Corey Pandolph’s Toby Robot Satan has its own web site and appears in print in the New York City and/or Boston metro news publication.By posting this announcement, I’ve escaped eternal damnation. I think.

The Berkshire Eagle has replaced Pearls Before Swine with For Better or For Worse. Money quote from Stephan Pastis to the readers: “I like Lynn Johnston, she’s a great cartoonist. Don’t take your anger out on me. Don’t make me go back to the law.”The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran a two-day poll and had 11,000 […]

For those who have listened to my interview with Mr. Media where we discussed the possible end of Berkeley Breathed’s Opus or have been reading the comments of an earlier post about Opus, you know that I can only report what Amy Lago at Washington Post Writers Group has told me (thrice now), they have […]

The L.A. Times caught up with Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) to talk about his controversial cartoon that ran last Sunday. In the interview, Zapiro is asked what he was trying to say with the cartoon, if he hesitate to publish it (he did) and the reaction from fellow citizens and close friends. When asked what roll […]

The San Francisco Chronicle has dropped their Sunday comic offering from six to four pages resulting in the loss of five features: Mister Boffo, the Fusco Brothers, Brevity, Tokyopop and Sherman’s Lagoon. Additionally, the moved Dilbert to the business section and picked up Darrin Bell’s Candorville.Editors made their decisions with heavy influence on a comic […]

Richard Thompson, creator of Cul de Sac and Richard’s Poor Almanac has drawn the cover art for the November issue of the comic book section which appears as a regular feature in Nickelodeon Magazine. It hits the newsstands on Oct. 21.Nickelodeon Magazine is a humor and general interest magazine for kids with a circulation of […]

Mike Cope, a Canadian cartoonist and multimedia designer (also a regular here at The Daily Cartoonist), has written a book called “Last of the Funnies” a project he’s worked on for about a year now. The book’s plot is described as: After a worldwide energy and economic crisis, newspapers have ceased production and nearly every […]

John Read tells me that the second issue of Stay Tooned! is off to the press and should be mailed out in the next couple of weeks.

A new editorial cartoon exhibit is opening on the campus of Baylor University in Waco, Texas entitled “Drawing Power: Original Editorial Cartoons” next Thursday. The exhibit features over a 100 original cartoon art by 18 different Texas cartoonists. Ben Sargent, Dan Foote, Clyde Peterson, and Bill DeOre will be on hand on the opening reception […]

Due to time constraints here’s a round up of stories (big and small) that I’ve not been able to cover:» Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac just turned one year old yesterday – at least as a syndicated comic strip. Universal Press has indicated the Richard’s comic is now running in “about 200 newspapers.” The comic […]

Jim Borgman shocked the editorial cartooning community when he announced last week that he was taking a buyout and leaving the Cincinnati Enquirer and the editorial cartooning profession. He writes: I don’t know if I’ll miss this precious real estate I’ve enjoyed and the chance to talk about anything on my mind. I do look […]

Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama began using the words from a Tom Toles editorial cartoon that ran last Friday in the Washinton Post. In the cartoon John McCain and Sarah Palin are standing outside the White House and John says, “Watch out Mr. Bush! With the exception of economic policy and energy policy and social […]

Some readers of the Concord Monitor were offended at a full page comic last Friday that narrated a staff member’s recent civil union to his partner of seven years. The editor explained her reasoning for running the cartoon saying, The subject of their ire was a full-page comic strip in the Sept. 5 paper by […]

African National Congress president Jacob Zuma is lawyering up and is looking into taking cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (Zapiro) to court over Sunday’s controversial cartoon depicting Zuma ready to engage in a rape of Lady Justice. Zuma and Zapiro have tangled in court before back in 2006 because of three of Zapiros cartoons during a much […]

E&P is reporting that Dwane Powell will stay at The News Observer at least through the elections and perhaps until the end of the year. I reported earlier this summer that Dwane had been asked to drop down to a part-time freelance position with limited restrictions on the topics he could cover. He opted to […]