Last Saturday as I was walking out of the supermarket, I was offered a free newspaper. It wasn’t totally free, I had to listen to a sales pitch on what a great deal a newspaper subscription is. After the frustration and sadness I felt the day before with the Rocky Mountain News closing, his pitch […]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich is adding his cartooning efforts to an advertising campaign to promote the future of print newspapers. The campaign is called The Newspaper Project spearheaded by a group of newspaper executives who “acknowledge the serious challenges facing the newspaper industry in today?s rapidly changing media world, [but] reject the notion […]
John Read’s third Stay Tooned! magazine is now shipping. I received mine a week ago and am continuously amazed at all of the hard work John puts into it. This issue has a great line up featuring Chad Carpenter (Tundra), magazine gag cartoonist Benita Epstein, freelance Nebraska cartoonist Paul Fell, character designer Cedric Hohnstadt, editorial […]
A friend emailed me a link to a blog dedicated to bento (a japanese single portion box/package meal) proving once again, there’s a blog for every niche no matter how small. This particular blog post was a dedicated bento box to Calvin and Hobbes. See photo below. The blog has many more photos, plus the […]
Over on Daryl Cagle’s blog, Dan Reynolds talks about his battle with cancer and how he’s using his cartooning to raise money for the American Cancer Society. He writes, Since my cancer was an aggressive type, it had to be fought with aggressive chemo. I received 6 to 7 hours of chemo Monday through Friday […]
I emailed Etta Hulme’s son, Charlie, for an update on Etta’s health and received an email explaining that she’s recovering from both back surgery and a heart attack and doing well. Sounds like she is indeed doing better given the circumstances. Now if we can only get someone to sneak in a burrito and beer!Here […]