Alan Gardner

The Brattleboro Reformer (VT) has announced that they have picked up Bill Griffith’s Zippy the Pinhead.

Chad Carpenter, of self-syndicated, Tundra, is spending another holiday in the “Tundra Store” in the Sears Mall in Anchorage Alaska. As he reports: Every year between Thanksgiving & Christmas I have a “Tundra Store” in the Sears Mall in Anchorage. I spend my days schlepping my books, calendars, t-shirts, etc. to the unsuspecting public. Not […]

Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley has published a new book called “Bagley’s Survival Guide for Utah” a book that takes shots at Utah’s culture.In talking about his book, Pat says, We have a state that is unique; it’s like no other place in the world, and I think the people ought to be […]

Los Angeles Daily News editorial cartoonist Patrick O’Connor will be speaking on November 29th on the topic of “The Art of Political Satire.” The event will be at the Burbank (CA) Public Library at 7 p.m.

Scott Adams announced on his blog that he intends to blog less (as in no longer daily) as the return on investment for his blogging has been disappointing. His original intent with the blog was to generate ad revenue, compile blog posts into a book, grow Dilbert audience, and create an outlet for non-Dilbert “artistic […]

F Minus creator Tony Carrillo will be at the Changing Hands Bookstore on December 15 (noon to 3 p.m.) in Tempe Arizona for a F Minus book signing. If you’re not in Arizona, you can purchase the book through Amazon.

John Read has sent me a copy of the cover of the upcoming first edition of his Stay Tooned! magazine that will hopefully launch before Christmas Day. The cover offers original art from Marcus Hamilton (Dennis the Menace), John Rose (Barney Google and Snuffy Smith), Rob Corley (BoyRobo), Scott Stantis (Prickly City), Steven Butler (Sonic […]

This week’s featured cartoonist is Sandra Bell-Lundy. Sandra’s feature, Between Friends, launched in 1994 and is loosely based on friendships with her close friends. It is now in over 130 papers. She recently wrote a series of blog posts about her road to syndication. Here is Sandra’s list of cartoonists that have inspired her or […]

Washington Post Writers Group has announced that they have signed Pulitzer Prize winner Clay Bennett. Clay is leaving the Christian Science Monitor after nine years and taking the Chattanooga Times Free Press position starting in January. His work was syndicated through the Christian Science Monitor, but when he announced he was leaving, Clay also noted […]

The Asbury Park Press has a nice write-up about Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and his new book “Hug Time.” “Hug Time” is McDonnell’s fourth children’s book and, like all his work, it is appropriate for ages zero to 110. His other kids’ books are “The Gift of Nothing,” “Art” and “Just Like Heaven,” which also […]

Doug Marlette has received another award for his second fictional novel “Magic Time.” The novel was awarded the 2007 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for the best work of fiction by a North Carolina writer by the The N.C. Literary and Historical Association. In addition to the award, the University of Mississippi has opened an exhibit […]

The Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin has a story about Mason Mastroianni’s taking on of the iconic B.C. comic strip. There’s a bit more information than my write-up on Mason about how the Hart family operates a team to produce the feature and a lot more personal stuff about Mason that I didn’t delve into.

John Hambrock’s, The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee, begins a four-week trial run at the Winston-Salem Journal starting today. The Journal has published a get-to-know you article about John (and his wife, Anne – a frequent commentor here) and his feature. Hambrock, who is 44, decided in 1991 that he wanted to be a cartoonist […]

There’s been some publicity about Amazon’s new Kindle product for electronic material (books, blogs, newspapers). We’ve had discussions on this blog about how newspapers may evolve and how mobile technology might play into that (see discussion in comments of this story). I look at this and wonder if products like this might be what comics […]

E&P reports that Mark Parisi’s Off the Mark has turned 20 years old. Congratulations, Mark.