Friday’s Funky Winkerbean generated an angry response in two communities that ran Tom Batiuk’s feature. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA) received a call from an Army staff sergeant from Fort Benning and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK) received a call from an offended parent over the depiction of Funky Winkerbean’s brother being blown up from an […]
Back in October I told you about a new feature that was to debut in January from Universal Press. I noticed that they’ve posted samples of Maintaining on their web site. Maintaining is by Nate Creekmore who has been working on the feature under a development deal since 2004. He won the Charles M. Schulz […]
Charlos Gary, the creator of Working it Out is coming out with a new feature on April 2nd called Cafe Con Leche. The new feature will be syndicated through Creators. They’ve posted samples of the new feature on their web site.
Irwin “Cap” Caplan, who drew two nationally syndicated cartoons, Famous Last Words and 48 States of Mind in the 1960s has passed away at age 88 in Seattle Washington. Irwin was a NCS cartoonist of the year in 1972 in the advertising and illustration division. He went on to teach at University of Washington School […]
Peripherally I watch the magazine market because I enjoy the art, but since magazine gag cartoons aren’t this blogs focus, I’m rounding up some of the news I’m seeing in that market space because I know there are a lot of magazine cartoonists that read this blog:John Donohue is a frequent New Yorker cartoonist who […]
Harry Katz, the curator for the Cartoon America exhibit in the Library of Congress, published a book last fall called “Cartoon America: Comic Art in the Library of Congress” and will be in speaking about his book and signing copies at two times/locations in southern California – first at 1 pm at Ducky Waddle’s Emporium […]
Running Press Books has announced that they have joined with MAD magazine to reprint every cartoon of MAD magazine cartoonist Don Martin over his 30 year with the magazine. The book is entitled “The Completely MAD Don Martin” and will be a two volume set at over 1,000 pages and seventeen pounds. The forward is […]
E&P is reporting that Luann cartoonist Greg Evans will be speaking at the Charles M. Schulz Museum on March 17 to discuss Schulz’s influence on his comic.
Monica Bartoszek, senior editor/operations for the Times Union questioned the perceived practice of commercial product placement in comic strips after a reader mailed her 10 comic strip clippings from a 4-day period which included: Pickles: Feb. 5, iPod The Pajama Diaries: Feb. 5, Barbie Grand Avenue: Feb. 5, Calgon Close to Home: Feb. 6, Target […]
According to Daryl Cagle, Time Magazine has stopped printing editorial cartoons and there hasn’t been any complaints that they’re gone. Regarding their decision, Daryl writes: I have mixed feelings about Time running political cartoons. It is a great venue for our art form, and we want more readers to appreciate editorial cartoons, but Time was […]
Today’s Pearls Before Swine got an out-loud chuckle from me today. If you haven’t seen it, take a moment and check it out. I won’t describe it so as to lessen its punch-line.
Ventura County Star editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg will have his own exhibit featuring nearly 70 pieces from his 30 year career. There is an opening reception on the February 25 from 3-5 pm. The exhibit runs through March 30th at The Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring in Los Angeles. The exhibit is entitled, “Burning Bushes: Editorial Cartoons […]
The Investors Business Daily has launched a new web site called IBD Editorials to feature their house editorials, syndicated columns, polls and editorial cartoons by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Ramirez. Michael’s cartoons have been available on other web sites, but this appears to the first time that IBD has made it easy to find their […]
There have been several For Better Or For Worse stories published across the country since it first became news that its creator Lynn Johnston was not going to retire her strip this fall. I bring this one to your attention, not because it has a great deal of new information, but it does confirm from […]
Bob Oksner, who created the comic strip Miss Cairo Jones in 1945 and a couple other minor strips (I Love Lucy, Soozi) in the 50s and 60s passed away on Sunday at the age of 90. Bob was mostly known for his work in the comic book field working on titles such as Green Lantern, […]