I caught this on Gene Weingarten’s Chatological Humor column. Garry Trudeau emailed Gene a link to a photo on the White House’s Flicker account showing a photo of President Obama on the phone. In the background, on his desk is the Sunday comics. Looking at the enlarged photo, I can’t tell which paper the comics […]
Ruben Bolling has posted news that his strip, Tom the Dancing Bug, has been dropped from Salon.com. I was told that the cancellation was made because of “severe budget constraints,” and that traffic for the comic continued to be good. I know that must be the case; it was consistently on Salon’s “most read” list. […]
Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher, the editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine, has launched his first iPhone app. Designed for the iPhone, this new application is an impressive collection of KAL’s award winning political cartoons, hand-picked by the artist himself. Browse through 150+ examples of KAL’s work, including 29 color covers and illustrations from The Economist magazine. […]
The long rumored comic strip by Gene Weingarten, Pulitzer Prize humor columnist for the Washington Post, has a launch date. Michael Cavna reports that the strip is a partnership between Gene, his son Dan and David Clark (1996 NCS Newspaper Illustration division award winner). The strip “Barney and Clyde” launches June 7 and is described […]
Congratulations to Daryl Cagle on this milestone: Ten years ago I was working as a daily cartoonist for Gannett’s Honolulu Advertiser. My cagle.com web site was popular and I made a deal with Microsoft’s Slate.com to partner, host and promote the site as part of Slate, which did a lot to boost our audience and […]
Terri Libenson, creator of The Pajama Diaries, has written a two week story-line focused on a rare blood disorder with her character Jill. The story is based off her own experience being diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia. The headaches were becoming so frequent, I went to the doctor (this time insisting it wasn’t sinus-related, as past […]
From a post from Ted Rall on Kickstarter. He’s raised half of what he needs to go to Afghanistan. My plan to return to Afghanistan this summer is halfway there–more than 140 backers have put up 50% of the $25,000 I will need (I’m also going to spend about $10,000+ of my own money) to […]
Last week I posted news that the White House Copyright Czar was soliciting comments from copyright holders on ways to improve copyright protection. I’ve received the following response from entertainment attorney Stu Rees, who was awarded the 2007 Silver T-Square by the National Cartoonist Society for “demonstrated outstanding dedication or service to the Society or […]
A collectors item I’m sure. The Government of the British Virgin Islands is delighted to announce a new coin release celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Peanuts, the famous cartoon strip featuring Charlie Brown and his dog, Snoopy. British Virgin Islands Commemorative 60th Anniversary of Peanuts Silver Proof Coin Featuring Snoopy. Also Minted are Proof Gold […]
Comingsoon.net is reporing that Sony Pictures is developing a CG 3D version of E.C. Segar’s Popeye. The storyline is being kept under wraps, but Popeye’s love interest Olive Oyl, nemesis Bluto and adopted child Swee’Pea will be part of the adventure, says Variety. Arad says the new version will cover the themes of friendship, love, […]
The Press Company has announced this year’s winners of their National Headliner Award. Dayton Daily News editorial cartoonist Mike Peters takes this years prize in the editorial cartooning category.Second and third place winners were Dana Summers and Steve Breen respectively.
A couple of changes of note:» Pickles is in trial mode in the Visalia Times-Delta (CA). The spot belonged to Cathy. Dustin ran for the previous two weeks.» Dustin replaces Cathy in the San Jose Mercury News on Sundays.If you know of any more, please forward them to me.
After more than three decades of drawing Garfield, Jim Davis will honored by Ball State University on April 17. An Extraordinary Evening with Jim Davis will recognize the genius of the comic strip creator, credited with developing the worldwide Garfield marketing phenomenon. Guests will have an opportunity to meet Davis and learn firsthand about the […]
Brett Koth, who works with Jim Davis’ to help produce concept and gags for the Garfield strip, recently launched a new strip through Creators Syndicate entitled Diamond Lil. As of March 1, “Diamond Lil” became Koth’s first nationally syndicated cartoon drawn under his name alone. He has served previous stints penning “Bugs Bunny” and “Mr. […]
Kick back and watch this video of Rob Roger’s lecture to the Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for the Arts in Society delivered on March 6, 2010. Runs 39 minutes, but well worth it.h/t Mike Lynch