Alan Gardner

The Virginia-Pilot is “running out of space for comic strips” and so is looking to throw one feature overboard and have suggested to its readers that it will either be Rex Morgan M.D. or Doonesbury.

p>Reuben Award finalists Bill Amend, Dave Coverly, and Dan Piraro are the featured guest on Washington Post’s Meet the funny pages online chat tomorrow. Questions can be submitted anytime before and during the chat session which begins on 1 p.m. EST.

Mike Lynch has posted the first part of a speech that Charles M. Schulz gave (presumably at a NCS function) about his life as a cartoonist. He later posts a link to Hoggan’s alley that contains the full speech.

Canadian cartoonist Ben Wicks, who died in 2000, was one of Canada’s great cartoonists, but was perhaps not the best at archiving and filing his artwork. Recently, two brothers found three bags full of Ben’s cartoons in the garage of a home they had purchased from the Wicks in 1992. The collection of cartoons are […]

Philadelphia Daily News editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has created a stir with supporters of mayoral candidate Chaka Fatta with a recent cartoon. The cartoon is described as: The cartoon satirized Fattah’s criticism of rival Michael Nutter’s “stop, question and frisk” anti-crime proposal, by showing Fattah speaking to two young children whose bodies have large bullet […]

Soup to Nutz creator Rick Stromoski recently renovated his studio with the help of a designer. Davenport returned about a month later with a plan. The walls would be a pretty Guilford Green; the floors, engineered wood in a pecan finish. The drafting table would be swapped with the computer desk, so each was on […]

According to E&P, Lynn Johnston’s daughter has joined the For Better or For Worse studio as an executive associate. From the For Better or For Worse web site we learn more about Kate’s role in the organization: Sometimes, the best treasures are in your own backyard. This was the case when the studio crew was […]

Lynn Johnston will be honored among 11 other Manitobans during a legislative session on July 12 when they are bestowed with that Canadian province’s highest honor: the Order of Manitoba. The order is given to those Manitobans that “exemplify tremendous accomplishments” in the community, country and internationally. Lynn will receive her honor for her work […]

Last month I raised questions on how animation should be weighed in the judging for a Pulitzer Prize. The Birmingham News editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis has written a column opining that animated cartoons shouldn’t even been in allowed into competition. From Editor and Publisher, here are excerpts of his column: “We were led to believe […]

Only one line-up change this week: Charlos Gary’s new comic strip Cafe con Leche will appear in the Indianapolis Star starting today. The new feature takes B.C. spot.

Picture above captured from video on Nick’s blog. I had noticed that Nick Anderson’s editorial cartoons were only in black in white recently, but didn’t know why. Over on his blog, he’s posted a video on how he’s coping with a drawing-hand injury. He mentions that it will be another two weeks before the cast […]

Ann Telnaes has won first place in the 15th Dutch Cartoonfestival. The theme of the festival this year was “Man and Religion in Cartoons.”Other cartoonists earning honors included well-known European cartoonists Clive Collins (UK), Finn Graff (Norway), Tom Janssen (the Netherlands) and Tan Oral (Turkey).

If you’ve seen today’s Funky Winkerbean, you know that the story arc regarding Lisa’s battle with cancer just got more complicated as it’s revealed that the earlier lab tests were mixed up with another patient and instead of being in remission, the cancer has progressed. From a Houston Chronicle story, Tom Batiuk says that this […]

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists will be holding an online auction beginning May 10th through the 20th to raise money for their “Cartoons in the Classroom” project. While the bidding doesn’t start until the 10th, you can see the cartoons on the AAEC web site. Cartoonist’s work include: Nick Anderson, Tony Auth, Rex Babin, Clay […]

Berkeley Breathed is out on his book tour for his new book “Mars Needs Moms.” He was interviewed on American University’s NPR program. Streaming audio is available.