Each year, Terry and Patty Laban’s “Edge City” takes time from its normal round of domestic comedy to do a series of strips about Passover. Like Charlie Brown and the football, it’s an annual event those who follow the strip look forward to, but, again like Charlie Brown, it’s not completely isolated. Just as that […]
Terri Libenson, creator of The Pajama Diaries, has written a two week story-line focused on a rare blood disorder with her character Jill. The story is based off her own experience being diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia. The headaches were becoming so frequent, I went to the doctor (this time insisting it wasn’t sinus-related, as past […]
From a post from Ted Rall on Kickstarter. He’s raised half of what he needs to go to Afghanistan. My plan to return to Afghanistan this summer is halfway there–more than 140 backers have put up 50% of the $25,000 I will need (I’m also going to spend about $10,000+ of my own money) to […]
Last week I posted news that the White House Copyright Czar was soliciting comments from copyright holders on ways to improve copyright protection. I’ve received the following response from entertainment attorney Stu Rees, who was awarded the 2007 Silver T-Square by the National Cartoonist Society for “demonstrated outstanding dedication or service to the Society or […]
A collectors item I’m sure. The Government of the British Virgin Islands is delighted to announce a new coin release celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Peanuts, the famous cartoon strip featuring Charlie Brown and his dog, Snoopy. British Virgin Islands Commemorative 60th Anniversary of Peanuts Silver Proof Coin Featuring Snoopy. Also Minted are Proof Gold […]
Comingsoon.net is reporing that Sony Pictures is developing a CG 3D version of E.C. Segar’s Popeye. The storyline is being kept under wraps, but Popeye’s love interest Olive Oyl, nemesis Bluto and adopted child Swee’Pea will be part of the adventure, says Variety. Arad says the new version will cover the themes of friendship, love, […]
Well, wasn’t that an unpleasant process? And there is plenty more inaccurate, unfair commentary still floating around, and there will no doubt be more to come, including a lot of cartoonists who seem to be illustrating other people’s talking points instead of coming up with their own points of view.Which makes Stuart Carlson’s pleased, humorous […]
The Press Company has announced this year’s winners of their National Headliner Award. Dayton Daily News editorial cartoonist Mike Peters takes this years prize in the editorial cartooning category.Second and third place winners were Dana Summers and Steve Breen respectively.
A couple of changes of note:» Pickles is in trial mode in the Visalia Times-Delta (CA). The spot belonged to Cathy. Dustin ran for the previous two weeks.» Dustin replaces Cathy in the San Jose Mercury News on Sundays.If you know of any more, please forward them to me.
After more than three decades of drawing Garfield, Jim Davis will honored by Ball State University on April 17. An Extraordinary Evening with Jim Davis will recognize the genius of the comic strip creator, credited with developing the worldwide Garfield marketing phenomenon. Guests will have an opportunity to meet Davis and learn firsthand about the […]
Brett Koth, who works with Jim Davis’ to help produce concept and gags for the Garfield strip, recently launched a new strip through Creators Syndicate entitled Diamond Lil. As of March 1, “Diamond Lil” became Koth’s first nationally syndicated cartoon drawn under his name alone. He has served previous stints penning “Bugs Bunny” and “Mr. […]
The best part of “Between Friends” is the sense of “Yeah, exactly” that Sandra Bell-Lundy is so good at capturing. We’re used to the notion that a father who presses his son to excel at sports, or a mother who presses her daughter to be pretty and popular, are viewing their children as reflections of […]
A 368 page book collecting the comic book work of Milt Gross has been released by Craig Yoe.Milt Gross was a cartooning genius who was championed by Art Spiegelman in “Raw” and Dan Nadel in “Art Out of Time.” Gross wrote and drew what many consider to be the first graphic novel, “He Done Her […]
This is the first of 20 profiles I did of cartoonists and their strips for the Post-Star of Glens Falls, NY, beginning in January of 2003, after I had redone their comics page. Jerry Bittle had done “Geech” for years; his newer strip, “Shirley and Son,” was about to debut in the Post-Star.Jerry was easy […]
It’s pretty standard in comedy to have one character make an articulate speech only to have the other character respond with something banal to puncture the whole thing. What cracks me up about this strip is Petey’s complete lack of emotional response in return. He was sent to get his little sister for lunch and […]