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Daily Cartoonist looking for volunteer ‘blogsitters’

by Alan Gardner

Next week I’ll be taking a much anticipated vacation as my wife and I celebrate our 10 year anniversary. I’m completely okay with leaving the kids behind for 10 days, but leaving the blog unattended is putting a twist my knickers. I’ve asked Aaron Taylor to help things going, but not wanting to place too much burden on him, I’m opening the door to others who would like to take a turn behind the reporters desk of the Daily Cartoonist. Read on for details on how to register to post news on the Daily Cartoonist.

Daily Cartoonist is moving hosting providers

by Alan Gardner

Just a friendly heads up that in the next couple of days, I’ll be moving this blog to another hosting provider.  For most of you the transition will be seamless and you’ll never know that anything had changed.  During the 2-3 days that the DNS record is propagated throughout the Internet, there will actually be two instances of the Daily Cartoonist running – one on the old server environment and another in the new.  The only complication this creates is if someone makes a comment on a posting on the old server after I’ve moved all the content to the new.  In such cases, I’ll do my very best to catch all comments and move them over manually.

Thanks for your continued visits!

Steve Benson, Brian Fairrington’s work on display

by Alan Gardner

?We get their jaws flapping, and in Sun City we get their hearts stopping.?Benson and Fairrington, two longtime Valley political cartoonists, will be the subjects of a new art show at the Ostrovsky Fine Art Gallery in Scottsdale on Thursday.?Too Hot to Handle? will feature some of the artists? most controversial work, including cartoons that never saw the light of day.Original drawings will be available for purchase, and the artists themselves will be there to greet visitors and demonstrate some sketches.Fairrington got his start at Arizona State University, and is now nationally syndicated….  His awards include a Pulitzer Prize in 1993.Gallery owner Victor Ostrovsky said that, as an artist, he has been impressed with the cartoonists? work.?With very little effort they easily could glide into fine art and be extraordinarily successful in it,? he said.Benson said editorial cartoons generally are not categorized as art; however, they have been a very important expression of artistic opinion in the history of the United States.?You can look at the chronological stream of cartoons to see where nations are at historically,? he said.

Speed Bump caption contests brings in nearly 4000 entries

by Alan Gardner

Earlier this month, Dave Coverly opened up the second “Speed Bump” caption contest with a window of less than two months to receive submissions.  According to his web site, Dave has received nearly 4,000 entries!Originally the winner was to be announced on the 27th during the Reuben Awards weekend, but he has postponed the announcement until “mid-June” – presumably due to the large number of entries.

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