Last Friday, I pointed you to a column written by Michael Roberts who took it upon himself to read all the comics in his city’s papers for two weeks to gauge the state of today’s cartooning. That post has generated over 35 comments so far on The Daily Cartoonist and he’s has been reading them. […]
From this article in the Connection Newpapers we learn the reason why Bill Griffith’s Zippy the Pinhead comic strip is featuring more real locations around America. While the comic strip has been around in one publication or another since the late 1970s, only recently has Zippy been featured in places that actually exist. Griffith said […]
According to Tom Spurgeon, Keith Knight’s The K Chronicles has won a Harvey Award for Best Syndicated Strip or Panel. Keith beat out Garry Trudeau, Tony Millionaire, and Patrick McDonnell for the honor.
Here’s an interesting story from a Universal Press release that the University of Maryland is using a Cathy strip to encourage students to drink tap water instead of bottled water. “Bottled water has become a popular and controversial product at universities. Since its introduction, the clear liquid in a plastic container with no flavor, no […]
For Veteran’s Week (Sept. 17-26), Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos, creators of the Baldo feature will feature a new character named Benny Ramirez who will retell his World War II experience. Some of the stories he’ll be sharing include discrimination in the military, and his boxing skills.
Last week I reported that Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, had erupted another firestorm by drawing a cartoon depicting “nine nearly naked black men fighting each other with sticks, stools, boots and a pillow” and ran with a caption, “Ethiopian Food Fight.” The paper has printed a near 1000 word […]
Richard Thompson’s Cul-De-Sac officially launches today. According to Universal Press, it launched with an above average number of papers (70) including the Detroit Free Press, the Boston Globe, the Portland Oregonian, the Houston Chronicle and the Toronto Star. It should be up on GoComics today, but I just checked and it’s not yet available.
The much anticipated “hybrid” format of Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse this last week has included more original artwork than was originally planned. According to an interview Lynn by Dave Astor at E&P, reveals that at a personal level, Lynn has had to work through a separation with her husband, Rod, this spring […]
The San Francisco Chronicle that has ran the local Farley comic since 1985 has finally printed a background story on why Phil Frank is retiring his Farley character. According to the report, Phil “is retiring because of a serious illness that has kept him confined to his home in Sausalito for several months and has […]
I’m not sure when Dave Coverly redesigned his web site, but its sporting a new skin.
I’ve been a bit remiss in reporting on this bit of news. Adrian C. Sinnott is now the acting chairman of the Berndt Toast Gang – a chapter of the NCS on Long Island, NY. He sent me a very clever fake news story by Joe Vissichelli using a screen shot of The Daily Cartoonist […]
Lynn Johnston has added a new section to the web site (or what I’m now dubbing as the “Better/Worse Universe”) dedicated to the history of the Liz and Anthony’s relationship over the last 14 years. The section spans 7 pages and has a long sample of comics – ideal for someone wanting to get the […]
Phil Frank’s Farley has been a local comic for the San Francisco Chronicle since the mid 1980s, but according to Daryl Cagle it will come to an end today. With the news of the firing of Leo Garza who drew the Nacho Guarache for the San Antonio Express-News, we have Ed Stein and his Denver […]
Michael Roberts, a columnist for the Denver Westword paper, recently forced himself to read every comic in the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News for a two week period to gauge the state of the the funny paper. To find out what else I’ve been missing, if anything, I read every comic in the Post […]
Last year, I reported about Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, who created a national stir for two cartoons that were published in the Cavalier Daily. Both the editor and cartoonist later apologized for running the cartoons. Woolard has set off another controversy this week that resulted in about 200 students […]