The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has ruled that Global TV did not adequately warn its viewers of a violet part of a Family Guy episode in which Elmer Fudd shoots Bugs Bunny at close range and Bugs “died in a prolonged and dramatic manner.” The network must tell its viewers that it violated the Canadian […]
The Key West Art and Historical Society opened an exhibit of editorial cartoonist and Mother Goose and Grimm creator Mike Peters last week. It’s the first show that featured both his editorial cartoons and comic strip.“This exhibit is a self-portrait of the artist,” said Claudia Pennington, executive director of the society. “It looks into the […]
The droll, understated style of Wiley Miller makes him probably the best cartoonist to address this issue. Given deadlines, this would be quite a buzzer-beater if he had drawn it after Limbaugh’s attack, though there are times when the first cartoon of the next set can be more timely than usual. But I’m assuming he just picked […]
My only quibble with today’s Rhymes with Orange is that Farmer Brown Inc. isn’t waiting for the chickens to get past their egg-laying years.Though, of course, the hen is only passing on what she has heard.Fair enough. It’s a common mistake to assume some thread of logic in these matters.I reported on business for about […]
Dan Piraro hits on one of the great elements of not-getting-it in today’s Bizarro.Does anybody still use this word as a noun? I remember having a discussion about it in the newsroom about 20 years ago, but having a woman publisher and a woman city editor, it was a short discussion. Women students at Plattsburgh […]
Things could be worse, Dagwood.At least Blondie isn’t playing the “Guess which movie we’re watching tonight?” game with you. That’s the one where she says she’s going to let you pick the movie and then vetoes each of your suggestions until you get to the one she wanted to watch in the first place.Not sure […]
The Cartoonist Studio has announced they are launching a digital publishing company called Crazy Goat Publishing. The new company will focus on cartoons, apps and graphic novels to be distributed through its website and appropriate app markets (Droid, iTunes app store, etc.). They’ve already converted some of their members print books into ebook format including […]
The Joe Palooka comic strip is back, but not in newspapers. According to CBS News boxing announcer Joe Antonacci has purchased the rights to the character and is reworking the boxing champion character into a “mixed martial arts fighter” to be released as comic books. You can see the samples of the comic book online.The […]
When I interviewed Jan Eliot back in 2003 (it says “1993” there, but don’t be fooled), she described Luci’s only-slightly-older brother Max thusly: “”Max is almost like a pet … He’s a little sprite, meant to be always clinging to Joan’s leg, that little piece of chaos which is the reality of a mom’s life. He’s […]