reading something about another cartoon about a bi-racial couple that didn’t find much success. I remember a comic […]