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 […]

South African editorial cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, who goes by the pen-name “Zapiro“, has created a growing furor over a cartoon that ran yesterday depicting the members of African National Congress (ANC) of holding down lady justice and telling ruling leader Jacob Zuma to “go for it” as he unbuttons his pants. The Independent Online quotes […]

Title: WT Duck Creator: Aaron Johnson Syndicate: Universal Press Launch Date: September 8, 2008 January 2009 Rating (out of 5): Today marks the national launch of Aaron Johnson’s W.T. Duck for print syndication. I’ve been a fan of Aaron’s comic since he created the syndication bingo back in late 2006 (see here, here and here), […]

» As reported yesterday, due to his father’s death, Rob Rogers left the convention early.» Marshall Ramsey live blogged John McCain’s speech. Wasn’t so impressed. Money quote, “OK, had to take a break, the dog just puked on the carpet — although I am 99% certain it isn’t John McCain’s fault. I don’t know Banjo’s […]

Tom Richmond has been on deadline for the last couple of days and asked his wife to write up a blog post about what it’s like being married to a freelance artist. Hi! My name is The Lovely Anna, and I am the wife of a freelance illustrator (Insert Hi Lovely Anna! here). No, there […]

Rob Rogers has left the Republican National Convention early to return home to be with his father. His father passed away early this morning after a long battle with cancer. I offer my sincere condolences to Rob and his family for the loss of his dad.

FitzRoy Media has signed Peter Gallagher, the current writer/artist and nephew of Healthcliff creator George Gately, to a development deal to allow FitzRoy create feature films, direct-to-DVD movies and other licensing opportunities with the orange and black cat character.

Mr. Media (Bob Andelman) interviewed me yesterday about recent changes in Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse, Jim Borgman’s buyout and rumors of the end of Berkeley Breathed’s Opus.You can play it below, open it in your favorite mp3 player or pop open a new window.

After the Larry Craig fiasco, why the Republicans would want to hold their convention in Minnesota is beyond me. But they are and so some cartoonists are on the ground. » Rob Rogers is in the Twin Cities covering the storm that has the Republican National Convention a buzz – John McCain’s VP pick. He […]

Bill Melendez, the only person Charles Schulz authorized to animate his Peanuts comic strip has passed away at the age of 91. His career started in 1938 at Walt Disney Studios but went on to work for Warner Bros and United Productions of America, Playhouse Pictures and John Sutherland Productions where he was a director […]

After 32 years with the Cincinnati Enquirer, Jim Borgman is leaving behind editorial cartooning, both for his paper and his syndication work for Universal Press. For the last 12 years, he’s been doing both the editorial cartoons and his comic strip Zits which he co-created with Jerry Scott. The combined workload “adds up to a […]

The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that their longtime editorial cartoonist, Jim Borgman, has “applied for, and was granted, severance under the company’s voluntary severance program.” His daily editorial cartoons will continue through the month of September and then he’ll provide a new weekly cartoon feature later this year that will run on the Sunday Community […]

Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse is finally into its “new-runs” – successfully making the transition on Monday. I’ve tried to ascertain just how much of the comic page landscape has changed since Monday and preliminary notes would indicate that it hasn’t much. Kathie Kerr, Universal Press Syndicate Assistant Vice President for Communications, tells […]