Bob Muirhead passes away at age 66
Bob Muirhead has passed away at the early age of 66 – four years after suffering a debilitating stroke. Bob…
August 2009
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Gary Markstein takes buyout from Milwaukee paper
It’s feeling like 2008 all over again today. Rob Tornoe is reporting that Gary Markstein, who was one of two…
Book about 12 Muhammad cartoons doesn’t include them
A new book entitled “The Cartoons That Shook the World” about the infamous 12 cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad will…
Inserted F-word in Pearls Before Swine?
Did Stephan Pastis insert the “F-word” in Tuesday’s Pearls Before Swine. Readers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch claim that it…
Ask Nevin Martell about Looking for Calvin and Hobbes
A new book about Bill Watterson is due out in October by Nevin Martell who set to write a biography…
Review: Looking for Calvin and Hobbes
On one hand, you gotta admire the tenacity of Nevin Martell who set out to write a biography of Bill…
Matt Davies cut from the Journal News
Matt Davies, the pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist for the Journal News, was one of 50 who were cut from the…
News Briefs for August 12, 2009
Editorial Cartooning » E&P interviews Bill Schorr about his decision to return to editorial cartooning. » FANEXPO (a comix gaming…
Details on this year’s Disney Hometown Toonfest
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond has details on this year’s Walt Disney Hometown Toonfest in Marcelene, MO. The line up…
Animation news briefs for August 12, 2009
» “Up” wins Teen choice award, which I think is surprising as I felt the movie was more of an…
VentureDNA and TMS partner to launch ToonsWare
The mobile space is starting to get attention as syndicates and creators begin looking for new ways to monetize and…
Bill Schorr returns to editorial cartooning
Last March I reported that syndicated editorial cartoonist Bill Schorr had decided to leave editorial cartooning (he was syndicated through…
News briefs for August 10, 2009
I’ve got a big deadline to meet today, that and couple it with the server issues this morning, I ran…
Tank McNamara sacked at Washington Post
Michael Cavna reports that the Washington Post pulled the original Tank McNamara and is running a replacement because the strip…
News briefs for August 7, 2009
Interviews » Michael Cavna interviews Jerry Scott about Zits, Baby Blues and collaborating with other cartoonists. Graphic Novels » ICv2…