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My good friend Aaron Taylor was profiled on BYUTV Sports about his webcomic about all things BYU sports Blood Runs Blue.

Jonathan Hill spent two weeks with Surface Pro 2 running Windows 8 and the Cintiq Companion. He breaks down his experience on his blog: Ever since I got wind about these tablets that are running full Windows 8 and have pressure sensitive screens, I sold my laptop and decided to jump all over that. It […]

This year’s Reubens Award Weekend was held in the spectacular San Diego California. It was only my third NCS weekend, so I’m not the best barometer for attendance. Apart from live-tweeting the winners on Saturday night, I’ll admit, I put aside my the “reporter duties” and just enjoyed the event. My photos are slimmer than […]

This last weekend was the National Cartoonists Society’s annual Reuben Awards weekend. It was a fabulous event. I’ll post a write-up here shortly. But as fun as the weekend was, the reason we were all there was to find out who were the big winners. Without further delay, below are the winners of the division […]

I?m pleased that Universal Uclick is sponsoring The Daily Cartoonist for another week. Equally happy that they are promoting one of my favorite comics “Wumo.” I was only just a little giddy to hear that the Danish comic Wulffmorgenthaler was being brought to the states. It started in 2001 and ran in several European papers. […]

A big thanks goes out to Universal Uclick for sponsoring the blog last week. I’m sure most of my readers know that UU is the owner of GoComics, the largest comics portal in the world if not universe. GoComics has some of the most recognized and famous comics and they continue to amaze me how […]

I’m off to San Diego for Reuben awards weekend. I stopped long ago trying to guess who would win the Reuben and the division awards. But Tom Heintjes posts his predicts each year. I should look them up (and anyone else) and see who’s got the clearest crystal ball.For the top prize, Tom says it’s […]

Sad news from the San Antonio Express-News: Former San Antonio Express-News cartoonist Leo Garza, known for his Nacho Guarache strips, died Saturday after a battle with kidney cancer. Garza, 57, worked as a political cartoonist for the Express-News for two decades before leaving the paper in 2007. His work was praised by a number of […]

Daniel Clowes talks with Hillary Chute about his career. He has an exhibit at the Wexner Center for the Arts (Ohio State University). The Wexner Center has two exhibits running through August called Modern Cartoonist and Eye of the Cartoonist. Artist’s Talk: Daniel Clowes and Hillary Chute from Wexner Center for the Arts on Vimeo.

Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley is the artist in resident at The Leonardo. He has an exhibit of his work, will paint a giant mural and created some kids activities to teach them how to draw cartoons. If you’re in the area, it’s well worth your time to stroll through. From The City […]

Yesterday a three-part story-line kicked off in Terri Libenson’s The Pajama Diaries about body issues for young women.The Cleveland Plain Dealer picked up on the story: Q. You have two teenage daughters in real life, age 11 and 14. Were they the inspiration for Body Image? A. I have my own back story. When I […]

Someone has posted an hour interview with HERBLOCK about his book “Herblock: A Cartoonist’s Life”. Discussed: history, cartoons, civil rights, Mccarthyism, Nixon

WRCB interviews Chattanooga Time Free Press Editorial Cartoonist, Clay Bennett about being an “agitator, a provocateur, or a standard-bearer”.On a related note, the SPJ 64th annual Green Eyeshade Awards were announced. First place went to Clay who has taken the top honors for the last four years. J.D. Crowe of The (Mobile) Press-Register and Robert […]

BC cartoonist Mason Mastroianni is profiled on WSKG.Part 1 Part 2 Also mentions mother Patti Hart and brother Mick Mastroianni

Very exciting news from sports cartoonist Drew Litton: Denver?s favorite sports cartoonist, Drew Litton, is back in town and will be contributing new weekly comics to the 22 newspapers published by Colorado Community Media starting in June. Litton was the very popular sports cartoonist for the Rocky Mountain News for 27 years until it closed […]