Thad Ogburn, the features editor for Raleigh News & Observer, has been promoted to Metro editor. Last fall, Thad gained notoriety in the comics industry for expanding the comics section after an extensive comic poll. The decision prompted others, including myself to hope he’d run for president. In his new position, Thad will oversee the […]
» Cow and Boy will get it’s first book collection. Look for it on shelves next month.» Brevity creators Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry will have their third book collection next month. It’s called Brevity Remix.» Rose is Rose fans will want to pick up the latest collection called 100% Whole Grin Rose is Rose.» […]
© Michael Ramirez. Used by permission Investor Business Daily editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez has won this year’s John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition sponsored by The Columbia College Chicago Department of Journalism. Honorable mentions went to Tony Auth of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Steve Greenberg of the Ventura County Star. The first place cartoon by Pulitzer […]
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau has announced that he will be taking a 12-week vacation from his strip but will resume before the Democratic and Republican conventions and general election. This break begins Sunday, March 23, 2008 through June 16, 2008. In the meantime, Garry has selected 12 weeks of reruns which are offered to subscribing […]
Ventura County Star editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg is self publishing an environmental themed collection of cartoons from his three decade career as a cartoonist. There are 115 cartoons organized by topic (Global Warming, The Air We Breathe, Drillin’ and Spillin’, Earth’s Resources and Politics (from Watt to Dubya)). Denis Hayes, the man who created the […]
Corey Pandolph writes in with exciting news. His new feature, Toby, Robot Satan, which debuted on GoComics just two weeks ago, will now run in New York City and Boston Metro papers starting March 10th. The print run will start at the beginning of the story.Corey is the current cartoonist for The Elderberries comic strip.
Last nights presidential primaries had Houston Chronicle’s Nick Anderson and Cincinnati Enquirer’s Jim Borgman up late last night. Both were live blogging sketches and cartoons as the primary results rolled in. Borgman posted his cartoon sketches/ideas. Nick spent the evening at a local television station. He posted caricatures and sketches. He was also on TV […]
With the return of The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists, I’m happy to feature Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis. “Pearls” became one of my all time favorites with its dark and irreverent humor. Apparently I’m not alone, the feature runs in roughly 500 papers.Pearls Before Swine was the fifth syndication attempt for Stephan and according to his […]
» There are a couple of book collections coming out next month according to E&P. Collections include: Dilbert, Get Fuzzy and the first collection ever for Watch Your Head. » San Diego Union-Tribune editorial cartoonist Steve Breen reviews the new Bill Mauldin biography.» A lengthy article is published on the life of Gordo creator Gus […]
The Hartford Courant has announced that their long time search for a replacement for the daily FoxTrot (which retired at the end of 2006) is over and Alex Hallatt’s Arctic Circle is now a permanent feature in their comic line up. Hundreds of people have commented on the different strips we have been trying out, […]
Sally Forth writer Francesco Marciuliano and On a Claire Day creators Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett will be one of six comic professionals that will be judging this year’s Lakeland Community College’s annual Comics Contest. The annual comics symposium is usually held in the spring, but this year it is a more of a series […]
Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson was on CNN last Friday (you can see video over on CNN). He was also on NPR last week.He’ll also be live-blogging the primary results tomorrow night.
» The Northwest Florida Daily News is running a poll. Candidates being considered include: Baby Blues, Between Friends, Bizarro, Cul de Sac, Daddy’s Home, Dog Eat Doug, Get Fuzzy, Mutts, Ollie and Quentin, The Pajama Diaries, Pearls Before Swine, Pickles and Pooch Cafe.» Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star, will be the keynote […]
Dan Piraro, creator of Bizarro, was recently in San Francisco to perform stand up at the Purple Onion. SFGate.com cobbled together this video of an interview with pieces of his stand up. Enjoy.
Tribune Media Syndicate has announced that Rod Whigham will replace Frank McLaughlin as the artist for the classic comic strip Gil Thorp. The new work will appear on April 7th. Rod’s career has been in comic book and commercial illustration for the last 25 years working on comic book titles such as G.I. Joe, Star […]