Today marks Jim Davis’ 30th anniversary of the launch of Garfield. Here is a round up of all things Garfield for the day.News ArticlesThe Times Online (Uk) takes a look at the Garfield empire that is estimated at $750 Million to $1 Billion last year.Newslink Indiana interviews Jim Davis. They’ve also posted a video portion […]
This year’s Harvey Award nominees have been released. in the category of Best Syndicated Strip or Panel, the nominees are: Doonesbury (Garry Trudeau), Get Fuzzy (Darby Conley), The K Chronicles (Keith Knight), The Mighty Motor-Sapiens, (Mark Wheatley, Daniel Krall, Robert Tinnell, MJ Butler, Craig Taillerfer, Matthew Plog, and Jerry Carr), and Mutts (Patrick McDonnell). In […]
Matt Janz’ Single and Looking will be coming to an end this Sunday. On his web site Matt writes that he’s pulling the feature due to lack of client newspapers.He continues: The infamous name change from “Out of the Gene Pool” in 2007 was a last effort to reach those close-minded, hairy-noseaphobic newspaper editors who […]
Today marks the debut of Mark Buford’s Scary Gary – a Munster type strip with a 700 year-old vampire, a monster and disembodied head living in a jar who move into the suburbs. Along with the Knight Life and Pooch Cafe, Scary Gary is on trial mode at the News and Observer.Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury returns […]
Randy Glasbergen, one of the most prolific cartoonists in the industry, has several projects that are going to be launching in various places around the world.Firstly, Randy has signed a 5-year contract with Recycled Paper Greetings (RPG). RPG will be adapting Randy’s single-panel cartoons to greeting card designs for holidays and other occasions. Randy’s Thin […]
» Jeff Stahler has a new collection of his comic panel Moderately Confused out in book form. It’s entitled “21st Century Confusion: A Moderately Confused Collection” and can be had at Amazon.com or your nearest bookstore.» Todd Clark also has a new book collection for his comic Lola. Check it out on Amazon.» Arizona cartoonist […]
Next week on June 19, Jim Davis will celebrate 30 years doing the Garfield comic strip. His syndicate, Universal Press has released a Q & A about the strip: Q: You’ve been drawing Garfield for 30 years now. Looking back, what was the most exciting event that happened during your career with regards to the […]
After announcing earlier this week that the Orange County Register was dropping Get Fuzzy and Pearls Before Swine, the editors have been “persuaded” to return the two features. Immediately.They write, Late last year, possibly in a moment of holiday giddiness or Santa envy or irresponsible eggnog consumption, Register editors thought to ask Register readers what […]
Here are four changes that caught my eye this week. I suspect next week will have a lot more as Doonesbury returns.» The San Diego Union-Tribune has a dilemma now that Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury is coming off sabbatical next week – which feature should they cut. According to E&P, the three that might be cut […]
» Next week’s Rhymes with Orange will be written and drawn by guest cartoonist Suzy Becker whilst Hilary Price is on vacation.» The man who was fired for posting Dilbert cartoon to the bulletin board at work has been hired with the help of Dilbert creator Scott Adams and his blog readers.» Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial […]
Tom the Dancing Bug, the weekly comic strip by Ruben Bolling, won the 2008 Best Cartoon Award from the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) at the 13th annual AltWeekly Awards luncheon in Philadelphia on June 7.This is Tom the Dancing Bug’s fourth win of the AAN Best Cartoon Award (it also won in 2002, 2003 […]
James Kemsley, who drew the Ginger Meggs comic for 23 years before passing last December, has been posthumously awarded Order of Australia Medal. The Daily Telegraph notes that the honor was just not for his work as a cartoonist, but also “for his role as a local councillor and for his other passion, the Bradman […]
Kelly Ferguson’s webocomic panel Basketcase has been picked up by his Alma Mater’s paper, the Mustang Daily. Perhaps more impressive is Kelly’s tenacity produce his strip after a construction accident left him a wheelchair with limited use of his hands. “I used to work construction to help pay for tuition and books, and during the […]
Dawn Douglass, a regular here on The Daily Cartoonist operates the Wet Ink forum and recently interviewed Lee Salem, President of Universal Press Syndicate, about the process of getting syndicated, what gets syndicated and how the syndicates are dealing with changes in the market.A sampling of questions and answers: 10. Are you concerned about the […]
Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk’s book, “Lisa’s Story,” has been honored with several awards. The book, which is a compilation of cartoons involving the story-line of Lisa’s cancer, was awarded a silver medal from the Nautilus Book Awards in the Aging/Death & Dying category; it was a finalist in the Popular Culture category of ForeWord […]