As of today, all of Corey Pandolph’s comics, Toby, Robot Satan, Greene with Envy, Barkeater Lake and The Elderberries will only be featured on GoComics.com. In a recent blog post, Corey said the decision was the result of an effort to try to simplify his life.He writes: This will greatly reduce my workload, as I […]

Editorial Cartooning» Jeff Koterba, of the Omaha World-Herald reflects about his first time attending the San Diego Comic-Con.Cartooning» TDC regular Mike Peterson attended a panel at Dartmouth College moderated by Richard Stamelman. Panelists include: Jeff Danziger, Jules Feiffer, Edward Koren and Edward Sorel. Jules is an artist-in-residence there this summer. Mike has a write up […]

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today announced that Jesse Springer, of Eugene, Oregon has won the 2009 “Science Idol: the Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest.” The competition draws attention to the work that must be done for the Obama administration to fulfill its pledge to “restore science to its rightful place.”Springer’s cartoon depicts a […]

Chowder creator C.H. Greenblatt has confirmed on his blog that the show has been canceled.We’re still finishing up lots of good episodes. I think you’ll see that we hit a really good groove third season. My biggest worry before we were cancelled was what would happen to the crew, but luckily, a large chunk of […]

Bob Muirhead has passed away at the early age of 66 – four years after suffering a debilitating stroke. Bob provided weekly editorial cartoons for the Observer for nearly 20 years while working his day job as a school counselor.

It’s feeling like 2008 all over again today. Rob Tornoe is reporting that Gary Markstein, who was one of two editorial cartoonist at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel until 2004, took a buyout and will be leaving the paper where he’s been in the design department since 2004. He currently draws the comic strip Daddy’s Home […]

A new book entitled “The Cartoons That Shook the World” about the infamous 12 cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad will not include any of the 12 cartoons. Yale University Press consulted with “two dozen authorities, including diplomats and experts on Islam and counterterrorism” who all agreed that the cartoons should not be included.Religion scholar and […]

Did Stephan Pastis insert the “F-word” in Tuesday’s Pearls Before Swine. Readers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch claim that it is there, the copy editor is said to be embarrassed. It made the local newscast. I don’t have access to the print version, but the online version isn’t detailed enough to make it out – […]

A new book about Bill Watterson is due out in October by Nevin Martell who set to write a biography of Watterson and his influence on cartooning (see my review of the book). He spent 18 months interviewing over a hundred of Watterson’s colleagues, peers, friends and family members. He has agreed to take questions […]

On one hand, you gotta admire the tenacity of Nevin Martell who set out to write a biography of Bill Watterson. He could of made his life easier by picking someone more forthcoming or cooperative such as Big Foot or the Loch Ness Monster. “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes” subtitled “The unconventional story of Bill […]

Matt Davies, the pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist for the Journal News, was one of 50 who were cut from the paper’s payroll yesterday as the paper cut 25% of their newsroom staff. Matt posted the following on his Facebook on Tuesday evening, “As of August 28th, the position of editorial cartoonist at The Journal News […]

Editorial Cartooning» E&P interviews Bill Schorr about his decision to return to editorial cartooning. » FANEXPO (a comix gaming etc. exposition in Toronto) is looking for editorial cartoonists for a panel.» A report from the retirement party for Roy Peterson of the Vancouver Sun. I reported last June that Roy had been laid off (forced […]

MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond has details on this year’s Walt Disney Hometown Toonfest in Marcelene, MO. The line up of guest cartoonists include animated editorial cartoonist pioneer Mark Fiore; Wiley Miller (creator of Non Sequitor); David Mowder of Hallmark Cards; and MAD Magazine art director Sam Viviano.He (Tom) is also calling for original art […]

» “Up” wins Teen choice award, which I think is surprising as I felt the movie was more of an adult movie that was fun enough for kids.» WALL-E wins Hugo award in the Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form prize category» Trailer for Astro Boy due out in October. Via Hector Cortez of Animation Blog

The mobile space is starting to get attention as syndicates and creators begin looking for new ways to monetize and expand their market. VentureDNA is launching ToonsWare on the Apple iTunes App Store partnering with Tribune Media Services to provide editorial cartoons. Stewart Dixon, CEO of VentureDNA, hopes to do more than just deliver todayâ??s […]