Sam Ayres, student editorial cartoonist for the Yale Daily News has been awarded this year’s AAEC/John Locher Memorial Award for best college cartoonist according to E&P.Sam is a Junior studying English and Political Science. He was a runner up to last year’s award. He’ll be honored at this year’s AAEC convention in San Antonio, TX […]
Forty-five King Feature cartoonists are taking part in a “first-of-its-kind comics event” tomorrow to commemorate the annual Earth Day. Every King Feature comic will mention or make a statement about Earth Day. Some serials like Judge Parker and Rex Morgan M.D. (both written by Woody Wilson), interrupt their normal story-line to display a single image […]
Baby Blues creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott will be at the Charles M. Schulz Museum this weekend for a two day fund-raising event. On Saturday night, the two will attend a Major Donors reception where they will speak about their work, talk to guests and sign books. On Sunday, April 27th, the museum will […]
As mentioned back in January, Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Dick Locher will be inducted into the Fox Valley Arts Hall of Fame this Thursday evening in a black tie affair in Geneva, IL. The honor was created to recognize artists affiliated with Fox Valley by birth, education, residence or service that have “achieved international or […]
Anchorage Daily News editorial cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl was honored last Saturday night with Alaska Press Club’s First Amendment Award. In the nomination letter, his former editorial page editor wrote the following: Nearly three decades later, they still do. When Parkinson’s disease threatened his drawing capabilities, Peter learned new computer techniques and actually expanded his repertoire. […]
Yesterday’s Non Sequitur featured a small easter egg for those looking into the details. In the fifth panel, The character “Joe” is holding a paper with the headline, “Corey Pandolph Found Dead At Gritty’s.” Corey Pandolph is the cartoonist for Elderberries, and creator of Toby, Robot Satan, and Barkeater Lake. Both he and Non Sequitur […]
Dilbert creator Scott Adams has announced that Dilbert.com has relaunched with a new design and a host of new features. Some of the features include allowing registered users the ability to rewrite the punch-lines and email them to friends. Readers can vote on the best submitted rewritten gags.The site has more animation provided by Michael […]
» John Branch, editorial cartoonist for the San Antonio Express-News is featured in an exhibit called “Lines of Humor, Shades of Controversy: A Century of Student Cartooning at UNC” at the University of North Carolina’s Wilson Library in Chapel Hill. The exhibit runs through May 31.» Mark Tatulli has been interviewed by Chris Mautner of […]
Journal Register News is reporting that Allison Barrow’s PreTeena is coming to an end mid-May. “I didn’t want to stop,” Barrows said. “I love Teena and seeing how she deals with her world, but it was time to start another chapter in my own life.” That chapter appears to coincide with changes in her family […]
Kevin (KAL) Kallaugher and Second City, an improv comedy company, have teamed up for a national tour entitled “The Art of Political Satire.” The show opens on April 21st in Atlanta and then moves to Durham North Carolina on the 24th and is described as a combination of “political improv and hands-on cartooning.” Other cities […]
Jan Eliot, creator of Stone Soup, will the featured Cartoonist-in-residence at the Charles Schulz Museum on May 10th where visitors can see her work and talk with her about feature.Her feature is also featured in the current exhibit, “The Language of Lines: How Cartoonists Communicate.”
Ohio State Cartoon Research Library has announced that Jay Kennedy, the former King Features Syndicate Editor in Chief, who died last year has bequeathed his entire collection to the library. The collection has more than 9,500 items and is considered one of the most extensive collections of underground comics in the world. Regarding Jay’s collection, […]
Tony Rubino, co-creator of Daddy’s Home, is this week’s Meet the Comics Page guest over on the Washington Post web site. The chat begins at 1 p.m. EST.
Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson was named this year’s Best Cartoonist by The Washington City Paper – a local best of for the Washington D.C. area.Regarding Richard, they write: Thompson is a local institution-in addition to scads of magazine work, his “Richard’s Poor Almanack” is one of the few things in the Saturday Post […]
The National Cartoonist Society Foundation has awarded scholarship money to two Minneapolis College of Art and Design students, Christina Beard and Evan Palmer. Christina is specializing in character and game design and Evan is studying to be a traditional comic book artist. Both students are seniors. Tom Richmond, who attended the college’s Annual Partners in […]