Posted on: February 3, 2009

With alternative newsweeklies chopping off comics in their papers nationwide, cartoonist Matt Bors did an interview with Kevin Allman, an editor for The Gambit newspaper in New Orleans.

» The Chattanooga Pulse is looking for a local to do a weekly cartoon feature. » A 1947 Chester Gould Dick Tracy is up for auction.» Kevin Frank, who does the Sunday weekly Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop, has compiled all of his strips from a comic called True North and is releasing the strips as […]

» The Cheboygan Daily Tribune (MI) is adding Doonesbury and Mallard Fillmore to their editorial page.» The News-Review (OR) has reinstated Beetle Bailey after cutting it four weeks ago after reader protest.» The San Francisco Chronicle has added Candorville to their daily line-up. Candorville already runs in their Sunday line-up.» Not a change per se, […]

Two outstanding Sherpa strips, Steve Skelton’s 2 Cows and a Chicken and Jonathan Lemon’s “Rabbits Against Magic“, will be appearing on Gocomics.com. You can also follow them on their own web sites here and here.

This is a quick screencast I created to help you who are creating accounts to make sure your account will display your first and last name in the comment section as well as when you submit news stories.The not-a-video instructions are as follows:1. Log into TDC 2. Click on “Profile” on the left hand side […]

» The National Cartoonist Society rolled out a redesigned web site. » Illustrator Barry Blitt will be speaking at the The Ontario College of Art and Design this Wednesday. Admission is free.» Six Chix Stephanie Piro found a fan had taken images from her strip and set them to the music of Meatloaf and posted […]

Mark Anderson, perhaps one of the more entrepreneurial cartoonist in the market, has teamed up with Sliderock.com – an online presentation website. The partnership embeds Mark’s cartoons into their stockphoto section and each time a user opts to use on of his cartoons, they can purchase the usage rights from within the software through an […]

The Super Bowl has come and gone. Pittsburg Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers was in Tampa for the week to cover the Super Bowl. Check out his blog for a series of posts on what he was able to take in. And be sure to check outDrew Litton, the sports cartoonist for the Rocky Mountain […]

Last week came news of several papers in the alt-newspaper market that were temporarily suspending buying syndicated cartoons. Mike Lynch reports that several magazines have stopped buying cartoons, reduced their payout or started buying Cartoonbank cartoons. Specifically he mentions First for Women, Good Housekeeping, Time Magazine and Woman’s World as having made major changes to […]

Beginning today, The Daily Cartoonists takes an evolutionary step toward fulfilling its place as THE news source for professional cartoonists. Up until now, the topics of the blog have been based on what I find interesting and more often than not what I have time to post. I have lamented that many worthwhile stories aren’t […]

Q1. Who can post stories on the blog?A1. Anyone can write for the blog. You must register and use your full name when posting comments or blog posts.Q2. Are we restricted on what we can write about?A2. Submissions must be related to cartooning, whether that be print, web, animation, etc. I will be fact checking […]

Before you can submit a news story, review, or discussion topic to the blog, you need to register for an account. All stories and comments on the blog must include your first and last name. Make sure when you create your account you set the “Display name publicly as” to your first and last name.To […]

Norm Feuti’s new webcomic Gill has joined up with Tall Tales Features. Other Tale Tale members include Dog Eat Doug creator Brian Anderson , Imagine This by Lucas Turnbloom, Legends of Bill by David Reddick, Charly and Company by Mike Sieber, Imy by Irma Eriksson, MetzgerCartoons by Scott Metzger, Broken Things by Chip Skelton, and […]

Check out the background art work during the Comedy Central Presents Jamie Lissow program tomorrow night (10:30 p.m.). It should look familiar as it was created by Cory Pandolph. Cory is friends with Jamie, the featured comedian.

Jim McCloskey is celebrating 20 years with The News Leader in Staunton, VA. Earlier this week, the paper did a write-up on his career with the newspaper. Armed with some recognition and plenty of gumption, he blanketed several states with resumes. He was politely rejected by most, and the few nibbles he did get didn’t […]