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Lee Enterprises has bought the Berkshire Hathaway (BH Media Group) newspapers. After managing the BH newspapers for 18 months Lee Enterprises now takes ownership of all the BH newspapers, including The Buffalo News. (The Berkshire Hathaway-owned The Buffalo News was not a part of the BH Media Group, but is part of the sale.)The Buffalo […]

It seems the Death of Mr. Peanut was foretold by cartoonists around the turn of the century.Mark Parisi  Michael Maslin  Michael Cavna  

Not long after Rich Sparks moved to Chicago in 1982, he started a job at Carnival Foods, a grocery store in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Working in the produce department, Sparks was tasked with updating a sign advising customers to “Ring Bell for Service,” and in short order he’d transformed it into a sort […]

Roz Chast has advice for young cartoonists:Chast said aspiring artists should not be deterred from their passion. “Listen to the people who understand what you’re trying to do, who could offer you good advice,” she said. “There are people not understanding what you’re trying to do and put you down and think you’re going in […]

Missing from our list of 2019 Newspaper Comic Strip Departures is Mac King’s Magic in a Minute. It has seemingly disappeared before our very eyes.Using the GoComics site as a reference the last new strip (it IS a series of sequential panels) was April 28, 2019. They then issued reruns from May 5 to December […]

Capitol Public Radio interviews Jack Ohman of The Sacramento Bee, touching on The Impeachment, the End Times of the Staff Editorial Cartoonist, new job as Deputy Opinion Editor and prose editorials, the State of the Newspaper, and more.Oh, Jack Ohman also talks about his latest cartoon about Mike Pompeo, which brings us to Gary Huck. Gary […]

The Minnesota State Fair has named Kevin Cannon as 2020 Commemorative Artist.Twin Cities Pioneer Press is reporting:Twin Cities cartoonist and illustrator Kevin Cannon has been selected to create the official 2020 Minnesota State Fair commemorative art. His original interpretation of the Great Minnesota Get-Together will be unveiled at the State Fairgrounds in June. above: a […]

The Adirondack Daily Enterprise interview Garry Trudeau on his latest Zonker poster and button for the Saranac Winter Carnival.Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau answered questions by email over the weekend about designing the poster and button for this year’s Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, about his stepmother Ursula Trudeau — an artist and model from Montreal who […]

Jerry Craft and his New Kid graphic novel make history.The School Library Journal reports:History was made at the 2020 Youth Media Awards in Philadelphia. A graphic novel has won the John Newbery Medal for the first time in its nearly 100-year history [emphasis added] as Jerry Craft earned the honor for New Kid.The Caldecott Medal […]

The Wisconsin State Journal proudly proclaims of Phil Hands:We’ve got a full-time editorial cartoonist.Of course a full time newspaper cartoonist does more than political cartoons.Phil, who also handles our letters to the editor, creates three to four editorial cartoons for us each week, and at least one of those is syndicated nationally each week… We […]

Illustrator Barbara Remington has passed away.Barbara Remington June 23, 1929 – January 23, 2020 Artist and illustrator Barbara Remington may be a little off-topic here but she was the cover artist for my copies of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.Remington illustrated the original American paperback editions of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of […]

In answer to an overwhelming demand by the readers of the Tullahoma News, the comic page will return to the publication starting Feb. 2. “That was one of the top concerns I received in surveys we sent out once I began here. Everyone wanted the Sunday comics back,” said Tullahoma News Editor Duane Sherrill. “I […]

Dear Basketball, I fell in love with you. A love so deep I gave you my all — From my mind & body To my spirit & soul.I want you to know now So we both can savor every moment we have left together. The good and the bad. We have given each other All […]

Lynn Johnston has a new outlet for her licensed products.  What Would Mary Do?  Washington Post on the current Library of Congress comics exihibit.  Perks of Being Short – A Brisa Cartoon and Commentary Gallery.  Who’s the caricaturist?  Kevin Cooley Wins 2020 Lucy Shelton Caswell Research Award.  Hollywood’s Lalo Alcaraz talks #OscarsSoWhite (scroll down)  The […]