Another big name will be attending the Self-Syndication seminar hosted by Tundra guys Chad Carpenter and Bill Kellogg. Daryl Cagle will also be on-hand to answer questions and talk to individuals about the market. Daryl runs one of the biggest cartoon websites at cagle.com and started his own syndicate service in 2001 distributing over 50 […]
Tony Carrillo’s F Minus has a new collection that is now available in book stores. To commemorate the release, NPR looks at his career thus far and the state of the newspaper industry. Carrillo was an art student at Arizona State University when he started drawing for the student newspaper. At the end of his […]
By now many of you are aware that several former Rocky Mountain News journalists are starting a web-only newspaper called In Denver Times. It’s a subscription only product that will launch May 4th if they can gather 50,000 subscribers by April 23. Ed Stein is one of those involved with this venture. He notes on […]
You might have noticed yesterday that Jim Brozman name was inked into the Dick Tracy comic strip. Mary Elson, Managing Editor at Tribune Media Syndicate, tells me that Jim has been collaborating with Dick Locher on the strip. Mary adds that the two are longtime associates and live in the Chicago area. Jim graduated with […]
» Ed Stein, isn’t bringing back his long running local comic Denver Square, but as he puts it, he “couldn?t resist doing a couple of sketches, using the characters, to comment on a couple of local stories”» This Thursday, J.C. Duffy’s The Fusco Brothers will announce whether the faithful canine companion is really a dog […]
The Toronto Star has dropped Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy in favor of Aaron Johnson’s new (at least in print) comic W.T. Duck. The editor noted the flood of calls from Get Fuzzy fans, but in the end the decision was made by “canvassing some newsroom comic page readers” and making “a judgment call.” Public Editor […]
Comic Riff blogger Michael Cavna notes that his paper, The Washington Post will cut five comics from their line-up starting March 30. The comics on the chopping blog include: Little Dog Lost, Pooch Cafe, Piranha Club, Zippy the Pinhead and Judge Parker. The comics will remain on their website.While not getting the axe, Michael reports […]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich has won this year’s Scripps Howard Foundation Announces National Journalism Award for editorial cartooning for “his ability to incite multiple emotions with the reading of a single cartoon.”Finalists this year include Don Asmussen, San Francisco Chronicle and Alexander Hunter, The Washington Times.
Nominees for the National Cartoonists Society’s 2008 Division Awards have been posted. The winners will be announced during the Reuben Awards dinner on Memorial Day weekend.TELEVISION ANIMATION Bryan Arnett – Character Design – “The Mighty B!” – Nickelodeon Ben Balistreri – Character Design – “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” – Cartoon Network Sandra Equihua and […]
The Tundra guys (Bill Kellogg and Chad Carpenter) have opened up registration for their self-syndication seminar that is scheduled for this September. The two 2-day seminar on how to self market and leverage the internet to make a greater income with comics is set for September 26-27 and 28-29 and will feature Bill and Chad, […]
» I’m heading into the busy time of year at my day job. I opened up the ability for you all to post news items when my time was sparse. Please consider contributing to keep the news fresh and the community growing. Thanks!» After cracking his Fibula skiing last week, Corey Pandolph, cartoonist for The […]
Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine has added “Un-died” to the English lexicon. Next time you’re playing Scrabble (and “Urban Dictionary” is a bona-fide credible dictionary), you can point opponents to “Un-died.”Stephan reports that he “can now die happy. And then undie.”
© Nathan CooperUniversal Press Syndicate is launching a new comic strip called In the Sticks by Nathan Cooper. The strip centers on an ex-golf professional who inherits a nearly bankrupt golf club that is populated by three very odd animals who help him (more or less) keep the club running. The strip is tentatively set […]
Kevin Buist, blogging over at spout.com, reacts to the news that Fox is green lighting a Marmaduke movie. He contends that five comic strips should never be made into movies. They include: Family Circus, Cathy, Hagar the Horrible, The Lockhorns and Calvin and Hobbes. His argument isn’t that the comic strips themselves are bad, just […]
Cathy Guisewite’s Cathy became an unlikely source of parody for last week’s Saturday Night Live. Andy Samberg played the harried comic strip character who was interviewed about her finishing last in a “sexiest cartoon character” poll. Justin Timberlake in his second cameo on the show played Cathy’s husband. The skit also featured Jessica Rabbit, who […]