The Growing old with BC – A 50 Year Celebration book that I reported to be out this fall has already sold out from the manufacturer. The first run contained 10,000 copies. The publisher, Checker Book Publshing Group, says they will be doing another run soon. Some copies are still available at retain and online […]
From E&P we learn that the Charles M. Schulz Museum requested the original Non Sequitur comics satirizing the recently released Schulz and Peanuts biography from Wiley Miller, which he happily donated. The strips ran from October 3 through November 3rd.Regarding the dontation, Wiley said, “The most important tool for a satirist is to have a […]
E&P reports that Sunday’s Prince Valiant was the 3,700th installment. The feature is currently being created by Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz. Prince Valiant debuted in 1937 by Hal Foster and then was taken over by John Cullen Murphy.
Retail creator Norm Feuti has posted his two letters that he received from former King Features comics editor Jay Kennedy. Both letters show an encouraging editor he was.
The Washington Post has reprinted a PC World article listing five web comics “that will make you ditch your newspaper.“ Let’s face it: Most newspaper comic strips are pretty dull, rehashing, over the past few decades, the same formulas (and often the same characters). That’s why comics connoisseurs have been turning to the Internet, where […]
Last week I reported that the The Observer-Reporter, (PA) dropped Lio in favor of a new-comer Ollie and Quentin. Now I read that the Quad-City Times (IA) has also dropped Mark Tatulli’s Lio so it could pick up Piers Baker’s Ollie and Quentin. Two instances probably doesn’t establish a pattern or mean much in the […]
Dave Astor reports that former Tribune Co. boss Dennis FitzSimons is receiving a buyout package of approximately $41 million. When contacted by E&P, AAEC President Nick Anderson for a response, Nick and others of the AAEC board drafted up a top 10 list of fund-raising ideas to make sure FitzSimmons receives his fair portion.The list […]
I’m seriously late with this notice, but the Comics Coast to Coast guys have interviewed Retail creator Norm Feuti.
Signe Wilkinson’s Family Tree has been launched and according to the Yakima Herald-Republic it launched in more than 75 newspapers. Piers Baker’s’ feature, Ollie and Quentin has also launched today. I don’t have numbers for Piers’ feature. I have the press kit and will be posting my review of Family Tree and Ollie and Quentin […]
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has posted an email interview he did with me regarding last years events and the state of newspaper cartooning. Feel free to disagree, ask follow up questions, or add your own in the comment section below. This year saw Gardner’s site deepen its reputation as a must-visit repository of strip and […]
Stone Soup creator Jan Elliot will be profiled on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat program on January 10th. The show will be available on the web the next day.
Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller will be publishing a second Ordinary Basil children’s book next month. The book is entitled Attack of the Volcano Monkeys.His first book, The Extraordinary Adventures Of Ordinary Basil, was released in November of 2006 and was chosen as “Teachers’ Picks: Best of 2006.”
Universal Press has confirmed a tip I received yesterday that Lucky Cow creator Mark Pett has decided to end his feature in February. Lucky Cow launched in April of 2003 and appeared in about 50 papers. When contacted for comment, Mark reports that he had been thinking about this for a while now, but wanted […]
It’s been awhile since I’ve had much to report on the changing landscape of comic page line ups. Here is a sampling of changes happening around the country.Tony Carrillo’s F Minus will take the guest comic slot for the next two months at the Register Guard (OR). The editor writes that the previous guest, Cul […]
Thad Ogburn, the features editor at the Raleigh News & Observer, has announced the results of their comic poll that they ran back in November. Nearly 8,000 votes were cast and the paper has decided to expand its offerings by adding six new features and bringing back three previously dropped features to their current line […]