That’s not entirely true, of course. I’m sure Lincoln Peirce would like you to like “Big Nate,” especially if you are over 60 and prone to filling out things and putting them in the mail, because the only way a syndicated strip can survive is by scoring well in comic “surveys,” which are dominated by […]
Today’s Garfield has raised eyebrows for some fans and readers. The strip depicts Garfield poised to kill a spider to which the spider responds by warning that if killed, the day would be an annual observance and ends with the words, “Does anyone here know why we celebrate ‘National Stupid Day’?”Garfield creator Jim Davis says […]
Ted Key’s Hazel is being adapted for a Broadway musical with music by composer Ron Abel and lyrics by Chuck Steffan. The two began negotiations for the rights before Ted passed in 2008 and were since able to secure the rights with the Key estate. Lissa Levin, the Edward Kleban Award-winning playwright and Emmy-nominated producer […]
Ted Rall appeared on MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan show to talk about his book “The Anti-American Manifesto” and the need for a left-wing revolution in America.
Since I launched this website, I’ve added some strips to my daily diet, in part to try to keep from citing the same ones over and over and in part because I feel I ought to know a little more about what’s out there.I’ve dropped a few that were clearly never going to make the […]
I’m told that one or more of Mark Parisi’s cartoons might be the movie “Unstoppable.” Mark tells me the studio approached him to secure rights for “Off the Mark” so they could use it in the background of a scene. It’s not guaranteed the the scene made it into the final release or where in […]
Pulitzer Prize winner Matt Davies has been laid off from The Journal News along with others according to his Facebook account. Not much has been made public about the layoff. I’ve called the paper and they’ve confirmed that Matt is no longer at the paper suggesting that the layoff was immediate. I’ll report details as […]
There are people who hate puns, but I’ve never understood that. I generally don’t like bad puns that force you to mispronounce a word to make the joke work, and a long, involved pun is better than a short one. In most cases. But not always.In today’s Speed Bump, Dave Coverly makes a short pun […]
Mike Peterson spent the weekend at the New England Webcomics Weekend. He’s posted his impressions and observations on his blog.To begin with, I really didn’t know how big a deal the New England Webcomics Weekend was until Saturday morning, when I discovered that the place was sold out for that day and I’d have to […]
Knowing a serial killer has some advantages, I guess. Lots of people try lots of things to get out of jury duty. Having been on a jury, I can understand why. However, when John Backderf wants to get out of a jury, all he has to do is tell people about his high school friend. […]
While out in Indianapolis last month, I stopped in to talk with Gary Varvel, the editorial cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star. I’ve always been an admirer of his art and caricature. While there he told me about a 11-part series he was doing to highlight the lives of some of the poor in Indianapolis. The […]
On the way into Easthampton, I joked to myself that it was good I had Mapquested the event, because just following strange-looking people in the Northampton area wouldn’t necessarily get you to the webcomics gathering. But I found that there weren’t a lot of obsessively odd people in the crowd.Webcomics skew notably towards science fiction […]
WAPT reports that Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey has been dropped to part time status while another 14 newspaper staff were either laid off or also dropped to part-time. Asked if he could say more about the paper’s decision, Marshall tells me that he was notified last Thursday of the paper’s decision and that because […]
F Minus is the winner of The Tribune News (CO) comic poll. It replaces Sally Forth.The Star Press (Muncie, IN) readers picked Fred Bassett over Thatababy and Stone Soup by a mere 9 votes. That might be a margin ripe for a recount request, but reading between the lines, I don’t think there was a […]
The Australian Cartoonists Association met this weekend for their Annual Stanley Awards event to honor the best in their industry. The winners are:Cartoonist of the Year: David Pope of the Canberra Times Caricaturist: David Rowe of the Australian Financial Review Single Gag Cartoonist: Matt Golding Graphic Media Artist: Geoff Richardson of the Sydney Morning Herald […]