Filed under: Comic Strips

I got a chuckle out of it. Can’t wait to take the kids.

Julie Larson, creator of The Dinette Set, has left Creators Syndicate to pursue self syndication. Through an email she tells me: I decided it was time to go solo, I can probably sell just as well as a syndicate, especially when it’s one’s own property. I know its going to get #1 priority. It’s a […]

Last Friday was Dan Piraro’s 25th anniversary of his Bizarro comic panel in syndication. You may think that all of that adds up to fame and fortune, but you’d be wrong. I’m a little bit famous, in some areas, in some circles, and not at all rich. But I’m not complaining. I’ve made a nice […]

Earlier this month, I reported that Stay Tooned! editor/publisher John Read was curating a traveling exhibit through the South. The exhibit entitled “One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages” featured original Sunday artwork from over 70 cartoonists. John has sent me the updated list which is now over a 100 participants. ADAM@HOME – Rob Harrell […]

Got an email from Ruben Bolling regarding his participation in helping raise money for Save the Children (an established charity helping provide relief in Haiti). If you wish to donate (or donate more), visit Ruben’s webpage at www.firstgiving.com/tomthedancingbugg and donate. Ruben will provide original art to the top donors. If you make your donation to […]

Bill Mitchell of the Poynter Institute and Bill Grueskin, academic affairs at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal Online, appear on PBS’s NewsHour regarding what is known about the recent announcement by the New York Times regarding a new paywall plan starting in 2011. You […]

Movie Line reports that Matt Damon and Brad Pitt have signed on to voice characters for Happy Feet 2 which is set to release in November of 2011. Original cast members include Robin Wiliams and Elijah Wood.

There have been rumors ad nausea about the supposed tablet that Apple will unveil next week. While fun, I have not posted any here because I felt they were too unsubstantiated. I make an exception for the Wall Street Journal – which tends to be the mainstream media outlet of choice for Apple to intentionally […]

It seems like college cartoon controversies happen in bunches. Here’s another from Michigan. Apparently a comic strip that appeared in the Delta College newspaper painted the city of Saginaw, MI as a place of drugs and violence – which didn’t go over well with readers – despite unscientific polls that showed people thought the stereotype […]

Bill Keller, the executive editor at the New York Times, has announced that starting next year they will begin charging for “frequent” access to their website. Starting in early 2011, visitors to NYTimes.com will get a certain number of articles free every month before being asked to pay a flat fee for unlimited access. Subscribers […]

Disney/Pixar’s “UP” took home two Golden Globe awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score. In the running for best animated feature: “Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs,” “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “The Princess And The Frog”.

From Smart Money comes news that Amazon has announced a new royalty option offering greater incentive to authors and publishers to keep e-books pricing low. The new plan allows authors and publishers who meet certain criteria to receive 70% of the book’s list price as royalty, net of delivery costs, which average about 6 cents […]

Having worked as a web designer and developer for about a dozen years, I see it as the future (and hence dominant future of comics). That said, I have a special place in my heart for the tactile feel of newspaper and the comics that it delivers.So excuse me while I promote what I consider […]

There are a few cartoonists who are real masters of the watercolor medium – Richard Thompson, creator of Cul de Sac and Richard’s Poor Almanac is one of them. He recently posted a piece on his blog detailing his watercoloring process.The only thing better would be for him to get a webcam and do a […]

Mr. Fish (AKA Dwayne Booth), the alternative cartoonist for the Village Voice and LA Weekly has been let go from his position in a “cost-cutting” measure. He wrote Daryl Cagle a letter of explanation which has been posted on cagle.com. Here’s the salient part: Haven’t we learned anything from the New Coke fiasco from the […]