The Honolulu Advertiser is planning on 50 or more cuts in its employees. While the exact number of jobs is still being worked out, Wayne Cahill, administrative officer of the Hawaii Newspaper Guild, has stated that longtime editorial cartoonist Dick Adair’s position will be eliminated.

Over 300 Palm Beach Post employees have applied and were granted buyouts in an announcement posted on a blog posting on the Broward Palm Beach web site. Among the list of employees is long time editorial cartoonist Don Wright who has been at the paper since 1988. In addition to the 300 who applied for […]

Copyright Jeremy Nell.Today is former South African President Nelson Mandela’s birthday. Many (if not most) cartoonists are reportedly participating in a ‘toon in of sorts – posting their Mandela cartoons on a new web site called Africartoons.com. So far the first 100 or so cartoons are all on the topic of Nelson Mandela.Thanks for the […]

A Wall Street Journal interview with Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker is posted below. Discussed are his career, his collection and the news that the collection is going to the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library.

Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library has received an anonymous donation of $1 million to fund an endownment. Lucy Shelton Caswell told E&P that the money will be used to enhance “every aspect of our operations, from exhibition catalogs to the number of student employees we can hire.”It’s money well needed with the addition of […]

Starting last week and into this week, Sandra Bell-Lundy’s Between Friends is tackling the sensitive topic of domestic abuse. The topic is close to home – not from personal experience, but in an introduction to the topic on her blog, Sandra writes that in reconnecting with a friend from high school years ago and learning […]

Francesco “Ces” Marciuliano who writes for King Feature’s Sally feature will be filling in on Dan Piraro’s Bizarro during the week of July 28 – August 2nd and also with the August 24th Sunday. Ces’ work will include cartoons from his webcomic Medium Large. Dan will post each day’s cartoons on his blog and offer […]

A new Perry Bible Fellowship collection is due out in November. The new book is entitled The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack and features an introduction written by Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody. The book will include a complete run of PBF including the strips that came after Nicholas Gurewitch, previous collection “The Trials of Colonel Sweeto.” […]

Aaron Johnson’s What the Duck has been renamed to W.T. Duck and has a launch date of September 8. W.T. Duck first began as filler on Aaron’s band’s web site, but quickly gained a following. In December of 2006, he created “Syndication Bingo” to document his attempt to syndicate the strip. Universal signed him up […]

The newly launched Comics Riff blog talks to Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau about the state of satire in America today. Is satire’s influence on politicians and the electorate any greater or lesser than, say, when “Doonesbury” launched? I’ve never felt any of us had significant influence. The fear of public ridicule is universal, but I […]

» NPR reviews Willie & Joe collection.» E&P reports that a new “Luann’ comic collection is coming next month and a second Lio collection too.» Last week I reported that Charlie Daniel is celebrating 50 years of cartooning. The Knoxville News Sentinel has another write-up on his career and impact in his community.» Diesel Sweeties […]

Harry Bliss, a frequent New Yorker cartoonist, is releasing a collection of his one-panel cartoons in a book entitled “Death by Laughter.” The book will feature more than a 100 of his cartoons, which according to the Burlington Free Press contains a good number of “not-always-funny themes” such as death.In the Burlington interview he says, […]

The Washington Post has launched a new blog called “Comics Riff” which will be maintained by former Warped cartoonist Michael Cavna. The blog will be a daily critique of the funny pages, as well as interviews with cartoonists, reader polls and live discussions.

The July 21st New Yorker cover is a raising eyebrows and both the Obama and McCain campaigns have called it “tasteless and offensive.” The cover shows a cartoon of presidential candidate Barack Obama in a turban and middle-eastern garb fist-bumping his gun-slinging wife as the American flag burns in the fireplace. The New Yorker’s press […]

The Washington Examiner editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler has announced on his blog that he has a new duty each week to draw caricatures for the front covers of the Examiner papers in Washington, Baltimore and San Francisco. Regarding the caricatures, he writes: They’re definitely a departure for me in style and are proving to be […]