Starting this Wednesday, I’ll be starting what I hope to be a weekly feature called the Webcomic Weekly News Roundup where I post that goings on of new comics, books, and news in general about the webcomic industry. If you’ve got a news tip for your own comic or something that has been blogged about, […]

This week Patrick McDonnell, creator of Mutts, will use his strip to push California’s Proposition 2, a ballot measure that would stop factory farm abuse. MM: Why is Prop 2 important to you, and what can your readers do to help? PM: Because 20 million animals will be directly impacted, suffering less, if this measure […]

Berkeley Breathed will be giving away $10,000 to a dog or cat shelter of a readers choice in conjunction to the Opus ending contest that was announced last week. The contest asks for readers to send in a one sentence entry guessing where Opus will be in his final paradise. The announcement says that clues […]

» MAD cartoonist Tom Richmond will be the “Phone a Friend” for Jim Batts, a fellow caricaturist, who will be competing on the “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” on October 23.» The Jamestown Sun (ND) has picked up Chad Carpenter’s self-syndicated Tundra.» Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich will speak at North Georgia College […]

I don’t get many reports of comic page changes outside of the United States, but thanks to Andreas Eriksson of Sweden, we learn that the Norra Västerbotten recently switched to a tabloid format earlier this month and brought in a focus group to determine which comic features should be dropped or picked up. Before the […]

The Oklahoman editorial cartoonist Jim Lange is retiring “early” after 58 years with the paper. His last cartoon runs this Sunday. Yesterday, members of the newspaper staff paid tribute to his career that produced over 17,000 cartoons and illustrations. His retirement wasn’t voluntary. His departure was part of 150 other employees that took buyouts, retired […]

Mike Lynch found a great interview with Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who drew the infamous cartoon of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban. The three part, sub-titled interview is presented below.Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Akron Beacon Journal editorial cartoonist Chip Bok has taken a buy-out after 22 years with the Akron Ohio paper. This was the third buy-out offer for his paper’s employees and Chip decided that now was the time to try something else.“Everyone knows that the newspaper industry is grim right now. The rust belt is perhaps […]

» Tak Toyoshima, creator of Secret Asian Man, will be giving a presentation at MIT on October 30 about his comic strip’s focus of group dynamics (racial, political, religious…etc). » This weekend, Tak will be a guest on the Weekend America radio program. The program discusses various topics’ newsworthiness. Tak will be on air with […]

The National Cartoonist Society and the United Service Organizations sponsored a trip to visit with American wounded soldiers in Germany earlier this month. Here’s a round up of write-ups on the experience:» Tom Richmond, one of participating cartoonists writes up the visit to the National Naval Medical Center, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Military […]

Firstly, I wish to thank all those who have generously donated in my fund-raising efforts here. Since this is the first time asking for donations, I really don’t know what to expect. I do know that I’m far from the estimated amount I’ll need to cover the NCS and AAEC gatherings next year. All money […]

This year’s holiday strip from the Newspaper Enterprise Association is entitled “The Search for Santa” and was created by Luann creator Greg Evans. The 16-strip story is written from the perspective of Luann’s dog, Puddles who wonders why Santa neglects to bring Christmas gifts to dogs. “The nagging question leads Puddles on a long journey, […]

» Tom Batuik will be speaking tonight at Akron-Summit County Public Library to mark Breast Cancer Awareness month. He’ll also be signing his bok “Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe.” » Big Nate creator Lincoln Peirce will be at the Longfellow Book store (Portland, Maine) this Saturday for a book signing of his book I Smell […]

For some heavy, geeky navel gazing, head over to Dilbert.com to read how Dilbert creator Scott Adams draws up his strip. His blog post talks about the evolution of his process from paper, pencil and zip-a-tone to his now paperless Cintiq 21ux process. There’s also a 4 minute video of him using his Cintiq.Most syndicated […]

The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) has finalized their comic page line-up after expanding their comics page last year to 42 comics. The six new comics that ran in trials since last year are: Agnes, Argyle Sweater, Arlo & Janis, Deflocked, Scary Gary and Wizard of Id. Three comics were dropped: Sylvia, Watch Your Head […]