The Strange World of Mr. Mum, which began a 12 year run in syndication between 1958 and 1970s, is back. This time the wordless panel is available as a daily email subscription offering. Mr. Mums was created by Irving Phillips who was humor editor of Esquire magazine and wrote gags for W.C. Fields and the […]
With all the doom and gloom in the newspaper industry, I find this story interesting. Joshua Karp is launching a twice-daily free print newspaper in Chicago, San Francisco and later in New York City with content from blogs on January 27. The idea is to take local content from blogs and print them in tabloid […]
Opus wasn’t the only strip to come to a close with the Bush presidency. Webcomic Get Your War On by David Rees was a “hilarious and profane perspective on George W. Bush’s War on Terror.” His comic was printed in book collections and inspired a series of animated video adaptations. With the comic closure, Comic […]
The Colombia’s coffee growers federation has opted to drop its $20 million lawsuit against Mother Goose and Grimm creator Mike Peters according to a report on Colombiareports.com. Citing sources within the federation, representatives of the association have met with Mike and have accepted his apology. They’ve also extended an invitation to Mike to travel to […]
Tom Mason has a great interview with Dean Mullaney, who started Eclipse Comics and most recently is editing and designing the Library of American Comics, a series of classy comic strip reprint hardcovers, published through IDW. The topic of the interview is Noel Sickles, a contemporary of Milt Caniff who create the action strip Scorchy […]
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer isn’t the only troubled paper with a staff cartoonist. The Star Tribune, home of Steve Sack, has announced that it has not reached an agreement with the Newspaper Guild for concessions needed to service its debt load. The Minneapolis paper owes $400 million and last quarter skipped a $9 million payment to […]
» Mike Cavna asks editorial cartoonists what they’ll miss most about George W. Bush.» David Horsey posts a cartoon reacting to the news that his paper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is going up for sale or possibly closing down. » Last week, Jeff Kinney, creator of the “Diary of the Wimpy Kid” series is profiled in […]
Last week came news that L.A. Daily News editorial cartoonist Patrick O’Connor was being let go after 8+ years with the paper. I asked him, as I try to do with all cartoonists exiting their staff job, a few questions about their plans. Here is Patrick’s:1. Did you have any advance notice?Last year the Daily […]
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The rumor began circulating yesterday after a local Seattle television station reported that the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was going to be put up for sale and even closed down if no buyer steps up, today it now official. Steven Swartz, president of the Hearst Corp.’s newspaper division which owns the P.I. made the announcement to staff […]
Mother Goose and Grimm creator Mike Peters talks to Mike Cavna about the impending lawsuit by the The Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers.Phil Johnson does a weekly cartoon for ITworld.com called IT Underworld – geek humor for, well, geeks. The feature was picked up back in October as a trial, but the tech site has […]
Former Politicker.com editorial cartoonist Rob Toronoe has picked up a gig with Editor and Publisher doing a weekly editorial cartoon on the media and journalism. Check out his work each Thursday over on E&P’s blog.
LA Observed is reporting that Patrick O’Connor has been laid off from the L.A. Daily News. Patrick was one of nine that were let go. I’ll update this post with more details as I get them.
» The Valley Independent has dropped Monty, Herman, Alley Oop and Cow and Boy and replaced them with Blondie, The Family Circus. Looks like a net loss of two.» The Northwest Herald is dropping Spider-Man and Peanuts in favor of Pickles and Pearls Before Swine.» The News Review has picked up five new features: Get […]
At the first of this year, the Popeye character entered into the public domain in Europe. In the US, the copyright is still in play until 2024 because US law protects works for 95 years after the death of the creator instead of the 70 years that Europe observes. That said, King Features still owns […]