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IO9 has posted several interesting graphics regarding comic-con attendance and who attends.

Michael Cavna interviews Baby Blues and Zits co-creator Jerry Scott about his work on the two comics. Jerry and Rick Kirkman are nominees in this year’s Eisner Award in the category of Best Humor Publication for their collection BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2.

A memoir penned by New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff is set to be released in March of next year. The book is entited, “How About Never–Is Never Good for You?: A Life in Cartoons”From the publisher’s description: With the help of myriad images and his funniest, most beloved cartoons, he traces his love of […]

Yeah, this is about right.

This year’s Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for editorial cartooning went to Jen Sorensen for her cartoon “An Open Letter To The Supreme Court About Health Insurance.” Click the image above to go read the full comic. It is very well done and deserving of this honor.The Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards recognizes outstanding reporting […]

Jack Black will be signing posters at the National Cartoonists Society’s San Diego Comic-Con table this Thursday at 4:00 pm. During this time Luke McGarry and Jack will be signing the limited edition posters for Jack’s upcoming Festival Supreme. The posters and festival website was created by Luke.

Great news from Variety: Gravitas Ventures has acquired all North American rights to “Dear Mr. Watterson,” Joel Allen Schroeder’s documentary about Bill Watterson’s “Calvin and Hobbes” comic strip. Gravitas Ventures will partner with Submarine Deluxe on a Nov. 15 theatrical release and VOD release.

Interesting catch by Nat Gertler of the Aaugh.com:Time Magazine has a book coming up announcing The 100 Most Influential People Who Never Lived ? and the team of Charlie Brown and Lucy made the list! In a one-page essay written by Time?s pop culture writer James Poniewozik, the book reflects not so much on them […]

Next Monday, Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein’s Daddy’s Home will feature a week long story-line about Hurricane Sandy relief and restoration efforts. The cartoon will also feature a “How You Can Help” box which directs readers to visit the relief organization websites in New Jersey and New York.The American Red Cross, Salvation Army and Feeding […]

Congratulations to Chris Sparks and all those who contributed to the Team Cul De Sac: Cartoonists Draw The Line At Parkinson’s project. The book has been nominated for not one, but four Harvey Awards. The categories are: Special Award For Humor In Comics, Best Anthology, Special Award For Excellence In Presentation and Best Biographical, Historical, […]

This week a U.S. District Court has found that Apple Computer “facilitated a conspiracy” to fix ebook prices when it rolled out its iPad in 2010. From Time.com:?The plaintiffs have shown that the publisher defendants conspired with each other to eliminate retail price competition in order to raise e-book prices, and that Apple played a […]

Columbia University Libraries has announced they have acquired the archives of famed MAD Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee. The donation will include “artwork for Esquire and Playboy magazines, notebooks of ideas for Humbug and Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal, press clippings, tracings for cartoons in The Moshiach Times, fan mail, photocopies of strips never offered for […]

Rob Tornoe, writing for Editor & Publisher, has an interesting read about the current state of newspaper syndication. He confirms what most of us have observed in the last few years – new comic launches are few and far between. It’s a good read with a lot of information on the syndicates’ offerings both in […]

President Obama came to the rescue in Tuesday’s The Amazing Spider-Man after the famed web-slinger needed to board a plane but couldn’t get past TSA agents while wearing his mask. The TSA agents offered to escalate Spidey’s request to higher authorities. Apparently TSA agents have access to President Obama for such cases as masked super […]

Over on Listverse.com, someone has posted their top 10 Greatest Syndicated Comic Strips In American History. Their picks: 10. Krazy Kat 9. Liberty Meadows 8. Garfield 7. Li’l Abner 6. Opus 5. Doonesbury 4. Peanuts 3. Pogo 2. The Far Side 1. Calvin and HobbesYou can head over and read the justifications for each of […]