Ben Sargent, editorial cartoonist for the Austin American-Statesman, has won The Best of Cox award for editorial cartooning. The Best of Cox is a journalism award for employees of the Cox newspaper chain that operates in six states.Regarding Ben’s work, the judges said, This cartoonist fires away. We were impressed by his clear, strong voice […]
Mutt & Jeff have just crossed over the centurion mark for a comic strip. The original feature by Bud Fisher included only Mutt and debuted in the San Francisco Chronicle in late 1907. He later added Jeff in March of 1908. According to Wikipedia, Mutt & Jeff may be the first daily comic strip.Over the […]
Audra Furuichi and Scott Yoshinaga are celebrating their second year with their webcomic Nemu*Nemu with the release of their second volume collection of their feature. Nemu*Nemu is Manga style comic with two stuffed toy puppies and two young girls. “A webcomic is much different from syndication because it goes everywhere and anywhere the Internet goes, […]
Here’s a list of some of the April Fools jokes I’ve come across being perpetrated on the cartoonosphere:» Ted Dawson has the newly re-release of Calvin and Hobbes – Manga edition» Tom Richmond is hanging up his Mad Blog.» Rich Stevens‘ Diesel Sweeties is going non-pixel.» Francesco Marciuliano is quitting writing for Sally Forth and […]
Here’s good news for the editorial cartooning community. Rob Tornoe has been hired as Politicker.com’s full-time editorial cartoonist. Politicker is a combination of political web sites – with ambitions to have a politicker site for each of the 50 states. Rob has been doing their cartoons for a month now.Rob notes that this position is […]
In the last week since I upgraded my blogging software and related plugins, a few of you have emailed me saying that your comments weren’t being posted. All comments run through a filter to weed out spam and some of you have been blacklisted by Akismet (a central internet database that logs known spammers). I […]
Washington Post Writers Group has posted notice that they will be launching a new feature on June 23rd called Home and Away by Steve Sicula. The featute’s premise is about a husband and wife dealing with the juggling act that is maintaining a home in today’s hectic world. The husband, Sam, telecommutes and mostly manages […]
E&P has written an excellent article on this year’s National Cartoonist Society Silver T-Square recipient, Stu Rees. Stu is an entertainment lawyer who “represent three-quarters of new comic launches” as he is one of the few attorneys that specializes in syndication contracts. He is also a cartoonist himself, and offers an unique perspective of the […]
Tak Toyoshima’s Secret Asian Man is on this week’s front cover of AsianWeek Magazine. This issue explores Asian American comic artists and their work in gaining recognition and portrayals of the Asian American experience. Other artists featured include Asian Americana by Ian Liu and Droodles by Alex Yu.Regarding Tak, they write: Secret Asian Man has […]
The Northwest Florida Daily News has announced that it will be dropping Cathy, Doonesbury, Mallard Fillmore, Lola, Non Sequitur, and Hagar the Horrible in exchange for Get Fuzzy, Mutts, Cul de Sac, Pickles, and Pearls Before Swine.Changes are effective April 21.
But, it was still drawn on the computer.
The National Cartoonist Society will be honoring Sandra Boynton with its Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. Sandra is best known for her many children’s books with cuddly animals and sparse layout, but she began her career creating greeting cards and her 1975 “Hippo Birdie Two Ewes” card has sold over 200 millions copies. In addition […]
Retro Geek, the newly launched feature by Steve Dickenson and Todd Clark has ended as of yesterday’s strip. According to Jan Guszynski, Director of Marketing for Tribune Media Services, the two creators made a decision to pursue other joint and independent projects.
Al Jaffee, the MAD Magazine cartoonist who draws the MAD Fold-In and one of this year’s Reuben Award nominees has been profiled by the New York Times. An excerpt: So Mr. Jaffee became a writer-artist. And in 1964 he had an idea. Playboy, Life and other magazines had their lavish color fold-outs, so Mad, he […]
Comicmix.com has interviewed Rich Stevens regarding his long running webcomic Diesel Sweeties and its current foray into newspapers.Here’s an excerpt: Nearly 2000 strips and a newspaper syndication deal later, DS has evolved into an Internet phenomenon of sorts. The series is often held up as a prime example of the success an online-based comic can […]