Dave Astor at E&P is reporting that Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial cartoonist Stuart Carlson has been “forced” to take a buyout. In an email Stuart wrote to milwaukeeworld.com he says, ‘Fraid it’s true. Given the cutbacks planned at the JS I was told they could no longer “justify” having a full-time editorial cartoonist. Although I’m […]
Last month, I told you that Retail creator Norm Feuti was working on a second strip entitled Gill. He has posted the Gill syndication submission online. He writes: Well, so far Gill has received a “pass” from both King Features and Universal Press. Both Brendan Burford (my editor at King) and John Glynn (the comic […]
The company that I host with has notified me that they applied an update last night to the server that The Daily Cartoonist runs on. The “fix” has caused issues that has affected whether TDC loads or not.The issue should be resolved soon, but until then, thanks for your patience.UPDATE: The site has been up […]
The Beat is reporting that Ballantine books will be printing a collection of the Garfield Minus Garfield strips by Dan Walsh. From their press release: The full-color book format will give readers the experience of having both the original and doctored Garfield strips together on the same page for comparison. Dublin, Ireland-based Garfield Minus Garfield […]
Last Friday’s Candorville contained language that the Washington Post objected to (the word “nuts” in the context of male anatomy). Instead of pulling Darrin Bell’s feature as they have in the past, Washington Post Writers Group (WPWG) Comics Editor Amy Lago says they were supplied an alternate version. Amy was quoted by E&P as saying, […]
Ted Rall writes in his column this week that newspapers could save themselves if they “take three audacious but absolutely essential steps, the print newspaper industry can save itself.” Those steps include: 1. taking newspapers offline, 2. copyrighting all articles they write, and 3. cut off the wire services. All of these steps, he argues […]
The two tunisian nations that were arrested for allegedly planning to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard will appeal their case to the Supreme Court. Last week an appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that the two should remain in jail pending their trial. The Supreme Court will decide whether they will hear the case.
» Dan Reynold’s Reynolds Unwrapped is now back on gocomics.com after a year or so hiatus.» You’ll Have That creator Wes Molebash has moved his strip to a new web site yhtcomic.com» Brooke McEldowney, creator of 9 Chickweed Lane and webcomic Pibgorn is updating the latter strip five times a week now. The Pibgorn sketches […]
Jim Hope, who freelanced editorial cartoons for the Culpeper Star-Exponent, has reportedly lost his gig after someone questioned whether a recent cartoon was a bit too similar to a Nate Beeler cartoon. Clay Jones, cartoonist for the The Free Lance-Star, has posted the cartoons in question on his blog where he also talks about this […]
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will be spotlighting the art of Briana Miller starting on August 16th.Briana Miller is a Berkeley-born, East Bay resident who has lived in almost every city that touches the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay. She created her first comic in 2000 and quickly discovered what she […]
The Pittsburgh based Toonseum has announced a new exhibit. To celebrate the city’s 250th birthday, the museum will feature original cartoon art from cartoonists spanning 50 years with artists such as Rob Rogers, Tim Menees, Tim Hartman, Randy Bish and Cy Hungerford. The exhibit is entitled “Drawn to the Hive” and runs from August 9 […]
As reported by Mike Rhode, a new 16 page alternative-comics monthly will debut on Friday. Part of line-up includes: Dan Archer, Pascal Blanchet, Ken Cursoe, Theo Ellsworth, Eamon Espey, Keith Knight, Morgan Pielli, Jesse Reklaw and Jen Sorenson.
The International Animated Film Society has announced this year’s Winsor McCay winners are Mike Judge, John Lasseter and Nick Park. The award honors animators who are “best known as a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation.” The three will receive trophies next January at the 36th annual Annie Awards.Mike […]
As reported earlier, Sally Forth writer Francesco “Ces” Marciuliano is filling in for Bizarro creator Dan Piraro this week using his Medium Large comic material. The first one is out and you can read Ces’ review of it on his blog. If you like Medium Large, visit the official site.
Sean Tevis is filing papers to run for the office of state representative in Kansas. The 39 year-old, first time politician was told he would need to raise nearly $26,000 to fund his campaign against the deeper pockets of his Republican competitor. After raising just over $1000 the traditional method of asking for donations from […]