Congratulations are in order to Patrick McDonnell and his Muttscomics.com web site which is celebrating its fourth year in operation. When it launched in 2003 with 5,000 daily visitors which has ballooned to well over 25,000 today.In other Patrick news, a Best of Mutts collection will be released this fall along with another children’s book […]
There’s been quite a bit of news regarding comic strip cartoonists attending this year’s New York Comic-Con next month. From Rina Piccolo’s web site is news that she’ll be there on the 25th to sign prints of her feature Tina’s Groove. As I reported yesterday, she’ll also be panelling a discussion on non-traditional paths into […]
Charles Schulz was posthumously inducted into the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame this month. Gold medalist Scott Hamilton presented the medal to Charles’ wife Jean.
From the Comic Rack is a tidbit that The Complete Dick Tracy volumes that were origninally planned to roll out every quarter have been rescheduled to roll out every twice a year. The first volume was released in October by IDW.
Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes has posted her first animated editorial cartoon on her web site. The flash piece runs about less than a minute and uses actual audio from President Bush as opposed to other editorial cartoon animators who use their own voices.Hat tip: E&P
A leadership conference in Reno NV has been organized to give seventh and eighth grade students learn public speaking, time management and school spirit and Pickles creator Brian Crane will be one of the featured speakers.
In a cost-saving move, the Trentonian has suspended its use of freelance editorial cartoonist Rick Cole who was informed that this two-cartoon-a-week contract was being broken. He’s been a contributor to the paper since 2002. In an e-mail that was published on the AAEC web site, he writes, “Freelancing editorial cartoons is certainly something you […]
Mike Rhode over on ComicsDC is taking the Washington Post to task for removing last weeks Get Fuzzy that contained marijuana overtones. According to Mike, the Washington Post has a history of running comic repeats during any feature’s episodes that it feels are offensive. Yanked features over the years include Scott Adams’s Dilbert, The Boondocks, […]
Jules Feiffer will be honored at this years Writes Guild Awards as he will receive a lifetime achievement award for animation writing. Jules was the editorial cartoonist for the Village Voice, but he is also a playwright, novelist, screen writer and children’s book author and illustrator. His film credits include “Little Murders,” and “Carnal Knowledge.”The […]
According to one source, the New York Comic-Con will feature a panel to discuss self-syndication vs traditional syndication. Those panelling the discussion include: Doug Bratton, creator of online comic and self-syndicated feature Pop Culture, Andrew Feinstein, co-creator of Girls & Sports, Francesco Marciuliano, writer for Sally Forth and creator of Medium Large, Rina Piccolo, creator […]
Just as a FYI, I’m seeing a dramatic increase in the number of spam comments that are being submitted to The Daily Cartoonist. The vast majority are being caught by a spam filter that I use, but some are still getting through – which I apologize. Some of that stuff can be pretty icky.I am […]
According to the Aaugh Blog Fantagraphic books will print a comic book called The Unseen Peanuts which as the name denote features over a 100 strips that were unprinted before their inclusion into The Complete Peanuts collection (also published by Fantagraphics).According to the Aaugh blog author: Not every store will have The Unseen Peanuts. There […]
Joe Martin’s Mr. Boffo comic will serve as spokescomic for the first annual “Boffo” St. Valentine’s Day SmokeOut – an initiative created by relationship columnist Dr. Jon Carlson who is advocating that on Valentines day this year that smokers quit the habit for themselves and their loved ones. The Mr. Boffo cartoon features a group […]
Via Brian Anderson’s Dog Eat Doug blog, comes news that a new comic has debuted on Universal Press’ GoComics web site. The new feature is called 44 Union Avenue by Mike Witmer. Here’s the description: Welcome to the lively household of Cheryl-Ann, parental advice columnist and single-mom parent of two precocious children — Jasper (your […]
I mentioned it briefly back in December that Stan Lee was going to be the guest of honor at a Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art fundraiser to coincide with the New York Comic-Con. The museum was also working toward an exhibit in his honor as well. I received a press release from the museum […]