I received an email from Steven Cloud announcing that his web comic Boy on a Stick and Slither has been picked up by United Media to run on comics.com beginning today.From the press release: BOASAS is a strip that can be silly, profound, or even absurd. At times, it can be political, but not necessarily […]
A new Rose is Rose collection is due out this month entitled The Enchanted Rose. This is the second book collection since Don Wimmer began contributing to Pat Brady’s comic feature. The book retails for $12.95, but you can buy it at amazon.com for about $10.36 and support his site.
Mike Lester, editorial cartoonist for the Rome News-Tribune, has won the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi Award for excellence in journalism.Regarding his entry, the judges note: “We felt Mike Lester’s editorial cartoons for the Rome News-Tribune showed a unique, breezy and consistent style. Each panel was strong and wry while commenting on important […]
Darrin Bell and Matt Richtel have redesigned their Rudy Park web site and have added a new feature called “Ask Sadie” (the octogenarian character). From E&P we learn that the two have received about 40 questions so far. The “Rudy Park” writer joked that Sadie, because of her “rigid schedule,” would “prefer if people writing […]
Steve Moore, creator of In The Bleachers, and co-creator and co-executive producer of the hit animation movie Open Season appears on a promotional video over on Amazon.com about his roll in the creation of the movie. If you haven’t seen Open Season, it’s quite entertaining. My kids laughed through the whole flick.You can purchase your […]
Just about missed this one, but the Aljazeera English’s The Riz Khan Show is looking for editorial cartoons and editorial animations according to a posting over on the AAEC’s web site. Visit the site if interested.
I’m running a bit behind after spending three days in Ohio. I’ve got some more stuff to post regarding the trip including a transcript of my presentation. The audio recording didn’t turn out as well as I had hoped. My voice becomes inaudible at times depending on where I was standing on the stage. I’ll […]
Opus now appears in Tribune Democrat (Johnston, PA). First time Berkeley Breathed’s work has graced their pages…ever.The Capitol (MD) opines about how difficult it is to switch strips in and out of the funny pages but settles on adding the following for their Sunday selection: Pearls Before Swine Pickles and Non Sequitur. Outgoing strips include: […]
This week, I’ll be spending much of my normal blogging time working on my presentation that I’ll be giving at the Lakeland Community College Comic Symposium this Saturday. As a result, blog posts here will not always be at the normal time (morning). If you don’t see the blog updated in the morning (8:00 am […]
Universal Press has announced that Bob Harrell will end his comic Big Top on March 25th. In statement by Bob, he says:This was an incredibly difficult decision. The strip, and the characters feel like family to me and I loved every day of doing Big Top. But for both professional and financial reasons, itâ??s time […]
I took today and tomorrow off from work to take care of some personal matters and I won’t have much opportunity to blog the rest of the day, though I hope to be back to full blogging speed tomorrow.
The Scripps Howard Foundation has announced the names of their judges for this year’s national journalism award competitions. Ted Rall, syndicated cartoonist and United Media’s acquisitions & development editor will be one of those judges. The awards will cover 17 print, electronic and journalism education categories with cash prizes equaling $195,000. Winners will be presented […]
The 2007 Lakeland Community College Comic Symposium line-up has been announced. This year’s event will include one syndicated team: John Forgetta and Kathy Dow, creative team for the feature The Meaning of Lila. Other committed speakers include: Dr. Michael Bitz, Founder and Director of The Comic Book Project, Tony Isabella, editor, writer, creator, columnist who […]
Guy Gilchrist, co-creator of Nancy, writes a periodic article called “Drawn To Success” in which he talks and inspires the next generation of cartoonists on how to better their craft and achieve their goals. In his latest column, he introduces an apprentice program to allow six students to be mentored by him for a one, […]
At 78 years of age, Al Scaduto is still going strong doing the daily They’ll Do It Every Time. The Connecticut Post has a write up on Al’s history working on this feature that was first started in 1929 by Jimmy Hatlo.