Posted on: September 22, 2009

Universal Uclick acquisition editor John Glynn has announced the finalists for the Lio Look-A-Like photo contest. Check out the finalists here and you can vote here (right hand side of page).

Comic Strips» Rudy Park has been brought back to The San Jose Mercury News. Comics» Tom Spurgeon opines about “Five Basic Ways Comics May Have Changed Over The Last Five Years”Editorial Cartooning» RJ Matson took some heat for including a cross emblem on a KKK logo. The editor responded that the cross was indeed part […]

Yoshito Usui, best known for his Japanese cartoon series “Crayon Shin-chan,” was found dead from an apparent fall from a cliff. The artist had been missing since September 11. He had told family that he was going to hike in the mountains north of Tokyo but never returned.

ICv2 talks with Berkeley Breathed about his upcoming Bloom County Library collection by IDW. Some of the strips that will be included in IDW’s Bloom County Library were left out of the previously published Bloom County collections. Why were they omitted? Are you happy to see them included in the new complete collection? Because the […]

Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes of the New York Times Media Decoder blog write about the $4 billion acquisition of Marvel by Disney may become entangled in legal mire as the heirs of Jack Kirby, who created many of the iconic Marvel heroes, have already begun sending notices of copyright termination to Marvel, Disney and […]

A new exhibit of original artwork has opened in Ocala, Florida featuring 11 cartoonists from the state. The exhibit, which opened September 12 is entitled Florida Inkslingers: Cartoonists of the Sunshine State and runs through October 18. Featured cartoonists include: Tom Armstrong, Henry Boltinoff, James Casciari, Dick Giordano, Jim Ivey, Bob McLeod, Fran Matera, Jeff […]

Mike Lane, the former editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun, has announced that he will retire from syndicated editorial cartooning. Mike was one of the first to join Daryl Cagle’s new syndicate, Cagle Cartoons Syndicate. In an email to Daryl, he writes that he’ll spend his time doing “watercolors, greeting cards, perhaps, whatever.”

The Ohio State University Board of Trustees today approved the naming of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in recognition of a $7 million gift from the Elizabeth Ireland Graves Foundation to support the renovation of Sullivant Hall, an historic building located at a main gateway to the university’s campus.The project is estimated to […]

Interviews» Over on Tall Tale Radio, Tom Racine interviews Kimberly Krautter about her book, “Foreclosure on the Fourth Estate: How ‘spin-fluence’ and ‘info-tainment’ killed the American Newspaper.” In earlier weeks, he interviews Jonathan Lemon about the Monsters of Webcomics exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum and Jeff Ranjo, story artist at Disney, and John Sanford, […]

From the press release:To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of political cartoonist Herbert Block (Herblock), the Library of Congress and the Herb Block Foundation, in association with W. W. Norton & Company, have published “HERBLOCK: The Life and Works of the Great Political Cartoonist.” Authors Haynes Johnson and Harry L. Katz will discuss […]

This November, IDW will release “The Family Circus Library, Volume 1” – the first two years of Bil Keane’s classic comic panel that was published almost 50 years ago. This hardbound first volume will include the first two years in chronological order, including Sunday’s and dailies, as well as a essay by Bil’s son, Christopher, […]

Xkcd, a successful, quirky, nerd, geek, math webcomic is now available in book form beginning this week. The collection is entitled, “xkcd: volume 0,” and features the first 600 xkcd comics and includes “lot of doodles, notes, and puzzles in the margins.” It’s only available for purchase online and a portion of the profits go […]

Thomas Nast, considered as the Father of American Editorial Cartooning, is one of this year’s nominees for the New Jersey Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame honors citizen “who have made invaluable contributions to society and the world beyond.” Nast lived in Morristown, New Jersey after receiving death threats from Boss Tweed. Also in […]

Pickles creator Brian Crane will be the guest cartoonist this Saturday at the Charles M. Schulz Museum where he will teach an class on cartooning. Later in the day, he will be available to sign books and talk to fans.

Comic strips» Luann creator Greg Evans is profiled in the Arizona Daily Star.» Wee Pals creator Morrie Turner is profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle. Morrie has an 45 year retrospective exhibit of his work in the San Francisco Main Library that is running now.» The Downtown Carlisle Association (PA) is bringing Close to Home […]