Mike Peterson

Columnist

Mike Peterson is a journalist with experience as a print reporter and editor, and as a radio talk show host, as well as in TV and magazine advertising and media-literacy education. His interest in cartooning began with his father's annual Christmas cards and inviting shelf full of cartoon collections. He's written Comic Strip of the Day daily since 2010 and joined Daily Cartoonist in 2018.

Latest by Mike Peterson

Brian Duffy fighting for cartoon rights

by Mike Peterson February 24, 2009

Brian Duffy, recently fired by the Des Moines Register, is considering legal action to retain the rights to his cartoons, which the Register says they will donate to the University of Iowa. Apparently, according to a sketchy report by KCCI-TV, mirrored by E&P, the newspaper considers the cartoons “work for hire,” which would give the […]