Toon-ed exhibit for college cartoonists announced
The Pearson Lakes Art Center in Okoboji, IA is holding it’s annual Toon-ed exhibit featuring the cartoons of aspiring college…
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Herblock Prize award amount increased to $15,000
The Herb Block Foundation that awards the yearly Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning has announced they are increasing the cash…
News Briefs for October 13, 2008
» Comic Book Resources looks at the career of Oliver Harrington. » Greeting card cartoonist Mike Scovel was named 2008…
Bok to stay with Beacon Journal through election
Chip Bok, who announced last week that he was taking a voluntary buy out from the Akron Beacon Journal and…
Editorial cartoonist ranks drop by 29 in 3 years
With the announcement of Jim Lange’s retirement and Chip Bok’s buy out this week, I’ve compiled a list of editorial…
Launching: The Webcomic Weekly News Roundup
Starting this Wednesday, I’ll be starting what I hope to be a weekly feature called the Webcomic Weekly News Roundup…
McDonnell to push Prop 2 in this week’s Mutts
This week Patrick McDonnell, creator of Mutts, will use his strip to push California’s Proposition 2, a ballot measure that…
Details to the Opus ending contest posted
Berkeley Breathed will be giving away $10,000 to a dog or cat shelter of a readers choice in conjunction to…
News Briefs for October 10, 2008
» MAD cartoonist Tom Richmond will be the “Phone a Friend” for Jim Batts, a fellow caricaturist, who will be…
Swedish paper redesigns comic page; swaps comics
I don’t get many reports of comic page changes outside of the United States, but thanks to Andreas Eriksson of…
Jim Lange retires from Oklahoman after 58 years
The Oklahoman editorial cartoonist Jim Lange is retiring “early” after 58 years with the paper. His last cartoon runs this…
Watch Kurt Westergaard talk about Mohammed cartoon
Mike Lynch found a great interview with Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who drew the infamous cartoon of Mohammed with a…
Chip Bok takes buyout from Akron Beacon Journal
Akron Beacon Journal editorial cartoonist Chip Bok has taken a buy-out after 22 years with the Akron Ohio paper. This…
News Briefs for October 9, 2008
» Tak Toyoshima, creator of Secret Asian Man, will be giving a presentation at MIT on October 30 about his…
NCS-USO trip to Germany Wrap-up
The National Cartoonist Society and the United Service Organizations sponsored a trip to visit with American wounded soldiers in Germany…