From Mental Floss:After honing his skills, Pastis’s Pearls drew the attention of several syndicates. One of them, United, offered a “trial” run where they would verify he could turn in strips on a consistent basis before going out to newspapers. After that phase, Pastis expected to start appearing in print. But one salesman at the syndicate changed that with […]
UpdateReed Brennan is alerting its clients to the Wednesday June 13 Six Chix panel:King Features Syndicate has issued a correction for Six Chix panels and strips in black and white and color for 6/13. Due to the death of Anthony Bourdain, an updated version of this comic has been supplied.The original panel had mentioned Anthony […]
For sale on eBay: Prints of the art for a 1982 golf themed cover. Jam artwork by Hank Ketchum and Charles Schulz featuring Dennis the Menace and Peanuts characters.From the seller:I am offering a VERY RARE Peanuts / Dennis the Menace 1982 Golf Journal magazine cover print. Please see all photos and ask any questions, […]
First and most important: Can anyone tell me if all is well with Jim Scancarelli? Gasoline Alley, in its centennial year, has been reruns since November 2017; and Jim doesn’t seem to be just fiddlin’ around. Why won’t Mark Schultz and Tom Yeates reboot their strip to “Tales of Young Val” like I want? What’s […]
Over at Hogan’s Alley, Tom Heintjes does an interview with “Cathy” cartoonist Cathy Guisewite.From the interview, Guisewite says:“It never would have occurred to me to put my thoughts into a comic strip if it weren’t for Peanuts. That strip was absolutely, 100 percent the guiding influence on my comic strip. I grew up reading Sparky’s strip […]
The New York Daily News has replaced the recently ended “Soup to Nutz” with Hector Cantu’s and Carlos Castellanos’ “Baldo.”
Beloved cartoonist Nicole Hollander reflects on a life after ‘Sylvia’ in a 30 minute radio interview. above Nicole Hollander and Justin KaufmannGroundbreaking syndicated cartoonist and writer Nicole Hollander (“Sylvia”) joins Justin [Kaufmann] to discuss her new illustrated memoir, “We Ate Wonder Bread.” Nicole talks about her illustrious career, why she decided to write a graphic […]
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Innovation and Tech Today has a short Q&A with Jim Davis on how he got his start in the business and how he’s created the comic for almost 40 years.Jim Davis from the Q&A:In college, I majored in art and business (I took the business classes to appease my parents), and shortly after college, I got […]
The Chattanooga Times Free Press proudly informs readers that Clay Bennett, their editorial cartoonist, won that divisional award at The Reuben Dinner. Mark Evanier took a vacation and spent the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (with a postscript) of Memorial Day weekend in Philadelphia with fellow National Cartoonists Society members. R. C. Harvey was also there […]
Depending on your perspective, these letters to the editor of The Washington Post are either hurtful, absurd and/or funny.W. Luther Jett takes issue with Hagar the Horrible using books for kindling.Read Luther’s letter here.While Asher Roth addresses what he thinks is a drop in quality in Mark Trail and Judge Parker.Read Asher’s letter here.
Coming soon is Comic Book Cartoonist #1 from Comic Arts Press. Featuring Don Simpson‘s Megaton Man and interview, Graham Nolan‘s Monster Island, Jay Piscopo‘s Adventure Comics, and The team behind Wolverton, Thief Of Impossible Objects. Printed to order so, if you are like me and prefer a physical magazine, order a copy soon. PDF editions […]
From The Nib: Censored: Ten Anti-Trump Cartoons the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Refuses To Publish. The paper suddenly won’t run the work of veteran cartoonist and former Pulitzer finalist Rob Rogers’ work for being too critical of Trump. But we will.https://thenib.com/pittsburgh-post-gazette-anti-trump-cartoons-rob-rogers?t=recent
More coverage (with photos) of Lynn Johnston’s NCS Medal of Honor Award from GoComics.https://www.gocomics.com/blog/4546/lynn-johnston-receives-honor-from-national-cartoonists-societyHere’s a quote (possibly overheard in Philadelphia) from Lynn on the Reubens that didn’t make the GoComics story:Did you ever see Bil Keane when he was MC? Wow. What a skill he had for comedy. He worked hard on his “roast” and […]
Instagram phenom Lord Birthday was featured a year ago on NPR’s “Invisibilia” and it’s still well worth a listen for all introverted creative types. It starts around the 20:00 minute mark.Check out his book here.Lord Birthday Instagram here.Dumbwich Castle at GoComics here. The Daily Cartoonist is owned by Andrews McMeel Universal.