Animated series South Park will air its 200th episode on Comedy Central in April 14. A website was recently set up for fans to congratulate its milestone.“South Park” debuted in 1997. Currently the show is on its 14th season.

This blog has been around long enough that Faithful Readers may have picked up a pattern, specifically that I put a premium on timing and silliness. For instance, the (real) Bob Newhart Show often had Bob say, “I just want a quiet evening with no interruptions, Emily,” and you knew beyond any possibility of surprise […]

The Atlantic Journalism Awards nominations were released today. The nominees for editorial cartooning are: Michael de Adder (Times & Transcript), Bruce MacKinnon (The Chronicle Herald) and Wayne Wright (Journal Pioneer).The awards will be presented on Saturday evening, May 8, 2010.Good luck gentlemen.

And here’s another one. Congrats to Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos who are celebrating 10 years of syndication of their comic Baldo.Here is Carlos talking about the strip in a radio interview on how the comic came together.

Sad news for Archie Comics. It is with deep regret and sorrow that Archie Comics acknowledges the loss of longtime artist, Henry Scarpelli, of Grasmere, Staten Island who passed away on Sunday, April 4 after a long illness. He was 79. “Henry was an invaluable part of the Archie Comics family,” said Archie Comics Co-President […]

UP has received a nomination for the Hugo award. The award is in the “Best Dramatic Presentation-Long Form” category. It goes up against Avatar, District 9, Moon and Star Trek.The award will be given during the 68th World Science Fiction Convention, in Melbourne, Australia on September 2-6, 2010.Hat tip to Animated Views.

There are tons of reviews on the device – some from people who have had longer time with than I have so far. But here’s my impressions after taking my company’s iPad home last night. First the negatives. It’s smaller than I had envisioned (not necessarily a bad thing) and it’s a bit heavy for […]

I feel a disturbance in the force.Variety reports that Lucasfilm Animation is developing a new animated Star Wars TV comedy series. Yes, you read correctly? a Star Wars comedy series. But really, are you surprised? If there is one thing George Lucas loves, it?s milking the Star Wars franchise for every golden drop.

This would probably be a good week to check in at Sherman’s Lagoon.I went to a Renaissance Festival ™ in the early 80s when my kids were young enough to have a good time there. And it was educational for all of us. We learned that medieval people were kind of annoying. In an amusing, […]

Lots of anniversaries lately. Here’s another. According to John Glynn over at the GoComics editors blog, editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant is celebrating 30 years with Universal Uclick.

Kudos to RingTales and Richard Thompson for two more Cul de Sac animations.

I will admit, I’ve always liked Andy Rooney ever since a rant a decade or so about how technology doesn’t really make things better (microwaves don’t make better food than oven, computers don’t make better writers than a typewriter, etc.). Like him or not, here he sounds off about how “funny” the funny pages are.Hat […]

The AP reports that terrorism charges have been filed against Jamie Paulin-Ramirez. Originally from Colorado, she was one of the seven arrested in Ireland allegedly plotting to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks. Paulin-Ramirez is linked to Colleen LaRose (aka JihadJane) who was earlier arrested in Pennsylvania.

Newspaper folks have always been known for their dark humor. There’s more than enough of that to do around these days, and Darrin Bell taps into some for “Candorville.”Any attempt on my part to comment would result in a tirade. Never mind. Darrin’s got it.

This is a profile I did of “Cleats” creator Bill Hinds that ran January 20, 2003, in the Post-Star, Glens Falls, NY Bill Hinds was a hit with your kids before he even began writing and drawing “Cleats.”Surprised?Though known among grown-ups as the artist half of the “Tank McNamara” sports-oriented comic strip, Hinds is also […]