Bobby Bryant, a reporter for The State (SC), has been tracking some of the anger that Funky Winkerbean readers have expressed on blogs such as this one and thecancerblog.com.Writes one grandmother: “[Tom Batiuk is] a man who seems to be without any idea of the pain you are inflicting,” she wrote on TheCancerBlog.com, a cancer-support […]
I told you about it last year and now it’s happened. Ted Rall officiated and married cartoonists Masheka Wood and Mikhaela Reid in Massachusetts. Massachusetts law allows a one-day permit for a friend or family member to perform marriages. See joyous photo over on AAEC web site.Congrats to the newly weds.
E&P reports that a modernized Steve Canyon will be released – at least limitedly – on Monday. The new version is written and drawn by retired Air Force Master Sgt. Russ Maheras for the Air Force Times, a weekly paper that covers the military. The new strip “follows Brig. Gen. Steve Canyon as he investigates […]
Darrin Bell’s Candorville is in trial mode at the Raleigh News & Observer – a conservative southern paper, and as he writes on his blog, timing couldn’t have been worse. Naturally, the week with which we introduce their solidly-conservative readers to Candorville happens to be a week that discusses civil rights by lampooning a closeted […]
From the ComicsDC blog, Mike Rhode informs us that David Willis, author of “Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot to Print and Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression” will be speaking next Monday, September 24th at George Mason University during their 6 day book festival. All events are free and open to the […]
Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac started out in the Washington Post Magazine 3 years ago as a weekly feature in the Washington Post Magazine. The Post has picked up the feature now that it has gone into syndication.Tom Shroder, editor of the WP Magazine writes: Alice is the first among equals in the ensemble of […]
Bad Reporter creator Don Asmussen has paid a tribute to Phil Frank, who passed away earlier this week.The San Francisco Chronicle, which ran Farley for 32 years, has a tribute page as well which allows fans to sign a guestbook, leave comments or call in their condolences.
The Recorder, the school paper of Central Connecticut State University, has managed to offend (disgust?) students and facility by running a comic strip called “Polydongs” which depicts “explicit images surrounding the humiliation and degradation of a 14-year-old Latina girl.” The paper printed a disclaimer under the comic stating that they do not, “support the kidnapping […]
Agnes creator Tony Cochran is on the PBS program “ArtZine” talking about James Thurber and his work. The Thurber Center Gallery in Columbus OH is running an exhibit called “Unpublished and Uncensored: Sex, War & Dogs, an exhibit of James Thurber’s drawings.” Tony can be seen at the following times:Thursday, Sept. 20 at 9:30pm Sunday, […]
Speaking of prolific cartoonists, I’m reminded that Scott Nickel has launched his third comic feature, Eek on GoComics.com. This new feature, Eek is described as a comic for individuals who “like cadavers, mutants, chainsaws, zombies, cockroaches, telemarketers and other vermin.” His other features include His and Hers and Go Team Bob which he collaborates with […]
Sandra Bell-Lundy, creator of Between Friends, has started a blog. She’s been updating frequently since August 31st. It’s described as, “Decaf Cappuccino grande, wet, non-fat with two Splendas…a little coffee break chatter with “Between Friends” cartoonist, Sandra Bell-Lundy”.Hat tip: Mike Lynch
Last Friday, I told you that Phil Frank was retiring his Farley strip from the San Francisco Chronicle due to health issues. He passed away last night after suffering several months with a brain tumor. He was 64 years old. At his side were his wife, and daughter.His other feature, The Elderberries will be carried […]
For those counting, Randy Glasbergen is set to launch his third concurrent syndicated comic feature Thin Lines through Creator’s Syndicate on November 12th. Already, Randy produces 11 cartoons a week for his The Better Half feature distributed through King Features and four a week panel (Cartoons by Randy Glasbergen) through through DRB Media. Thin Lines […]
Last Friday, I pointed you to a column written by Michael Roberts who took it upon himself to read all the comics in his city’s papers for two weeks to gauge the state of today’s cartooning. That post has generated over 35 comments so far on The Daily Cartoonist and he’s has been reading them. […]
The NCS Great Lakes Chapter threw Roy Doty a surprise birthday party this last weekend. Craig Boldman has posted photos. I met Roy this last spring while visiting Ohio and enjoyed his company very much. At 85 years, you’d think he would be slowing down, but that night I met him he reported that he […]