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Norm Feuti interviewed on radio program

Fans of Norm Feuti’s comic feature, Retail can listen to an interview that Norm did with Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones of WCBQ-WHNC-AM radio in North Carolina to promote his “Pretending You Care” book that hit book shelves earlier this week. A streaming audio of that 10 minute interview is available.

Charles Schulz Biography on NPR’s Morning Edition

Tuesday’s Morning Edition on NPR had a segment devoted the newly release biography of Charles M. Schulz entitled, “Schulz and Peanuts” by David Michaelis. You can listen to the broadcast from NPR’s web site. I haven’t listened to the broadcast, but the write up to introduce the segment focused mainly on Sparky’s affair during his […]

Tom Toles celebrates 25 years of syndication

Universal Press has announced that Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles will celebrate 25 years of syndication at the end of this month. He started his career at the Buffalo Courier-Express in 1973, then moved to the Buffalo News in 1982 when the Courier-Express closed. He’s been at the Washington Post since 2002.

J.D. Crowe releases new book

J.D. Crowe has released his 4th book entitled “Smell The Love” It’s big as a meatloaf, ornery as a feral cat and full of nudity, awkward moments and twisted history from the past 5 years. I whittled over 1200 cartoons from 2003 to mid-August 2007 down to the 269 that appear chronologically in this collection. […]

New York Magazine: how did WSJ track down Bill Watterson

Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson’s review of the Schulz and Peanuts biography that appeared in the Wall Street Journal had New York Magazine wondering how the newspaper tracked down the reclusively retired cartoonist. Long story short – they went through the syndicate. The magazine references an article over at the Cleveland Scene who, in […]

Cartoonists in the news: Jerry Scott

San Louis Obispo’s newspaper, The Tribune, has a lengthy article on Jerry Scott – one of only three cartoonists to have two comic features in 1000+ papers at the same time. The article explains how Jerry met up with Rick Kirkman to create Baby Blues (Jerry is the writer) and how he hooked up with […]

Religion purposefully omited in Funky Winkerbean death

Jeffrey Weiss, the religion reporter for the Dallas Morning News, wondered why Tom Batuik made no mention of religion, prayers, god or faith in the story-line of Funky Winkerbean character Lisa Moore’s death. End-of-life is when people and their loved ones often confront their spiritual beliefs. But not a single strip mentioned God, clergy or […]

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