This week Patrick McDonnell, creator of Mutts, will use his strip to push California’s Proposition 2, a ballot measure that would stop factory farm abuse. MM: Why is Prop 2 important to you, and what can your readers do to help? PM: Because 20 million animals will be directly impacted, suffering less, if this measure […]
Berkeley Breathed will be giving away $10,000 to a dog or cat shelter of a readers choice in conjunction to the Opus ending contest that was announced last week. The contest asks for readers to send in a one sentence entry guessing where Opus will be in his final paradise. The announcement says that clues […]
» MAD cartoonist Tom Richmond will be the “Phone a Friend” for Jim Batts, a fellow caricaturist, who will be competing on the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” on October 23.» The Jamestown Sun (ND) has picked up Chad Carpenter’s self-syndicated Tundra.» Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich will speak at North Georgia College […]
I don’t get many reports of comic page changes outside of the United States, but thanks to Andreas Eriksson of Sweden, we learn that the Norra Västerbotten recently switched to a tabloid format earlier this month and brought in a focus group to determine which comic features should be dropped or picked up. Before the […]
» Tak Toyoshima, creator of Secret Asian Man, will be giving a presentation at MIT on October 30 about his comic strip’s focus of group dynamics (racial, political, religious…etc). » This weekend, Tak will be a guest on the Weekend America radio program. The program discusses various topics’ newsworthiness. Tak will be on air with […]
This year’s holiday strip from the Newspaper Enterprise Association is entitled “The Search for Santa” and was created by Luann creator Greg Evans. The 16-strip story is written from the perspective of Luann’s dog, Puddles who wonders why Santa neglects to bring Christmas gifts to dogs. “The nagging question leads Puddles on a long journey, […]
For some heavy, geeky navel gazing, head over to Dilbert.com to read how Dilbert creator Scott Adams draws up his strip. His blog post talks about the evolution of his process from paper, pencil and zip-a-tone to his now paperless Cintiq 21ux process. There’s also a 4 minute video of him using his Cintiq.Most syndicated […]
The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) has finalized their comic page line-up after expanding their comics page last year to 42 comics. The six new comics that ran in trials since last year are: Agnes, Argyle Sweater, Arlo & Janis, Deflocked, Scary Gary and Wizard of Id. Three comics were dropped: Sylvia, Watch Your Head […]
The Dallas Morning News once had one of the largest entertainment sections of puzzles, advice columns and comics in the nation that spanned a total of four pages. In a cost-cutting measure to reduce paper costs, Jeanne Culler, Internal Communications Manager for the Dallas paper said that they had to “bring the entertainment section inline […]
» Comic Book Resources takes a look at Bill Griffith and Zippy the Pinhead.» The Dallas Morning News interviews Scott Hilburn and his feature The Argyle Sweater.» The L.A. Times is running Between Friends in trial mode as a possible replacement for For Better or For Worse. They will run Between Friends for five weeks […]
Berkeley Breathed was on NPR this morning to explain why he is ending Opus. For good. He’s my quick transcript of what he said about the end.“I’ll be leaving Opus in a way that it should be very clear that this time there is no way going back home. I don’t think about myself as […]
Chad Carpenter’s self syndicated comic Tundra is now in stores on greeting cards. The first batch of eight different Tundra greeting cards are birthday cards with more due out in November featuring “snowman” and Christmas. Another line of Father’s Day cards is also planned for release. The cards are printed and distributed through Recycled Paper […]
» Stacy Curtis‘ book that he illustrated, “The 7 Habits for Happy Kids” debuted on the New York Times Best Seller List at #4» The News and Observer has written a Q&A about the most oft asked questions regarding its line-up and comics in general.» Comic Book Resources continues to look at historical editorial cartooning. […]
Washington Post Writers Group has announced that Berkeley Breathed’s Opus will end syndication on November 2. According to the press release, Berkeley has vowed that this end is for good. “With the crisis in Wall Street and Washington, I’m suspending my comic strip to assist the nation. The best way I can help is to […]
Ted Dawson (artist) and Max Weaver (writer) are offering a new comic to newspapers for free. The new comic, entitled Grubbs, is about an imaginative eight-year old boy, his imaginary friend Tyler and their exploits to torment his older siblings. The feature is offered for both daily and Sundays. The two plan on releasing comic […]