According to the Gaylord Herald Times, Brenda Starr turns 70 tomorrow. The comic was created by Dalia Messick back in 1940. Today the feature is written by Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich and drawn by June Brigman. June is quoted in the Herald Times: “It’s been a great honor to draw Brenda and become a […]

Only two reported comic page changes that I can see recently. The Modesto Bee is test driving six new comics for the next month. Up to bat are Dustin, Bizarro, Oh Brother!, Fort Knox, Barney and Clyde and Home and Away.The Times Leader (PA) has added two new strips (without dropping any) to their line-up. […]

Okay, this time it’s personal. Zits happens to have used this gag the morning after I finally closed my eyes, clenched my teeth and plugged in what I hoped was the right power source.Three weeks ago, my computer died and needed a system restore, which, you may know, wipes it entirely clean and brings it […]

Empire online is reporting that Walt Disney will be releasing Beauty and The Beast and The Lion King will be released in 3D in the future. First, Hahn revealed that Beauty And The Beast isn?t the only Disney classic about to go 3D. A certain cartoon starring a warthog and a meerkat will be returning […]

I’m not sure I have all the pieces put together. From what I’m gathering, starting today the “Mister Boffo” has a “tag” printed inside the strip that when scanned by a mobile device (requires an app download) reveals an animated comic. I’m reading about this in the Star Tribune’s (MN) paper, so it may be […]

 Lincoln Peirce’s “Big Nate” is about life in the sixth grade, but school is out and apparently this is a world in which kids are not overscheduled into back-to-back-to-back camps, activities and sports.This isn’t a particularly new joke: An Irish friend used it once as a demonstration of the difference between the old Ireland and […]

Back in the late 2007, I began a feature called, “The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists” – a tribute feature where a notable cartoonist is invited to share with The Daily Cartoonist readers the cartoonists (or artists) that they feel have had an impact on their work or whose work they admire. Think of it as a celebrity […]

Dan’s website Dan’s blog Follow Dan on Twitter Find Bizarro books at Amazon News Coverage Download his Bizarro app from the App Store With the return of the Cartoonist’s Cartoonists feature, I could think of no better person to kick it off than this year’s National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the […]

Today King Features launches a new comic strip entitled Oh, Brother! by Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids creator Bob Weber Jr. and Emmy Award-winning creator of Secret Saturdays and Tutenstein Jay Stephens. Oh, Brother! is centered around a precocious younger brother, Bud, and a more sensible slightly older sister, Lily.From King’s announcement to their […]

The prolific Bill Holbrook offers a gag in On the Fastrack today that avoids being too geeky for most people to understand but is up several steps from the “what is this consarn newfangled thing?” level. I think there’s a large number of people who, like me, know when the brakes on the car need […]

 (This is one of a series of cartoonist profiles I did in 2003 for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY)She works in space, but talks about time.Bunny Hoest operates under very specific rules in writing “The Lockhorns.” It’s one panel with a set cast of two and only a very small supporting cast.In addition, there […]

Slashfilm is reporting that John Lasseter has been brought in to bring Cars 2 back from a near crash. Summary of events below. Less then a week later Blue Sky reported a rumor the John Lasseter, director of Toy Story 1 & 2, A Bug?s Life, Cars, and now the chief creative officer at Pixar […]

Ted Dawson notes over his blog that Joe Messerli has passed away at the age of 80. Ted writes: Joe Messerli was a rare talent. Several days ago I wrote that someone should interview this interesting man, as his career spanned several important decades and venues in cartooning, animation and design. Mr. Messerli was one […]

July 9 cannot come soon enough.

Tom Racine has posted this week’s Tall Tale Radio podcast with special guest Jerry Scott. Jerry collaborates with Jim Borgman on the strip Zits and with Rick Kirkman on Baby Blues.Tom writes: Fresh off his National Cartoonist Society win for “Best Newspaper Strip 2010,” Jerry Scott of “Zits” (and “Baby Blues”) joins me to talk […]