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John Hambrock recounts his road to syndication

Over on John Hambrock’s blog, he recounts his long personal journey to syndication. The 15th anniversary of my comic strip journey is coming up in a few weeks. I remember the day the bug bit me. The year was 1992, although it doesnâ??t seem that long ago. For several years during my employment with the […]

Family Circus goes into thematic re-runs

Starting this week through August 25th, Bil and Jeff Keane’s Family Circus (dailies and Sundays) will be re-running favorite vacation panels from the last 30 years as the two work ahead of deadline. The strips will appear as they did when they were first printed with slight modifications to bring them up to the 21st […]

Ted Rall to Appear on Comedy Stage

According to Ted Rall’s blog, Ted will be making an appearance at the Ace of Clubs on Monday August 6th during Lizz Winsteads act. Lizz is a comedian and ex-Air America Radio personality. She does a two-part act – the first being “a bunch of satirical sketches” and the second a guest segment of which […]

Comic Relief exhibit to open in South Dakota

A new comic exhibit entitled “Comic Relief” is opening up in Sioux Falls (SD) and will feature cartoon art from Lynn Johnston, Mort Walker, Gary McCoy, Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Marcus Hamilton, Stan Goldberg, Dan Piraro, Hy Eisman, and Tom Richmond. The show is organized by Ken Alvine – a member of the National Cartoonist […]

Matt Wuerker appearing on AlJazeera English

Politico editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker will be appearing regularly on the Riz Khan show where he will select a couple of cartoons to talk about. The Khan show is part of the Aljazeera English network. Matt’s first appearance is now on YouTube (Matt’s segment starts about 2 minute into the video below). Cartoons featured in […]

Lynn Johnston rebuffs retirement rumors

Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better or For Worse, has issued a statement through Universal Press stating that contrary to rumors that are still in circulation, she will not be retiring this fall and will be continuing her strip in “hybrid” fashion. Dear Editor: Never did I suspect it would come to this. I have […]

Helen Thomas Not Amused With Doonesbury Strip

Despite high praise for cartoonists at this year’s AAEC convention, Helen Thomas – the 87 year old White House Correspondent for UPI wasn’t that impressed with Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury last week (see toon) that joked that she had been a correspondent at the White House since the Truman administration and that some say she was […]

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