Comic strip fans in Sunbury PA have got to be happy. The local paper, The Daily Item has added 10 new strips without dropping any of the existing line-up according to E&P. The new features include: Brian Basset’s Adam@Home, Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman’s Baby Blues, Tony Carrillo’s F Minus, Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy, Wiley […]
This week’s Tom the Dancing Bug has a tragic end for a character who has, well, ended before (17 times), but this time the death will be “absolutely final.” Those who may be shocked by the news may take comfort that the Sam Roland character’s death has been called “absolutely final” at least four other […]
AAEC President Rob Rogers has put out a call for the best editorial cartoons for each presidential election since 1960 for an exhibit at American University’s Katzen Art Center entitled, “Running Out of Ink: 50 Years of Campaign Cartoons.” The exhibit will feature 80 framed original cartoons. Rob is asking fellow editorial cartoonists to send […]
To mark the 4th anniversary of the Iraq War, Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has posted most of his editorial cartoons that he’s drawn on the topic since 2002. A quick count put the total number of cartons at about 70 – some I recognized from his portfolio that won him his Pulitzer.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers will moderate a illustrated panel presentation called “There’s Nothing Funny About War: Editorial Cartoonists Take Aim” on March 28th. The panel will include Ted Rall, Scott Stantis, and Signe Wilkinson. The event is free, but you must reserve your tickets.
Daryl Cagle has posted another audio interview, this time with M.e. Cohen. Scroll down to find the link on his blog.
Dan Piraro is asking cartoonists to help raise money for an animal sanctuary in upstate New York by auctioning off cartoon originals. The last time a cartoon original auction was held for the sanctuary was in 2004 and according to Dan, “it made more money than any of our other fundraising events and the cartoon […]
The Charles M. Schulz museum has a full schedule this spring. On March 31, they’ll uncover the nursery wall that Charles’ painted back in 1951 in his home that has since been restored. On April 21, Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman will be on hand to talk about their Zits feature. On May 5th – […]
If you thought readers have strong opinions on their favorite comics, just wait until a paper moves their comics to different sections of the paper. Back in October the Hartford Courant placed Scott Adam’s Dilbert strip in the business section for “thematic” reasons. Karen Hunter, the paper’s “reader representative” has had a stead stream of […]
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 […]
As news of Jay Kennedy’s passing spread through out the weekend, cartoonists from all stripes are passing on their condolences and talking about their connection to Jay. One thing is clear from reading many of the comments on this blog, Jay connected with just about everyone. One reoccurring theme is the sheer number of aspiring […]
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 […]
NCS president Rick Stomoski has informed me that King Feature Syndicate Editor-in-Chief Jay Kennedy has passed away yesterday in a drowning accident while vacationing in Costa Rica. Not many details have emerged, but I will be watching for updates and post them here as the become available. I wish to express my condolences to the […]
In a letter to NCS president Rick Stromoski, Carmella LaSpada, the director The Commission on Remembrance, is asking that comic strip and editorial cartoonist to mention Memorial Day in their artwork – specifically on Memorial Day. The commission is a Congressionally created organization tasked to “encourage Americans to honor those who died for our freedoms […]
Last year in February, Tom Toles received a rare and public letter signed by six Joint Chiefs of staff members criticizing him for a cartoon that he did depicting a multiple amputee soldier and a callous Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. With the latest flap over General Peter Pace’s recent comments calling homosexuality immoral, Tom […]