Five of the nations largest newspaper companies are in talks to create their own advertising network in hopes of recapturing ad revenue that hasn’t been made the leap from their print products to their web offerings. The consortium will create a common ad sales force to help compete against ad networks set up by Yahoo […]
Just heard from Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey on the results of his election night live blogging efforts. He reports that from 4:42 p.m. to midnight he wrote 46 blog posts with 8 cartoons – “seven sketchier ones and one that ended up being my cartoon for print.” His blog traffic doubled and was the […]
From E&P we learn that Keith Knight, creator of the K Chronicles and (th)ink will be at the Cartoon Art Museum on November 17 as part of their “Cartoonist-in-Residence” program. He’ll be there to talk shop, sign books, etc.
Paul Norris has passed away at the age of 93. Paul began his career with the Dayton Daily News and then later co-created Aquaman and Brick Bradford, a comic strip that he worked on for its 35 year run (1952-1987). Tom Spurgeon has the most detailed obituary on his career and accomplishments.UPDATE: A video tribute […]
Between Friends creator Sandra Bell-Lundy is detailing her early efforts to get Between Friends into syndication. So far it’s a part 4 series with more coming. Head over to her blog: Part One deals with her first attempt at national syndicationPart Two details a humorous story on her first attempt to pitch the strip to […]
Investor’s Business Daily has an interesting article on how Dilbert creator Scott Adams got into comics. The article might not shed a great deal of new information on Dilbert history, but it’s worth your time. Adams continued to draw, but mostly for amusement at the office. “I would often draw little comics on a white […]
WBNG has a follow-up to their story yesterday about Johnny Hart’s family taking over the B.C. feature after he passed away last April. This segment reveals some of the changes that have been made with the strip and who in the family is working on the strip. From the story we learn that Johnny’s daughter […]
E&P reports that a play co-written by Rhymes with Orange cartoonist Hilary Price entitled “Santacide” will be performed next month in Northampton Mass by the Northhampton High School Theater. The comedy play is about a mother and son detective team investigating Santa’s murder. While the play has had a reading in Smith College last year, […]
Mark Anderson has posted his first pod/video cast.
From the For Better or For Worse web site comes two links to videos with Lynn Johnston produced by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation. The first is a 17 minute video profiling Lynn at work and home. And then they have another feature called “Life in a Comic Strip” that runs 13 minutes and covers his […]
I’ve read on Marshall Ramsey’s blog that he’s going to be live blogging the election today with “commentary, cartoons and caffiene.” Any other editorial cartoonists planning on blogging the election?
Editor’s note: Each week I invite a cartoonist to list 10 or so other cartoonists whose work he/she admires or has influenced their own work. This week’s featured cartoonist is Richard Thompson. Click on the cartoonists’ names to explore more about them and their work.
Over on the Hogan’s Alley discusssion board is a brief interview with Dan Piraro and Dave Coverly regarding their inclusion into Parade Magazine. It appears that they were sought out by the magazine and that their work will appear on a not-set-but-probably-every-other-week schedule.
Dave Astor has interviewed Clay Bennett about yesterday’s announcement that he was leaving the Christian Science Monitor for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Indeed the pull to return to the south was strong as was the desire to return to a metro paper. “I’ve had a hankering to get back to a metro paper,” said […]
Local CBS affiliate WBNG is profiling the Hart family who took over the B.C. comic strip after Johnny Hart died last April. The family is working through their loss at their own pace, but all seem to benefit from carrying on the comic feature. One quote struck me as a contradiction to earlier reports regarding […]