Last month it was announced that Scott Stantis would become the editorial cartoonist for The Chicago Tribune, the first cartoonist hired since the death of Jeff MacNelly in 2000. Much thanks to Scott for taking time out to participate in my recent email interview request about his move to the Trib.Alan Gardner: How did this […]
Universal Uclick’s editor John Glynn writes that In the Bleacher’s Steve Moore is celebrating 14 years with U/U. In addition for his strip, Steve has made his mark in Hollywood having been the writing source for animated features such as Open Season, Flushed Away, and a new feature called Alpha and Omega that is due […]
Corey Pandolph has announced that he will be ending his comic, Barkeater Lake on October 31st. Corey cites the drain of producing three other strips (Toby, Robot Satan, Greene with Envy and Elderberries) and a waning interest in the story. He writes: Itâ??s time to end BARKEATER LAKE. I feel very strongly that the strip […]
After a couple of emails and tweets asking about why comics.com was unavailable over the weekend, I contacted United Media to ask why. According to Mary Anne Grimes, the “website host suffered a series of failures that caused intermittent problems throughout the weekend – some users were able to access the site, many could not. […]
A hearty thanks goes out to Aaron Taylor who kept the blog updated last week while I was vacationing in Southern California. I checked in from time to time when I had a spare minute and was pleased to see things humming along without me. Thank you Aaron! We’ll do lunch soon, my treat!
Tom Tomorrow has announced on his blog that his alternative comic This Modern World will be returning to the Village Voice as of yesterday. Last spring, the paper announced it was temporarily dropping all comics to cut money for at least one quarter, but extended the suspension.From his blog: I really didnâ??t expect this, and […]
The Journal News, which had previously announced that it was cutting Matt Davies’ staff position, has reversed their decision and will be keeping their Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist. Matt tells me, “I am not going anywhere. My paper looked down the cold and terrible barrel of not having an editorial cartoonist on staff and just […]
Just a heads up, I will be handing over the reins of The Daily Cartoonist to my good friend Aaron Taylor whilst my family and I are away on vacation next week. He will keep the news delivered hot and ready each day next week. Please make it easy for him by minding the comment […]
Books» The Aaugh Blog reports that The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 (the 12th volume in the series) is shipping now. Look for it in your favorite bookstore or online at Amazon.comComic Strips» Alex Hallatt tells me that her strip Arctic Circle celebrated it’s second anniversary as a syndicated strip and has a new website.Editorial Cartooning» Best […]
Canadian cartoonist Claude Robinson has been awarded C$5.2 million in a 14-year legal battle over alleged plagiarized animated work. Cinar, which was sold in 2004 and relaunched as Cookie Jar, has been ordered to pay cartoonist Claude Robinson C$5.2 million (S$6.8 million) for using his cartoon series Les aventures de Robinson Curiosite as the basis […]
Michael Jantze has announced that he is launching an online “100-plus page comic art novel” that will launch this fall and continue through next year. The new feature is called Rave On and described as: When a down-on-his-luck orphan dies, no one notices except Saint Peter. The orphan learns, as in life, that death has […]
For the last couple of weeks, the traffic on TDC has been spiking and causing some above average processing power to keep the site running. Yesterday, my hosting company had to disable the site. After reviewing the stats with their customer support, they allowed me to bring back the site with some modifications that hopefully […]
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon writes: With the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, you can expect to see the same dilemma played out that was on display after Michael Jackson died. Only this time it’s Chappaquiddick and the death of Mary Jo Kopechne versus Kennedy’s distinguished Senatorial career as opposed to Thriller versus the possibility Jackson […]
Just a reminder for those wanting to vote in this year’s Harvey Award, that tomorrow at midnight is the deadline to submit your ballot. You can download a ballot as a PDF documet or as text. You can e-mail ballots, using the text file.For those not familiar with the Harvey Awards, here is a description […]
Rob Tornoe spotted this story regarding the Malaysian government seizing the premiere issue of “Gedung Kartun” (translated: Cartoon Store) : Officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs seized over 400 copies of the inaugural issues of “Gedung Kartun” (Cartoon Store) from the publisher’s office in Kuala Lumpur. Zainal Abidin Othman, the home ministry’s chief enforcement […]