The Washington Post has a lengthy article regarding the upcoming awareness campaign by many African-American cartoonists to highlight a perceived injustice that their strips are being miss-categorized as minority strips.Post writer Teresa Wiltz interviewed top brass at Universal Press and Creators who both insinuate that race isn’t much of a factor. She also contacted The […]
Regulars here have often read Wiley Miller assert that no other portion of the newspaper is selected by reader polls and so why should comic strips. Well, the TCPalm.com news site (a news compilation site for The News, The Tribune, the Press Journal, the Jupiter Courier, and the Sebastian Sun) allows readers a daily vote […]
Joe Heller, editorial cartoonist for the The Press-Gazette in Green Bay Wisconsin, has posted a Green Bay Packer season wrap-up video to the tune of “This old man.” The slideshow consists of 18 cartoons that he drew in a period of 10 days. The song is sung by his daughter Chelsea.
A run down of items of note.Scott Hilburn, creator of The Argyle Sweater that is launching with Universal Press in April, has written a blog post discussing how his feature made into syndication.Brooke McEldowney, creator of Pibgorn and 9 Chickweed Lane is recovering from having his gallbladder removed. Notes he: “The surgery, I’m afraid, wasn’t […]
There is still quite a bit of movement on the comic pages across the country. Here are the changes I’ve been able to document:Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac has been picked up by the Deseret News (Salt Lake City), The Star Bulletin, and The Daily News (Murfreesboro, TN). All of these three mentioned that Cul […]
The Comics Coast to Coast gang has posted their latest podcast with Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller. In part one of this eye-opening conversation, Wiley tells us what is wrong and right with everything cartoony. The artists’ approach, the point of view one should have as a commercial entity, and most interestingly- how to think […]
For those who wish to be considered for a National Cartoonists Society division award, the deadline for submission is February 23rd. Each entry must have been published between December 1, 2006 and December 31st, 2007. Though I’m not 100% sure, I believe the list below outlines which NCS chapter will be judging which category. To […]
The March issue of MAD magazine (out February 19) will feature 10 Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist who have cooperated in creating a two page spread entitled “Why George W. Bush Is in Favor of Global Warming.” Participating editorial cartoonists include: Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune, Matt Davies, Journal News, […]
Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis will be on “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” tomorrow night to discuss his success with his comic feature. “The Big Idea” is a nightly discussion between host Donny Deutsch and a guest who have made it big.Catch it on CNBC at 10pm EST.
Several of you have written in to alert me to the passing of Gus Arriola, creator of Gordo, who died at age 90 in his home in Carmel California. Gus’ feature was launched in 1941 and appeared in over 220 newspapers and ran in The San Francisco Chronicle for 43 years and was one of […]
Charlie Brown made a surprise appearance in the 3rd quarter of yesterday’s Super Bowl to finally win something … a Coca-Cola. The cola ad featured giant inflatable balloons of Family Guy’s Stewey and Underdog fighting over an inflatable bottle of Coke. Out of nowhere Charlie Brown appears to capture the beverage prize.The Associated Press called […]
In an online chat, Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten, talked about the Post’s decision to pull January 19th’s Candorville because it joked a presidential assassination. The paper ran a survey on whether they made the call, and readers overwhelming (73%) thought the paper made the wrong decision. Cambridge, Mass.: I would like to point out, […]
Stories of interest: Lafayette’s Bentley High School is putting on a musical based on Jim Toomey’s Sherman’s Lagoon. Allan Holtz has posted an Editor and Publisher article on Pogo creator Walt Kelly after he was awarded Cartoonist of the Year in 1952. An entertaining review of Doonesbury, Cathy, Dilbert, Garfield, 9 Chickweed Lane, and Family […]
Roy Schneider’s has confirmed that his feature The Humble Stumble strip will come to an end in March (8th for dailies, 9th for Sundays). The strip which was launched in 2000 was the result of a 13 year effort to become a syndicated cartoonist but Roy says that in the current comic market, it was […]
Sandra Bell-Lundy, creator of Between Friends, has posted a fifth segment to her very interesting (and inspiring) history of getting into syndication. (See here for links to segments 1-4). In this last post, Sandra talks about insights into the development period with Jay Kennedy as her editor. She’s also posted a few of his notes […]