USA WEEKEND has announced that for the first time ever, they will run a weekly online comic on their web site. Previously, they’ve published panel cartoons that have run in their paper. Casey Shaw, USA WEEKEND’s creative Manager, does the Thurbear comic that will be updated on their site every Thursday. “While I’ve contributed more […]
Back in the early years of newspapers, publishers used comics to increase their circulations. If there was ever an example that cartoons could do that again for online newspaper, this would be a good case study. The New York Times reports that for the second straight month, Newsday’s web traffic has ranked into the top […]
David Horsey, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, has a new web site and blog with a discussion forum. After years and years of doing things the old fashioned way with India ink, drawing paper, brush and pens, I am taking the leap into the brave new world of interactive, multi-media journalism. Like Barry Bonds […]
The Concord Monitor has initiated its “second annul Great Comics Contents”. There are scads of new, creative and genuinely funny comic strip artists out there, many of whom struggle to break into daily newspaper pages that are filled with old favorites, as well as strips that are just plain old. We’d like to introduce Monitor […]
I’m traveling today and am way short on time (and internet connection), so here’s the round up for the day.Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine received a whooping 70% of the vote in a recent comic poll conducted by The Winston Salem Journal. Lio appears to be decisive. For Better or For Worse’s hybrid […]
Clay Bennett recently moved to Tennessee to replace Bruce Plante as the Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist. A local business magazine conducted an interview with Clay on his motivations changing jobs and the editorial cartooning profession. BTN:What is the value of editorial cartoonists to our media, or better yet, our First Amendment rights in […]
The Christian Science Monitor is planning to fill the editorial cartoonist position vacated by Clay Bennett who left for the Chattanooga Times Free Press earlier this month. The Monitor’s chief editorial writer and editor Clayton Jones told E&P’s Dave Astor that they’ve narrowed their search to about a dozen candidates. Jones says he doesn’t know […]
There are two collegiate cartoon scholarships application deadlines coming up. Mike Rhodes’ blog has details on the Swann Fellowship in Caricature and Cartoon. It’s an annual award of up to $15,000 and has a deadline of February 15th.The other award is the The Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship for any college student in the U.S., Canada […]
I’m not sure how I missed this one. Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot was featured on Oregon Art Beat and that interview has been posted on the web. The video segment runs about 8 minutes and features Jan talking about her background, her path to syndication, and her workflow.Thanks to Richard Krauss for the notice.
Florida Today editorial cartoonist Jeff Parker has his own exhibit featuring 74 of his editorial cartoons. The exhibit, entitled “Hitting Below the Sunbelt,” runs through February 3rd in Melbourne Florida. Jeff will be at the exhibit today from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.His paper has a write up on Jeff’s career and mentions that he […]
Creators Syndicate is set to launch a new feature by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein entitled Daddy’s Home. The feature focuses on a stay at home dad raising a son and a daughter.Gary’s editorial cartoons are syndicated through Copley News Service and he currently is a designer and illustrator for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He […]
Detroit Free Press editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson is covering the Michigan Primary by attending the candidate’s rallies. He’s posted a few animated cartoons based on his observations. I particularly enjoyed the McCain rally report.
Last week Free Lance-Star editorial cartoonist Clay Jones made a bet with Seattle Times editorial cartoonist Eric Devericks over the outcome of a Seahawks, Redskin’s game. Clay lost. He had to write a song praising the Seahawks.Song is posted.
A few things of interest when looking at the comic page changes reported this week. Firstly, The Colorado Springs Gazette has announced the results of their latest comic poll. After 6000 votes cast, For Better or For Worse, B.C., and Peanuts will stay. Wizard of Id and Frank & Earnest were dropped and in their […]
According to Vertura County Star, Lynn Johnston will be ending the hybrid experiment and re-run her feature, For Better or For Worse, when the current story-lines are complete. Universal Press will continue to sell the repeats. Johnston hasn’t set a specific end date but did start a slow phaseout of the comic in September with […]