The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette has a new editorial cartoonist. Bruce McAtee’s cartoons will run twice a week for the paper. Bruce is a former executive director of the local YMCA and retired two years ago. His cartoons will be mostly local in nature.
Brevity co-creators Rodd Perry and Guy Endore-Kaiser will be at the Los Angeles Borders book store (Century Mall) on October 25th at 7:00 p.m. for a book signing. Rodd and Guy have two books out now: Brevity : A Collection of Comics by Guy and Rodd and Brevity 2: Another Collection of Comics by Guy […]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich will have his own exhibit in Atlanta’s finest contemporary gallery, TEW Galleries. His show begins tomorrow and runs through November 6th. This will be Mike’s first exhibit.Creative Loafing has an extensive interview with him about the exhibit, his politics, his italian suits, his blog.
A holiday special Roy Schneider’s Humble Stumble will be distributed to newspapers beginning on December 3rd through the 25th. The special Christmas feature is entitled, “Roamin’ Holiday” which delves into “a lighthearted look at not getting to spend Christmas with the ones we love.”
As a follow up to the e-mail interview with Berkeley Breathed, the Comics Coast to Coast guys interviewed Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis for his reaction to some of Berkeley’s responses. On this show Tom takes a breather, and Justin sits down with Stephan Pastis of Pearls Before Swine and asks him to comment […]
While Googling this morning for the correct spelling of Berkeley Breathed, I searched on the query “Berkeley Breathed” and clicked on his link to his site in the search results and received a warning that Google has blacklisted the site warning me that, “visiting this web site may harm your computer!”Last year Google began using […]
The University of Arizona’s student newspaper is issuing an apology in today’s newspaper for a cartoon that recently ran that many Jewish students believe is anti-Semetic. The cartoon, by staffer Joseph Topmiller, depicts a receipt with only a 7 percent tip and the punch line: “Attention all crappy tipping Jews!!! Just because you’re ‘screwing’ the […]
From Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher’s web site comes news that KAL will be speaking at George Washington University on the 19th of this month on the topic of “Iconophobia: Comics, Politics, and the Power of the Image.” The event is open to the public and runs from 7:30-9:00 p.m. KAL is also scheduled to appear at […]
Two Chicago area newspapers will be merged together in an attempt to restore profitability. The Daily Southtown will be merged this November with it’s twice-weekly sister paper. It has also brokered a deal to have rival paper Chicago Tribune take over most of the deliveries of the Sun-Times to save another $5 million.The new paper […]
The Pueblo Chieftan wanted to make their crossword puzzle and so one comic must go. The chopping block included Frank & Earnest, Cathy and B.C.. Over 100 readers responded and B.C. and Frank & Earnest will stay, but Cathy is out by a 10-1 margin. One reader called it “a fat Paris Hilton, but without […]
I wrote about this a couple of weeks ago, but Richard Thompson, Cul de Sac creator, notes on his blog that he’ll be speaking at the Writers’ Center in Bethesda MD on October 12 on the topic of finding and developing ideas. The event is free, but space is limited so RSVP if you want […]
Next week, a highly anticipated biography of Charles Schulz entitled “Schulz and Peanuts” will be released, but some members of the Schulz family are not happy with the way author David Michaelis has portrayed their father as “depressed, cold and bitter man who was constantly going after different women.”Michaelis argues that extensive research through family […]
Dave Astor gives some additional details to the news regarding Bruce Plante’s move to the Tulsa World. According the Dave, the Times Free Press, Bruce’s soon to be former employer, will keep the editorial cartooning position open. Send your submissions to cartoonist[AT]timesfreepress[DOT]com. Other tidbits of info include news that Bruce will be doing about 2/3 […]
Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson created a visual depiction of how he comes up with his ideas.
Just got an email from Rob Harrell who tells me that he’s self-publishing a second collection of his Big Top comic through Lulu press. The book is called “Sawdust and Greasepaint”, has 128 pages and retails for $11.95. He’s also redesigned his web site to showcase his fine art, illustration and comic strip. It also […]