RingTales has signed an exclusive agreement with United Media to produce and distribute daily animated versions of Scott Adams’ Dilbert. The agreement covers future strip as well as over 7,000 printed versions of the strip. The first animations have been on Dilbert.com and MSN, but starting today, you can see the animates on YouTube and […]
These news items have been stacking up. Here are the posted/known comic page changes for the last two weeks.The Yankton Press & Dakotan went looking to replace two strips and decided to pick up four instead. New strips include Baby Blues, Mother Goose and Grimm, Dick Tracy, and Bizarro. Leaving the paper due to high […]
Jonathan Mahood’s Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog will begin appearing in Germany’s Die Zeit weekly newspaper for a 12 week run on their kid’ page. Die Zeit has a circulation of about 500,000 and an estimated readership of 2 million. Jonathan writes on his blog that “editors chose Bleeker because it appealed to both children and […]
» Lincoln Peirce’s Big Nate is finally hitting the book shelves. The book is entitled “I Smell a Pop Quiz!: a Big Nate book,” and can be purchased through Lulu press.» Akron Beacon Journal editorial cartoonist Chip Bok jokes that he’s alive because of cartooning.» The New York Times writes about the popular webcomic xkcd […]
A few new web sites have launched in the last couple of weeks.Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher has added a blog to his web site that will feature his sketches, roughs and commentary for his cartoons and animation.The Six Chix cartoonist now have a home on the web. The site offers a collection of Six Chix cartoons […]
» Peter Parker and Spidey are slated to hit to Broadway in late 2009 or 2010 in a musical directed by Julie Taymor (who won a Tony for her work on “Lion King”) and the music score by Bono and The Edge of U2.» Garfield will by highlighted in Total Licensing Magazine.» Andrews McMeel Universal […]
Bil Keane’s wife, Thelma, has passed away at the age of 82. Bil based the Family Circus mom character after his wife. “I give all the credit to my wife Thel who was the inspiration for all the cartoons,” Keane told the Republic. “She was very, very vital to any success that I had. When […]
This year’s Newspaper Panel division award has been given to Chad Carpenter who draws the self-syndicated comic panel Tundra. Chad’s feature is one of the most successful self-syndicated strips in newspapers appear in over 200 papers in North America.
Jim Meddick has been awarded Best Newspaper Strip by the NCS for his comic strip Monty
Cul De Sac creator Richard Thompson and Argyle Sweater creator Scott Hilburn will be featured on this week’s Washington Posts Meet the Comic Pages online chat.Washington Post Comics page editor Suzanne Tobin will be at this year’s National Cartoonists Society’s convention this year where the chat session will happen. You can send advanced questions through […]
Maumee Dearest © Kirk WaltersKirk Walter’s comic Maumee Dearest has turned 20. The weekly local political comic strip runs in the Toledo Blade (OH). Kirk explains how the feature came to be: It’s hard to believe that Maumee Dearest is now 20 years old. My editor at the time was Bernard Judy and I walked […]
Wiley Miller is taking a bold risk. This Sunday’s Non Sequitur will congratulate the winner of the Reuben Award that won’t even be announced until this Saturday night. He tells Dave Astor that he’s “crawled out on that limb.”The finalist’s this year are: Dave Coverly (Speed Bump), Dan Piraro (Bizarro), and Mad magazine cartoonist Al […]
Denver Square © Ed SteinToday marks the end of Ed Stein’s 11 year run with his local daily comic strip Denver Square that ran in the Rocky Mountain News. While other local comic strips exist in America, Ed’s feature was the last daily local feature.The local CBS affiliate television station did a report on Ed, […]
» The Washington Post has posted a time-lapse video of editorial cartoonist Tom Toles drawing this cartoon. You can see the May 15th being drawn out.» Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller was featured on Maine news network about his passion for cartooning and living in Maine.» Patrick McDonnell, creator of Mutts, was interviewed by the […]
A columnist in The Advertiser recounts the use of comics to sell newspapers in the early 20th century and as American circulations are in decline, circulations in Latin American and Asia are growing in part because of a resurgence in comics. Just recently a friend of mine, Terry Brown, shared with me an illustrated history […]