The Seattle Seahawks beat the Washington Redskins over the weekend which means Free Lance-Star editorial cartoonist Clay Jones will be writing a song about the Seahawks’ greatness and posting it on YouTube. This is all part of a bet wagered between Clay and Eric Devericks, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times.I’ll link up to the […]
Sun-Times Media Group announced that it is considering laying off as many as 35 of their newsroom staffers within the next month. I contacted Jack Higgins, the paper’s editorial cartoonist, who told me that he has been assured that his position is safe. He also noted that he does almost exclusively local cartoons.
Dave Astor reports that former Tribune Co. boss Dennis FitzSimons is receiving a buyout package of approximately $41 million. When contacted by E&P, AAEC President Nick Anderson for a response, Nick and others of the AAEC board drafted up a top 10 list of fund-raising ideas to make sure FitzSimmons receives his fair portion.The list […]
I’m seriously late with this notice, but the Comics Coast to Coast guys have interviewed Retail creator Norm Feuti.
Signe Wilkinson’s Family Tree has been launched and according to the Yakima Herald-Republic it launched in more than 75 newspapers. Piers Baker’s’ feature, Ollie and Quentin has also launched today. I don’t have numbers for Piers’ feature. I have the press kit and will be posting my review of Family Tree and Ollie and Quentin […]
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has posted an email interview he did with me regarding last years events and the state of newspaper cartooning. Feel free to disagree, ask follow up questions, or add your own in the comment section below. This year saw Gardner’s site deepen its reputation as a must-visit repository of strip and […]
The 2007 Lurie Award (A.K.A.: The United Nations Correspondents Association Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award) has been announced. First place went to Ahmet Aykanat, a freelance cartoonist in Turkey. Of the 10 that received a Citation for Excellence, there were three from the U.S.: Steve Greenberg (Ventura County Star), Clay Bennett (The Christian Science Monitor), […]
I found these videos to be fascinating. Bob Staake has posted three videos of him doing illustrations digitally using Photoshop 3.0. For those not Photoshop savvy, Photoshop is currently up to version 10 or 11 (they changed their versioning convention to “Creative Suit” or CS – so now they’re at CS3).From Drawn!
Stone Soup creator Jan Elliot will be profiled on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat program on January 10th. The show will be available on the web the next day.
Eric Devericks, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times, writes in to tell us of a bet he’s made with Free Lance-Star editorial cartoonist Clay Jones. This weekend, if the Seattle Seahawks win, then Clay has to write a song extolling the Seahawks and post it on YouTube. However, if Washington Redskins win, then Eric has […]
Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller will be publishing a second Ordinary Basil children’s book next month. The book is entitled Attack of the Volcano Monkeys.His first book, The Extraordinary Adventures Of Ordinary Basil, was released in November of 2006 and was chosen as “Teachers’ Picks: Best of 2006.”
Universal Press has confirmed a tip I received yesterday that Lucky Cow creator Mark Pett has decided to end his feature in February. Lucky Cow launched in April of 2003 and appeared in about 50 papers. When contacted for comment, Mark reports that he had been thinking about this for a while now, but wanted […]
It’s been awhile since I’ve had much to report on the changing landscape of comic page line ups. Here is a sampling of changes happening around the country.Tony Carrillo’s F Minus will take the guest comic slot for the next two months at the Register Guard (OR). The editor writes that the previous guest, Cul […]
This isn’t the first article of its kind, nor will it be the last, but USA Today has ran a story asking editorial cartoonists which candidates provide the most fodder for caricature. Cartoonists interviewed include Brian Duffy (The Des Moines Register), Don Wright (Palm Beach Post), and Mike Luckovich (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
Allan Holtz from the Strippers Guide blog has posted a video preview of the new software release of the Strippers Guide Index to U.S. Comic Strips and Cartoon panels. Allan has taken on the monumental task of documenting every comic strip and panel that has run in U.S. newspapers and instead of publishing the results […]