Charles Brooks, Sr. passes at age 91
I’ve just received word that Charles Brooks, Sr. best known as editor of the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year…
September 2011
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Norway charges 3 with conspiracy to commit terrorism
From the BBC: Prosecutors in Norway have charged three men with conspiracy to commit terrorism in connection with the 2005…
College cartoon causes controversy in California
Fall in is in the air. School is back in session. And just like clockwork we have a new college…
Profiled: Tom Wilson Jr. on his father and Ziggy
Michael Cavna talks with Tom Wilson Jr. about his father who recently passed away and of course Ziggy. “When I…
The Daily struggles to gain subscribers
Bloomberg is reporting that Ruport Murdock’s much heralded The Daily is struggling to get enough subscribers to break even. The…
Newspapers giving tablets away, Amazon introduces Kindle Fire
Yesterday Amazon announced their new Kindle Fire tablet. The device is being hailed as the first serious tablet to compete…
Norm Feuti talks about his Gil comic strip reboot
Back in 2008, Retail creator Norm Feuti began posting a webcomic called Gill – a strip developed for syndication that…
Turkish cartoonist on trial for renouncing god in cartoon
Turkish cartoonist Bahadir Baruter will be put on trial for “insulting the religious values adopted by a part of the…
Check out rare photo of Mort Walker’s 40th birthday
Mark Stokes has posted what he is calling a rare photo of a collection of cartoonist celebrating Beetle Bailey creator…
Aaron Johnson retires WT Duck
Last July WT Duck (or What The Duck for us fans before the title was changed for syndication) creator Aaron…
NYTimes launches animated viral video technology
The New York Times has partnered with Xtranormal provide animated satirical cartoons for their website. Xtranormal uses a technology that…
NPR takes a look at Hark! A Vagrant!
Glen Weldon on NPR talks about Kate Beaton’s new Hark! A Vagrant collection due out tomorrow. Beaton is the master…
Video: Watch warm-up sketch by Florian Satzinger
There’s A LOT of watch me draw videos out on the intertubes. One of my favorite artists is Florian Satzinger…
Norm Feuti’s Gil to launch in 2012
Norm Feuti, creator of the comic Retail and the webcomic Gil has announced that his Gil comic has been picked…