“Green Eggs and Ham” – the book Dr. Seuss created on a bet with his editor that he could write a book using only 50 words or less – has turned 50 today. The book has only 49 words and is one of Dr. Seuss’ best sellers.Here’s a video of the Reverend Jesse Jackson reading […]
Twenty-nine South African editorial cartoonist have signed a declaration protesting all political and religiously motivated threats against the media. The government intends to create a Protection of Information Bill and Media Tribunal which many feel will restrict free speech in that country. Cartoonists who have signed the petition include: Andy (Sunday Times), Brandan (Business Day, […]
With the announcement that Cathy Guisewhite is retiring her comic strip Cathy after 34 years, a ripple of excitement was felt through the syndicated comic strip industry. There are a dozen 1,000+ client comic strips on the market right now. Very few of them will actually retire. So when Cathy exits the funny pages in […]
Here’s what makes today’s The Duplex work so well: The concept is okay, but it’s not brilliant. The touch of having his shrink — rather than a spouse or a friend — point out such a thing is brilliant.
Cathy Guisewhite, the creator of Cathy, has announced that she will retire her strip on October 3 (October 2 for dailies) citing the need to spend more time with family and pursue other creative opportunities. “After almost 34 years of meeting newspaper deadlines,” said Guisewite, “I’m facing some personal deadlines whose requirements simply exceed my […]
The internet is abuzz about JetBlue attendant Steven Slater who allegedly (depending on the news source) got on the plane’s PA, yelled some obsentities, grabbed two beers on as he exited the taxied plane via it’s emergency inflatable slide. Some are calling it the best “take this job and shove it” exit in history. The […]
The iconic swinger Betty Boop turned 80 years old this week. She was created by Max Fleischer and she debuted on August 9, 1930 in a cartoon called “Dizzy Dishes.”ABCNews aired a segment about the birthday and posted a video discussing the character’s history.And as the decades passed, Boop stayed young and popular. She became […]
Cartoonists Ted Rall, Matt Bors and Steven Cloud have left on a trip that will take them through Afghanistan, with visits to Pakistan and Iran. Michael Cavna interviewed them for the Washington Post’s “Comics Riff” earlier this week and sums up their mission, which is basically to go over there and find out what’s going […]
Digital Spy reports that Cyanide & Happiness co-creator Dave McElfatrick has been denied a work visa to the US because his work is, “not world-renowned.” The visa in question is a 0-1 Visa for notable artists to travel and work within the US. Dave is from Ireland and wants to work with this other three […]
Daddy’s Home, created by Anthony Rubino, Jr. and Gary Markstein has proven to be a popular comic strip in Canada. Creators Syndicate announced that it successfully sold the strip (both daily and Sunday) to 28 newspaper sites under the Canoe.ca brand. Earlier in the year, the co-creators picked up six other Canadian papers, Calgary Sun, […]
John Read, editor of “Stay Tooned!” and curator of the “One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages” exhibit has graciously sent me photos of the exhibit as seen in Jackson, Mississippi – the busiest mall in Mississippi he adds. He’s using a former jewelry store – hence the cases. Exhibit runs through August and then […]
And maybe you have to be of a certain age to read today’s Speed Bump and think of a moose.
Kurt Westergaard says he’s publishing a memoir of his life and his infamous cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammad with a bomb in his turban will be on the cover. According to Monsters and Critics, the book is due out in November.
Part of the 40th anniversary of Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury, Garry will be taking questions from fans and detractors and responding to 15 of them. A special website has been created to take those questions. If interested, go to AskDoonesbury.com. Submission deadline is August 16. Or you can leave your question below.
Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson has announced that he’s going to be posting daily commentary about each day’s strip on his blog. Or has he puts it… This blog has gotten a little moldy and stale, so to perk it up some I’m going to start a new feature that’ll run daily, or until […]