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Earlier, I reported the Parade magazine was going to start running cartoons by Dave Coverly and Carla Ventresca. E&P reports that last Sunday’s line up included Dan Piraro, Donna Barstow and Gary McCoy.

Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau’s Sandbox blog – which allows service men and women deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan to write about their experiences – has been collected and printed in book form entitled “Doonesbury.com’s The Sandbox.” The Washington Post has an article about the book and a bit about Garry’s work to support the troops. […]

On Friday, Mike Baldwin’s comic feature Cornered will celebrate 10 years of syndication with Universal Press. Mike was one of the first cartoonists to color his daily cartoons by himself.

Bruce Guthrie took a good number of photos of Richard Thompson speaking at the Bethesda Writer’s Center last week as well as some photos of his cartoons. Richard is wearing the red shirt and gray jacket.Hat tip: Mike Rhode

Monte Schulz, Charles M. Schulz’s oldest son, has posted a comment over on Cartoon Brew regarding the Schulz and Peanuts biography calling the author, David Michaelis “arrogant” and outlines several small and large factual errors in the book. So, why didn’t I correct him when I read that first version? Because to change the central […]

Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson’s review of the Schulz and Peanuts biography that appeared in the Wall Street Journal had New York Magazine wondering how the newspaper tracked down the reclusively retired cartoonist. Long story short – they went through the syndicate. The magazine references an article over at the Cleveland Scene who, in […]

San Louis Obispo’s newspaper, The Tribune, has a lengthy article on Jerry Scott – one of only three cartoonists to have two comic features in 1000+ papers at the same time. The article explains how Jerry met up with Rick Kirkman to create Baby Blues (Jerry is the writer) and how he hooked up with […]

Jeffrey Weiss, the religion reporter for the Dallas Morning News, wondered why Tom Batuik made no mention of religion, prayers, god or faith in the story-line of Funky Winkerbean character Lisa Moore’s death. End-of-life is when people and their loved ones often confront their spiritual beliefs. But not a single strip mentioned God, clergy or […]

Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batuik is well into this book signing tour to promote his new book “Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe” and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. According to the Akron Beakon Journal, his first book signing in Akron brought out over 400 people. The book, which is printed by a small press […]

The Billings Gazette added four new features earlier this year: Pickles, Non Sequitur, Get Fuzzy and Baby Blues and now they have added Pearls Before Swine and Prickly City to their line ups. To make room for the new features, they have dropped B.C. and Mallard Fillmore. Additionally, the paper has announced that it will […]

Back in June, I told you that the Miami Herald was holding a contest called the “Great Cartoonist Search” to find a local cartoonist to create a cartoon that reflects South Florida. Over 155 cartoonists submitted and over 11 thousand votes were cast. Jim Morin, the Herald’s editorial cartoonist was one of the judges that […]

Plain Dealer columnist Michael Heaton, despite admitting his was touched by the death of Funky Winkerbean character Lisa Moore, is worried that it will become a trend as cartoonists see the attention that Tom Batuik received. So what do we have to look forward to in the funnies of the near future? Marmaduke the mutt […]

Retail creator Norm Feuti has a new book, Pretending You Care, is coming out next week. The Sun Chronicle has reviewed the book and interviewed Norm. Although “Pretending You Care” includes dozens of memorable “Retail” strips, Feuti’s book is unlike most cartoonist opuses in that the content isn’t confined to artwork. Instead, Feuti offers plenty […]

Last week I wrote about the new Schulz and Peanuts biography of Charles M. Schulz that that is being received coldly by the Schulz family. There is now an official web site for the book that includes a promotional video interview with the book’s author David Michaelis along with tour information and advanced promotional quotes.Hat […]

Yesterday Tom Batuik was on NPR’s Talk of the Nation to discuss death in the comics.