Ben Sargent finished out his employment with The Austin American-Statesman last Friday. He announced he was taking a buyout a few weeks ago. He has been with the paper since 1974 and brought home a Pulitzer in 1982 and was a finalist in 2000 and 2001.To commemorate his departure, Ben pulled from the archives seven […]
The Toronto Star has dropped Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy in favor of Aaron Johnson’s new (at least in print) comic W.T. Duck. The editor noted the flood of calls from Get Fuzzy fans, but in the end the decision was made by “canvassing some newsroom comic page readers” and making “a judgment call.” Public Editor […]
Comic Riff blogger Michael Cavna notes that his paper, The Washington Post will cut five comics from their line-up starting March 30. The comics on the chopping blog include: Little Dog Lost, Pooch Cafe, Piranha Club, Zippy the Pinhead and Judge Parker. The comics will remain on their website.While not getting the axe, Michael reports […]
Joe Murray, creator of animated series Rocko’s Modern Life (1993-1996) and Camp Lazlo (2005-2008), announced on his blog that his eBook, Crafting a Cartoon, has been picked up for print publication by Random House. The eBook will be discontinued as a result (although it’s still available as I type this) and the book will come […]
This year’s Charles M. Schulz award for best college cartoonist goes to Grant Snider of The University News at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Grant will receive $10,000 for his comics “that reflect the influence of graphic novels.”I believe this is his blog where you can see samples of his work.Finalists this year included: Joseph […]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich has won this year’s Scripps Howard Foundation Announces National Journalism Award for editorial cartooning for “his ability to incite multiple emotions with the reading of a single cartoon.”Finalists this year include Don Asmussen, San Francisco Chronicle and Alexander Hunter, The Washington Times.
Nominees for the National Cartoonists Society’s 2008 Division Awards have been posted. The winners will be announced during the Reuben Awards dinner on Memorial Day weekend.TELEVISION ANIMATION Bryan Arnett – Character Design – “The Mighty B!” – Nickelodeon Ben Balistreri – Character Design – “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” – Cartoon Network Sandra Equihua and […]
The Tundra guys (Bill Kellogg and Chad Carpenter) have opened up registration for their self-syndication seminar that is scheduled for this September. The two 2-day seminar on how to self market and leverage the internet to make a greater income with comics is set for September 26-27 and 28-29 and will feature Bill and Chad, […]
» I’m heading into the busy time of year at my day job. I opened up the ability for you all to post news items when my time was sparse. Please consider contributing to keep the news fresh and the community growing. Thanks!» After cracking his Fibula skiing last week, Corey Pandolph, cartoonist for The […]
Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine has added “Un-died” to the English lexicon. Next time you’re playing Scrabble (and “Urban Dictionary” is a bona-fide credible dictionary), you can point opponents to “Un-died.”Stephan reports that he “can now die happy. And then undie.”
Can any of you tell me some of the best organizations for cartoonists who want to take their cartoons to the next level. (More publicity, more coverage, more distribution, more money) Also included in that, what do they offer / do if you spend money to join. (Like the AAEC, what does the fee get […]
© Nathan CooperUniversal Press Syndicate is launching a new comic strip called In the Sticks by Nathan Cooper. The strip centers on an ex-golf professional who inherits a nearly bankrupt golf club that is populated by three very odd animals who help him (more or less) keep the club running. The strip is tentatively set […]
Kevin Buist, blogging over at spout.com, reacts to the news that Fox is green lighting a Marmaduke movie. He contends that five comic strips should never be made into movies. They include: Family Circus, Cathy, Hagar the Horrible, The Lockhorns and Calvin and Hobbes. His argument isn’t that the comic strips themselves are bad, just […]
I neglected to mention yesterday that Rod Gilchrist has passed away of brain cancer late last month at the age of 58. Rod was the executive director of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. In a San Francisco Chronicle story, Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell said of Rod, “he just treated comic art with such […]
Several journalism associations have cancelled their annual conventions, but The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists President Ted Rall says that the AAEC will forge ahead with their plans to meet in Seattle despite the possible loss of the sponsoring paper, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “There has never been a more important time to come together and […]