Just received confirmation that Eric Devericks, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times, has been laid off along with 40 to 50 others. Eric’s position was on the cutting block earlier this year, but was spared after enough staffers took a voluntary buyout. On this round, only about half of the necessary cuts were voluntary. As […]
There have been a couple of interviews and profiles that have been posted lately. The Daily Interview has interviewed Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett (see parts 1, 2 and 3) and The Hippo has profiled top cartoonists living in New Hampshire which includes: magazine gag cartoonist Mike Lynch, Six Chix cartoonist Stephanie […]
Brad Anderson, the creator of Mamaduke, will be on Animal Planet’s “Dogs 101/Cats 101” this Saturday (8 p.m. ET/PT) and then again on Sunday. The program offers viewers just about everything they want to know about different breeds of cats and dogs. Brad’s episode will of course highlight his own Great Danes. “I am so […]
As mentioned back in August, Bill Kellogg, the Marketing Director behind Tundra, proposed hosting a self-syndication seminar in Las Vegas for early spring. Due to scheduling conflicts, the seminar is being pushed back to September or October of 2009. He has confirmed to me that Amy Lago, comics editor at Washington Post Writers Group, will […]
An 2004 Wizard of Id made its way around the Internet this year with an altered punch-line aimed to insinuate that unintelligent people vote Democratic. The joke is set up by Rodney, the cowardly knight, asking if voters shouldn’t be required to take an intelligence test to vote. Here is the altered comic:After receiving a […]
Godfrey Amon Mwampembwa (goes by the name Gado), a Kenyan-based cartoonist heading to the U.N.’s Cartooning for Peace exhibit in Wellington, New Zealand, was not able to attend the exhibit, that included his own work, after Kenyan workers declared an impromptu national holiday after Barack Obama was named the winner of the U.S. presidential election. […]
According to an article on Mint, comic strip characters have the recognition of celebrities at a fraction of the cost when it comes to businesses using them to build brand recognition and advertising campaigns. Due to an economic downturn worldwide, using comic strip characters is a growing trend because in addition to the cost, the […]
With so much gloom and doom in the industry, I couldn’t help highlight a heartwarming story that was reported in EastbayRI.com about cartoonist Steve Brosnihan that has been drawing and teaching cartooning to sick children twice a week at his local hospital since 1991. From the article: Steve visits with six or seven patients every […]
Jimmy Margulies, editorial cartoonist for The New Jersey Record, has written the following faux news article to parody the senseless firings of editorial cartoonists. New York ( November 12 ) Harper’s Weekly has eliminated the position of Thomas Nast, famed editorial cartoonist, noted for his pursuit of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall as well as […]
We’ve discussed this issue before: how will a largely liberal editorial cartoonist community deal with a president that many were rooting for? Pat Oliphant, in an article in the Kansas City Star, admits that he likes Obama. In the article he states, “I’m now trying to deal with the dilemma of liking the new guy. […]
Atlanta Constitution Journal editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich has been awarded the Brooke Baker Award for Lifetime Achievement by The Dunwoody Friends of the Library in Dunwoody GA. The award is given to authors who are residents of Georgia. Mike has two book collections of his cartoons: “Lotsa Luckovich” and “Four More Wars.” The award was […]
The Kansas City Star announced that is laying off 50 of its employees, one of which is their editorial cartoonist Lee Judge who has been at the paper for 27 years. Lee, who found out yesterday, tells me that he is still processing the news and working through the system of Human Resources and hasn’t […]
Most of the comic changes listed below have been reported before, but here we go:» The Kennebec Journal picked up Non Sequitur to replace Opus on Sundays. They’ve included an interview with creator Wiley Miller in the announcement.» Candorville and Secret Asian Man are in trial mode at the Sacramento Bee.» The Lawrence Journal-World replaced […]
I just received an email from Steve Greenberg telling me that his job with the Ventura County Star will be eliminated as of Nov. 30. Since 2002, Steve has been with the paper doing editorial graphics and editorial cartoons as a secondary position. He tells me as the single artist, he thought his position was […]
Norm Feuti, creator of Retail, has announced that he is launching his strip Gill as a webcomic beginning today. Gill is a comic strip that takes a humorous look at the life of an 8-year-old boy who lives under less than ideal circumstances. Gill is overweight. His parents are divorced. His mother struggles to maintain […]