Tribune Media Services has quietly closed down their Comicspage.com service. The homepage now instructs visitors to read their favorite comics over on Universal Press Syndicate’s GoComics.com. They’ve also created Facebook groups pages for all their features. No reason is offered for the abrupt change, but they are offering an email address for readers to sign […]
Danish prosecutors have dropped charges against one of the Muslim men that were arrested for planning the assassination of Kurt Westergaard, one of the infamous Mohammed cartoonists, due to lack of evidence. Reuters quotes the prosecutor as saying: “Even though there is information of a connection between the 40-year-old and the planners of the plot […]
» Washington Examiner editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler has been featured in American University’s magazine and also drew an illustration for the front cover. » Deflocked creator Jeff Coriveau is profiled in The Republican.» PBS’ NOW program is running an election season cartoon caption contest. The winner receives a NOW DVD (about $20 worth).» The latest […]
Charlie Daniel, cartoonist for the Knoxville News Sentinel is celebrating 50 years of editorial cartooning. He was the editorial cartoonist for the Knoxville Journal until it closed in 1992 and then began working for the News Sentinel. He has produced an estimated 15,000 cartoons and four books. As part of the celebration, the newspaper is […]
The New Yorker just can’t seem to catch a break lately when it comes to news about their famed cartoons. Another cartoon has been spotted that is very similar to a Jeff Darcy cartoon (editorial cartoonist for the Plain Dealer) that was published two years ago. The New Yorker carton was done by Paul Noth […]
» The Honolulu Star-bulletin has picked up The Knight Life and The Other Coast. The features replace retiring, Single and Looking and Spot the Frog.» The Birmingham news also picked up The Knight Life.» The Albuquerque Journal’s Comic Shootout (see previous month’s “shootout”) between Get Fuzzy and Hi and Louis resulted in almost 7,864 votes […]
The Halifax Chronicle-Herald editorial cartoonist, Bruce MacKinnon, published a cartoon back in January depicting presidential hopeful Barack Obama in front of a sign that reads “White House” and thinking, “Well first off, that sign’s gonna have to go.” Now the cartoon is being “hijacked” – used and modified by others to make racial slurs against […]
The Rudy Park comic strip may be rubbing out another one of its characters. Last year, Rudy Park cartoonists Theron Heir and Darrin Bell wrote out the Mort Park character and now another character Sadie Cohen has been diagnosed with a tumor in her throat. Readers are writing in to “vote” whether the tumor should […]
Rocky Mountain News editorial cartoonist Ed Stein has started a new election season graphic blog that is updated every Friday starting on the 4th of July running through the Democratic National Convention scheduled for Aug. 25-28 in Denver. From his blog: You’ll note that this is a significant departure from my normal work. Every Friday […]
Rob Tornoe reviews the life of Jesse Helms through the eyes of one his arch nemesis, the late editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette. As a cartoonist, when I think of Helms, it may be fitting that I think of an old foe of his who also lost his life a short while ago, Pulitzer Prize winning […]
A big shout out of thanks goes to Aaron Taylor for keeping The Daily Cartoonist updated whilst I was off on vacation. Hope everyone had a great Independence Day weekend. Blogging will resume later today after I unpack a few things.Alan
Rich Stevens‘ Diesel Sweeties will come to an end, at least in newspapers on August 10, he has announced on his blog. In an interview over at Fleen, he suggests that the additional work to produce DS for family friendly newspaper standards and the lack of significant income contributed to the decision.From the Fleen interview: […]
» Mike Keefe has won first place in the Best of the West award for journalism. » Jerry Craft, creator of Mama’s Boyz, has illustrated a new children’s book called “Hillary’s Big Business Adventure” for children ages 4-8. » Hong Kong-based cartoonist Larry Feign has had his comic strip Do Not Disturb adapted to stage […]
Daryl Cagle asks an interesting question on his blog regarding the many George Carlin tribute cartoons depicting him, an outspoken atheist, at the Pearly Gates. He asks: Does the cartoonist’s religious view trump the celebrity’s religion in an obituary cartoon? For a Christian cartoonist, who believes that his own religion is the only correct religion, […]
This year’s grand marshals and featured guests at the 10th Annual Walt Disney’s Hometown Toonfest will include Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Jan Eliot (Stone Soup), Greg Evans (Luann), and Jerry Scott (co-creator of Zits and Baby Blues).The event runs September 19-20 in Marceline, Mo, the birth place of Walt Disney. The four cartoonists will discuss […]