We can all decrement the count of staff cartoonists in the U.S. by one more as of yesterday. David Catrow has announced that he is leaving the Springfield News-Sun after 25 years as their editorial cartoonist to spend more time on illustrating children’s books and developing animated films. “It’s bittersweet,” Catrow, 55, said. “I really […]
Maumee Dearest © Kirk WaltersKirk Walter’s comic Maumee Dearest has turned 20. The weekly local political comic strip runs in the Toledo Blade (OH). Kirk explains how the feature came to be: It’s hard to believe that Maumee Dearest is now 20 years old. My editor at the time was Bernard Judy and I walked […]
From an interview with Brenda Bowen on the Publisher’s Weekly blog comes news that For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston will publish a full-color children’s picture book that is scheduled to hit bookstores next summer.She says, In summer â??09, we also have a book by cartoonist Lynn Johnston, who is the author and […]
Wiley Miller is taking a bold risk. This Sunday’s Non Sequitur will congratulate the winner of the Reuben Award that won’t even be announced until this Saturday night. He tells Dave Astor that he’s “crawled out on that limb.”The finalist’s this year are: Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Dan Piraro (Bizarro), and Mad magazine cartoonist Al […]
A cartoonist in Turkey has been indicted for insulting a supreme court prosecutor in a cartoon that was published March 19th. The cartoonist, Ibrahim Ozdabak, drew an owl sitting on a branch, wearing a judge’s robe and hooting “Huguk! Huguk!” in an play on Turkish word for “law” (huhuk). The cartoon did not name any […]
Members of the Dutch lower house will debate on the arrest of cartoonist Gregorius Nekschot who was arrested and detained for 30 hours last week for publishing on the internet cartoons that some deemed to “exceed the limits of freedom of expression.” Party members across the political spectrum are questioning the arrest as a violation […]
Denver Square © Ed SteinToday marks the end of Ed Stein’s 11 year run with his local daily comic strip Denver Square that ran in the Rocky Mountain News. While other local comic strips exist in America, Ed’s feature was the last daily local feature.The local CBS affiliate television station did a report on Ed, […]
» The Washington Post has posted a time-lapse video of editorial cartoonist Tom Toles drawing this cartoon. You can see the May 15th being drawn out.» Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller was featured on Maine news network about his passion for cartooning and living in Maine.» Patrick McDonnell, creator of Mutts, was interviewed by the […]
Rocky Mountain News sports cartoonist Drew Litton has posted his first animation – and it’s not sports related. Regarding the Flash animation, he writes on his blog: I started by doing a Rockies cartoon, but their season, much like my animation, took a sudden detour. So I went back to square one and decided to […]
For those webcomickers or cartoonists looking for an easy way to post your comics daily to your website, the ComicsPress theme for WordPress has been upgraded to version 2.5. The new release offers five different page layouts to accommodate several different types of comics and a new Comicpress Manager has been released to help configure […]
A columnist in The Advertiser recounts the use of comics to sell newspapers in the early 20th century and as American circulations are in decline, circulations in Latin American and Asia are growing in part because of a resurgence in comics. Just recently a friend of mine, Terry Brown, shared with me an illustrated history […]
A new comic community has launched today called Tall Tell Features. The new website is the home for a group of well known syndicated and webcomic creators including: Brian Anderson (Dog Eat Doug), Dave Reddick (Legend of Bill and The Trek Life), Mike Witmer (Pinkerton), Scott Metzger (Stewart), Brock Heasley (The SuperFogeys), and Lucas Turnbloom […]
Andy Marlette, the nephew of Kudzu creator and editorial cartoonist Doug Marlette who died last summer in an automobile accident, recently spoke at Columbia College Chicago department of journalism’s John Fischetti Award ceremony about the legacy left behind by his uncle. A text transcript of his speech has been printed in TheSequitur.com. And now to […]
With Allison Burrow’s Preteena being retired this week, there are a couple of changes mentioned.The Daily Times has picked up Cul De Sac to replace Preteena and Pooch Cafe replaces it in Honolulu Star Bulletin.Keith Knight’s Knight Life is picked up by the Washington Post.And the St. Petersburg Times reports that it will be running […]
PVP online webcomic creator Scott Kurtz reports that “How To Make Webcomics” that he co-authored with Brad Guiger, (Evil Inc), Kris Straub (Starslip Crisis), and Dave Kellett (Sheldon) has sold out at the distributor level meaning the only books left are basically the ones sitting on book store shelves. The performance of this book has […]