Last Friday I told you that the Chicago Tribune was going to change their Sunday comics to a tabloid format. Mark Anderson has photos of the before and after as well as a close up on how some features are laid out in the smaller space.
Webcomic powerhouse Penny Arcade has announced that they have partnered with Hothead Games to create a new website called “Greenhouse” that will focus on selling downloadable independent games for PC, Mac, and Linux. The first game to be released will be “On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One”, a role playing game featuring Penny […]
A St. Patrick’s Day cartoon in the Leigh University student newspaper has prompted an apology from the cartoonist, the editorial board, and the university’s president after protests from students. The cartoon (see here) is entitled “Map for a Successful St. Patrick’s Day” and uses references to drunkeness, brawling, a “french fry famine” and a leprechaun […]
I just received a notice that The Complete Far Side Box Set is on sale on Amazon at 55% off the list price (normally $150, now $67.50). I don’t know how long this price will last or if it’s a normal on-going price. I picked on up. 🙂
Sandra Bell-Lundy, creator of Between Friends, has posted the sixth and final segment to her story of how she became a syndicated cartoonist. (Read about her earlier posts in this series) In August of 1993, my husband surprised me with a gift. It was a solid birch wood secretary desk that we had been admiring […]
Paul Gilligan, creator of Pooch Cafe has posted the submission he used when entering the NCS division award for newspaper comic strips. For the comic strip category of the NCS Awards they ask entrants to submit 12 strips from the latest year. Iâ??ve sort of gleaned that 6 dailies and 6 Sundays is probably the […]
Ben Sargent, editorial cartoonist for the Austin American-Statesman, has won The Best of Cox award for editorial cartooning. The Best of Cox is a journalism award for employees of the Cox newspaper chain that operates in six states.Regarding Ben’s work, the judges said, This cartoonist fires away. We were impressed by his clear, strong voice […]
Mutt & Jeff have just crossed over the centurion mark for a comic strip. The original feature by Bud Fisher included only Mutt and debuted in the San Francisco Chronicle in late 1907. He later added Jeff in March of 1908. According to Wikipedia, Mutt & Jeff may be the first daily comic strip.Over the […]
Audra Furuichi and Scott Yoshinaga are celebrating their second year with their webcomic Nemu*Nemu with the release of their second volume collection of their feature. Nemu*Nemu is Manga style comic with two stuffed toy puppies and two young girls. “A webcomic is much different from syndication because it goes everywhere and anywhere the Internet goes, […]
Here’s a list of some of the April Fools jokes I’ve come across being perpetrated on the cartoonosphere:» Ted Dawson has the newly re-release of Calvin and Hobbes – Manga edition» Tom Richmond is hanging up his Mad Blog.» Rich Stevens‘ Diesel Sweeties is going non-pixel.» Francesco Marciuliano is quitting writing for Sally Forth and […]
Here’s good news for the editorial cartooning community. Rob Tornoe has been hired as Politicker.com’s full-time editorial cartoonist. Politicker is a combination of political web sites – with ambitions to have a politicker site for each of the 50 states. Rob has been doing their cartoons for a month now.Rob notes that this position is […]
In the last week since I upgraded my blogging software and related plugins, a few of you have emailed me saying that your comments weren’t being posted. All comments run through a filter to weed out spam and some of you have been blacklisted by Akismet (a central internet database that logs known spammers). I […]
Washington Post Writers Group has posted notice that they will be launching a new feature on June 23rd called Home and Away by Steve Sicula. The featute’s premise is about a husband and wife dealing with the juggling act that is maintaining a home in today’s hectic world. The husband, Sam, telecommutes and mostly manages […]
E&P has written an excellent article on this year’s National Cartoonist Society Silver T-Square recipient, Stu Rees. Stu is an entertainment lawyer who “represent three-quarters of new comic launches” as he is one of the few attorneys that specializes in syndication contracts. He is also a cartoonist himself, and offers an unique perspective of the […]
Tak Toyoshima’s Secret Asian Man is on this week’s front cover of AsianWeek Magazine. This issue explores Asian American comic artists and their work in gaining recognition and portrayals of the Asian American experience. Other artists featured include Asian Americana by Ian Liu and Droodles by Alex Yu.Regarding Tak, they write: Secret Asian Man has […]