Posted on: October 15, 2010

I’m in Columus Ohio at the Festival of Cartoon Art. If you want to follow the events here, follow my Twitter account: @dailycartoonist.

Gene Payne, former editorial cartoonist for The Charlotte Observer has passed away at the age of 91. During his career he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968. “He had a loyal following of readers, particularly people who were interested in local issues and local government,” said former Observer publisher Rolfe Neill, who was a reporter […]

For some reason, it seems like I’ve had fewer barrages of offers from cashiers lately for charge cards, affinity cards and to donate to their cause-of-the-month. I’m assuming it’s because they’re tired of being told ‘no,’ and that it isn’t the result of some head office suggestion that they quit badgering the clientele.Such a dim […]

George Herriman, the creator of Krazy Kat, was the topic of Michael Tisserand keynote address. Michael is writing a biography of Herriman. The following are some of the notes I took from the address:[Editor’s note: Michael has corrected a few of my notes. Please skip down to his comments for the corrections.] Title of upcoming […]

The Cartoon Art Museum has announced that Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey and founder of the National Cartoon Museum, is the recipient of the 2010 Sparky Award, which was presented to him by CAM curator Andrew Farago during a spotlight panel at last weekend’s New York Comic-Con.The Sparky Award is named in honor of […]