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2010 Doug Wright Award winners announced

Congrats to Seth, Michael DeForge and Marc Bell. Press release:Canada’s finest comics and graphic novels were celebrated last night as the 6th annual Doug Wright Awards touched down in Toronto?s Bram & Bluma Appel Salon in a ceremony hosted by ReGenesis actor Peter Outerbridge. This year?s top honours included:BEST BOOK: George Sprott: (1894-1975) by Seth […]

How Webcomics.com is doing as a subscription site

Last January Webcomics.com went behind a paywall to much the surprise to many of us. Fleen.com’s Gary Tyrell looks back to see how the site has changed. That fourth graf is where I got it especially wrong ? I was reading WDC as an informational resource and nothing more; what?s become clear is that Brad?s […]

The Phantom returns to comic books

Dynamite Entertainment, under license from King Features syndicate, returns The Phantom to comic books this August with Alex Ross at the creative helm, Scott Beatty scripting and Eduardo Ferigato on art in the ongoing series.The series begins with no Phantom. The historic line stops at Kit Walker the 21st, who has forsaken the mantle of […]

“Snoopy” arrested while breaking into prison

A man dressed as Snoopy was arrested while trying to free an inmate in Britain. Thesun.co.uk reported on Monday that jail workers were stunned when confronted by the Peanuts character waving a gun. When the man dressed as Snoopy and an accomplice failed to break down a door, they pelted prison officers’ cars with concrete […]

CSotD: Happy Day after Mother’s Day

There weren’t so many “breakfast in bed/chaos in the kitchen” Mother’s Day jokes as usual yesterday, but there weren’t many like this, either.I haven’t looked to see when it will be coming up, but I’ve got a profile of Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot that will be running one of these weekends. It was one […]

CSotD: Knight Life at two

I don’t know if Keith Knight is feeling introspective because his strip, “Knight Life,” just turned two years old, or because (as he plugs here) he’s got his first collection out. But here’s an inside look at the work of one of about half a dozen cartoonists who I could put in this spot almost […]

Cafe Con Leche character to come out of closet

Charlos Gary isn’t saying which character, but on a recent blog post he announced that one of his characters from Cafe Con Leche “will be coming out of the closet in June.”He writes on his blog: It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog entry. I’m just writing to let you know that […]

Jihaad Jane and Jamie waive right to speedy trial

The two women arrested for allegedly plotting to carry out a plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks appeared in court and voluntarily waived their rights to a speedy trial. The woman Colleen LaRose and Jamie Paulin-Ramirez (dubbed “Jihaad Jane” and “Jihaad Jamie” by the media) have pleaded not guilty. Their trail could start as […]

Mark Cuban: Tax Wall Street, give to main street

I’m not a financial expert, but Mark’s advice sounds smart.So tax the hell out of Wall Street , give it to main street. Make it tougher for the financial engineers and you will make it easier for investors to evaluate companies and hold on to shares and maybe even act like owners of those companies.Taxing […]

Futurama to return on June 24

Comedy Central has announced that Matt Groening’s Futurama will be returning to air on June 24th of this year.Here’s the released teaser: Futurama Weeknights, 9p/8c New Episodes on Comedy Central www.comedycentral.com Futurama New Episodes Futurama New Episodes Funny Demon Zombie TV Show

CSotD: In your heart, you know they’re (far) right

Tom Toles sorts out the conservative response to the Times Square Terrorist. (For those who have not followed the details, he’s not projecting any potential views. He’s reporting actual positions.) Toles has a style that is so playful that, even when he’s delivering zingers, it feels pleasant. Or, to riff on an old definition of […]

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