Several syndicated Universal Press cartoonists are taking time to help produce the “Big Top” comic feature while creator Rob Harrell is undergoing cancer treatment behind his right eye. ?I?ve really been overwhelmed by the kindness and the support of all the creators and the syndicate,? said Harrell, whose Universal strip features a cast of circus […]
Ann Coulter, the right-wing columnist (syndicated through Universal Press), just can’t stop offending the cartoonists. Currently she’s got Ted Ralls’ knickers in a twist after claiming he had entered the Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest (which he denies), now in her latest column she bashes Arabs, Bill O’Reilly, the NYT and even takes a parting swipe […]
Prickly City cartoonist Scott Stantis has a op-ed piece with his take on the Mohammad cartoon controversy.Newspapers with a long and storied history of cartoonists have seen fit to cut loose this valuable resource. Papers like the Los Angeles Times and Baltimore Sun are now without a staff cartoonist. The Chicago Tribune recently dedicated a […]
I sometimes wonder about the effectiveness of cartoons that are “insider-ish.” Yesterday’s Natural Selection, by Russ Wallace, depicting a political cartoonist entering the witness protection program, was funny and topical, but how did it square with the rest of the newspaper reading public?
The government of Malaysia may revoke The New Straits Times’ permit to print after it ran a Non-Sequitur cartoon. Wiley Miller’s February 20th’s Non Sequitur depicts an artist with a sign saying “Caricatures of Muhammad while you wait.”The New Straits Times got a show-cause letter from the Internal Security Ministry and was given three days […]
Two book announcements have been made. The first is a hardbound book called “I Love My Grandpa” by “For Better Or For Worse” Lynn Johnston. It will be released March 1.The second is a book called “Bizarro and Other Strange Manifestations of the Art of Dan Piraro” and will feature cartoons from Dan Piraro’s comic […]
The Scott County Heritage Center and Museum in Scottsburg Indiana is hosting an exhibit of cartoons from cartoonists, like Jim Davis, who call Indiana their home. In addition to Davis, a native of Muncie, the exhibit showcases cartoonists such as Allen Saunders, a Boone County native and Wabash College alumnus who revamped “Mary Worth”; and […]
From the Atlanta Journal-Consitution comes this story how the comics have been on the front end of controversy before. Comic strips cited in this story include: Blondie, For Better Or For Worse, Beetle Bailey, Little Orphan Annie, Pogo, and Popeye. Comic strips, often whimsical and boiling with schmaltz, have been the province of pointed commentary, […]
While this may have very little impact to readers of this site, I post it nonetheless on the grounds that it has nothing to do with the Mohammad cartoon contoversy. With that admission, here is the story. Enjoy.London’s first cartoon museum, with 3,000 books and 1,200 images, covers three centuries, from Georgian Rowlandson watercolours of […]
Scott Stantis’ feature “Prickly City” had strong Mohammad controversy undertones in yesterday’s strip. The strip featured one of its characters writing to the newspaper demanding that a cartoon be removed from the paper because it was offensive. The cartoon in question is “Marmaduke.”Update: In this posting’s comments Chippy Me Word points out that today’s Prickly […]
The play “You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown”, based on Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip characters, will be on stage in Foxboro MA. Based on Charles Schulz’s “Charlie Brown” comic strips, this show, which helped make a star of Kristin Chenoweth when it was revised on Broadway in 1999, is bright, fun, and adorable. As […]
Brad Anderson’s Marmaduke will be featuring the story of real life dog Maggie that was sent in by nine-year-old Lydia Joyner. Brad features real life dogs as part of his side feature “Dogs Gone Funny.” Lydia’s story will run this Sunday. “It’s just weird. I just thought he would read it. I didn’t know it […]
Daily Illini editor Acton Gorton was relieved of his duties after printing one of the Danish Mohammad cartoons in his column. There is a good reporting of the events leading to and the aftermath of the printing on a Chicago Tribune blog. He said in discussions with students he had come to believe that there […]
Editorial cartoonist and “?Suburban Cowgirls” artist Edward Colley was taken to the hospital after a serious car crash earlier this week.Newspaper cartoonist Edward Colley was hospitalized in fair condition following an accident at noon yesterday. Colley, 68, of Holmes Street, was injured when his car collided with a pickup truck on County Road at about […]
Tribune Media Services has pointed Jay Fehnel as vice president of its entertainment products division, overseeing the company’s extensive collection of television and movie information products. “Jay has played a significant role in the growth and development of TMS in general and specifically of the entertainment products division,” said David D. Williams, TMS’ president and […]