Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot recently spoke on the issues of women and families in contemporary comic strips with the Sociology Club and Anthropology Society at the University of Southern Mississippi. The cool part was that Jan’s participation was through teleconferencing where she could talk about the inspirations, challenges and triumphs of her work.She’s quoted […]
The highly esteemed and acclaimed Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson (see photo to right) was kind enough to round up cartoonists in the D.C. area for a get-together Tuesday night. Should be an enjoyable evening of shop talk.And yes, Richard, I’ll be happy to tell you of my exploits whilst enlisted in Her Majesty’s […]
Last week I told you that United Features will be launching a new feature called Family Tree by Philadelphia Daily News editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson.Here is the first peak at the feature:Family Tree is described as a sophisticated contemporary family comedy whose initial clients include the Seattle Times, Detroit Free Press, Denver Rocky Mountain News […]
James Kemsley, cartoonist of Ginger Meggs, and a celebrated Australian cartoonist passed away today at the age of 59. James has been drawing the Ginger Meggs cartoon since 1984. The feature was first published in 1921 and is the most syndicated Australian comic strip. James is a former Australian Cartoonist Association president as well as […]
Head over to The Comics Coast to Coast site to listen to their latest podcast featuring Jerry Van Amerongen, creator of Ballard Street.
This week’s featured cartoonist is Nate Creekmore. Nate’s feature, Maintaining, launched last May by Universal Press. In 2005, he was named best college cartoonist by the Associated Collegiate Press and has the distinct honor of having been twice awarded the Charles M. Schulz award (Scripps Howard Foundation) in 2003 and 2004.
Mike Rhode has blogged out todays announcement from the Washington Post that they are dropping a full comic section from their Sunday comics. The Post states that they will only be dropping two features (Wizard of Id and Hints from Heloise) and that all other comics will be squeezed into one section. Here’s their announcement: […]
The Salt Lake Tribune has announced that it will begin to run five new strips on a trial basis for the next two weeks after which they will evaluate which ones should be made permanent. The five trial features include: The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee, The Pajama Diaries, Rhymes With Orange, Flo & Friends, […]
Those in the North Attleboro Massachusetts area, plan on heading over to Borders Express in the Emerald Square Mall this next Sunday to visit with Retail creator Norm Feuti. Norm will be there to sign copies of his book, “Pretending You Care: The Retail Employee Handbook.” Norm was kind enough to send me a copy […]
From RACs comes a report that last Saturday’s Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley was replaced in the Chicago Tribune over concern regarding “standards of taste.” The comic (see here) depicts a sickly Satchel with Bucky Katt using word combinations to demean his fellow pet, such as ‘dog’ and ‘numb’ makes ‘dumb.’ The questionable part comes […]
I’m in Washington D.C. this week on business. While I intend to update the site everyday, my schedule may vary from day to day. Please check back throughout the day for updates.
With the latest discussion of the News and Observer comic poll and the features editor jumping into our discussion, I found this column by the Cincinnati Post editor Keith Herrell interesting. Herrell was the Living editor at the Post back in the day when the comics were delivered by mail. I was The Post’s Living […]
Brian Crane, creator of Pickles, has created this year’s annual Christmas card for the Ronald McDonald House Charities that operates in the Northern Nevada area. The Ronald McDonald House offers housing and other amenities to parents of sick children who live far from their children’s hospital. Brian is a resident of the Reno Nevada area.
Susie MacNelly, the widow of Shoe creator and Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Jeff MacNelly has sued Tribune Media Services charging that TMS is obstructing a possible move to King Features Syndicate. Susie’s Blue Salvage Company, the company she and Jeff created in 1995, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Northern […]
The News and Observer has begun it’s final polling after running seven guest features this last year. Also up for reader feedback are 10 regularly featured comic strips. The results will be published in January and they mention that they’ll keep an open spot for more trial features that they’ve wanted to get arond to […]