Over on The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists web site is posted more information about this year’s convention in Seattle. Ted Rall, AAEC president, provides a fiery letter to its members about the need to attend and discuss solutions out of the present industry crisis. He writes: This year’s panelists and speakers will focus on […]
Dagwood’s Sandwich Shoppes, co-founded by Blondie cartoonist Dean Young who started the franchise back in 2006 to capitalize on the Dagwood sandwich made infamous in the Blondie comic, is struggling – at least in Clearwater Fl where the shop has laid off all by four employees – a skeleton crew. The company, which has national […]
I don’t have a lot of details, but according to one report, FoxReno.com, San Francisco Chronicle editorial cartoonist Tom Meyer is one of those who have taken a buyout. The Chronicle has threatened to close down if it can’t make concessions with its union. UPDATE: Sacramento Business Journal also mentions Tom’s buyout.
Two different comic stories have an underlining commonality. First, E&P reports that the Brenda Starr character (from the self named comic) will be furloughed from her job as a reporter. Mary Schmich, who pens the comics and is a columnist at the Chicago Tribune, tells E&P, “The budget cuts inside Starr’s fictional newsroom reflect the […]
A recent cartoon by Pat Oliphant depicting a goose-stepping soldier pushing the Star of David (that looks like a snake head) toward a woman and child (labeled “Gaza”) is being condemned by the Anti-Defamation League which has called the cartoon “hideously anti-Semitic.”From The Jerusalem Post: “Pat Oliphant’s outlandish and offensive use of the Star of […]
Gene Weingarten, the Washington Post columnist who won the Pulitzer Prize last year, is working on a comic strip for syndication. In his weekly online chat session yesterday, the topic of Doonesbury’s depth of characters was raised which parlayed in to a bit of information that Gene is working on a strip with his son. […]
A 1973 Peanuts Sunday strip is up for auction. The signed Sunday comic dated April 1, 1973 features Lucy playing a April’s Fools joke on Charlie Brown by telling him the Red-Haired Girl was waiting outside for a hug and kiss. After Charlie Brown takes the bait, Lucy says, “just like shooting fish in a […]
Title: Complete Reuben and Division AwardsMike Lynch has posted the last remaining National Cartoonist Society’s division award (Book Illustration). The nominees are: Jim Benton Cherise the Niece, Stacy Curtis Raymond and Graham Rule the School and Mike Lester Cool Daddy Rat. Congrats to the nominees. The complete list is now:Reuben Award Dave Coverly Stephan Pastis […]
Tribune Media Services has filed a lawsuit against actor Warren Beatty to regain the TV and movie rights to the Dick Tracy property. TMS alleges that Beatty “wrongfully claims” executive motion picture and television rights. Beatty purchased the writes in 1985 and released the Dick Tracy movie in 1990 which starred Dustin Hoffman, Madonna and […]
» New York Daily News cartoonist and writer Bill Gallo was the honored guest speaker at the fifth annual Honor the Free Press Day where he talked about his World War II experience and how it made him a better journalist.» The San Diego Union-Tribune found a buyer. I don’t know how that will affect […]
The 2009 Hugo Awards nominations are out for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. Howard Tayler, creator of the successful webcomic Schlock Mercenary, has been nominated in the category of Best Graphic Story. The other nominees include:The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle Written by Jim Butcher, art by Ardian Syaf (Del […]
» The Gazette (Cedar Rapid, IA) is bringing back Get Fuzzy and Pearls Before Swine. In an ironic turn of events, the two strip that were cut are making a return because the paper is moving to a smaller page width. As the editor explains, as you reduce all 20 or so comics on the […]
Chad Carpenter’s Tundra is now available on the iTunes App Store as a iPhone/iPod Touch app. They have released two versions – a free app with 25 comics in it and a $.99 app with 100 of his comic. Over the last couple of months, I’ve downloaded a few comic apps to see how each […]
This year’s finalists for the 2009 Doug Wright Awards.The 2009 finalists for Best Book are: Burma Chronicles Guy Delisle (Drawn & Quarterly) Drop-in Dave Lapp (Conundrum Press) Paul Goes Fishing Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly) Skim Jillian & Mariko Tamaki (Groundwood Books) The 2009 finalists for Best Emerging Talent are: Kate Beaton (History Comics) Caitlin […]
Scott Hilburn’s comic The Argyle Sweater is coming up on its first anniversary as a syndicated comic strip and now appears in over 200 newspapers in the U.S. The strip started as a lowly webcomic on Comics Sherpa before moving up into GoComics.com and landing a development deal for print syndication. The panel comic was […]