Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist Dave Horsey leveled his ink and blog at the new Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell calling him “the most vulgar embodiment of a pervasive bean counter mentality that is threatening the best of American journalism.” From his column on his blog Dave warned that under a Zell leadership the Tribune Co. […]

Stan Lynde’s Rick O’Shay ran in a hundred papers from 1958 to 1977. The Montana native’s artwork is now on display in the Montana Secretary of State’s office in the Capitol building. The Secretary of State began exhibiting artists work at the capitol as a nice touch for tourists and artists.

» Ziggy cartoonist Tom Wilson was interviewed by The Naperville Sun about making a career as an artist.» The Ten-Cent Plague is a new book out describing the early days of comic books and their influence on kids. So alarmed were adults at the graphic visuals of comics that many cities and states passed laws […]

Joe Strupp of Editor and Publisher has written his predictions on whose name might be announced in this year’s Pulitzer Prize announcement. In the category of editorial cartooning he names three candidates that he believes have a good shot: Mike Thompson, John Sherffius, and Ann Telnaes.Below are his arguments on why his picks could win: […]

A while back I told you about a new book about Jackie Ormes, one of the first African-American female editorial cartoonists from the 1930s to the 1950s. The biography’s author, Nancy Goldstein, was interviewed by the Ann Arbor News about Jackie’s career and history in doll making, cartooning, fashion design. Q. Jackie Ormes had an […]

Dilbert creator Scott Adams is asking for help to find a new job for the Illinois man who was fired last fall for hanging up a Dilbert cartoon that compared management to drunken lemurs. The story received nationwide attention and Scott used it as fodder for a story-line still running as of today.

The 2008 Glyph award nominees have been announced. In the category of Best Comic Strip, the nominees go to Jeremy Love (Bayou), Darrin Bell (Candorville), Kyle Baker (Funny Cartoon of the Week), Keith Knight (The K Chronicles), and Cory Thomas (Watch Your Head).Other categories include: Best Writer, Best Artist, Best Male Character, Best Female Character, […]

A new exhibit featuring the work of Herblock will open up this spring at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture in Washington, D.C. The exhibit is entitled “Herblock’s Presidents: ‘Puncturing Pomposity” and features “depictions of every president from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Bill Clinton.”Exhibit runs May 2nd through November 30.

» Former Times of Northwest Indiana editorial cartoonist Stacy Curtis has made a new career in illustration and according to the Three Men in a Tub blog (which Stacy contributes) Stacy has recently won an illustration contest sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators! You can see his drawing here.» A couple […]

Todd A. DePastino has written a biography of famed WWII cartoonist Bill Mauldin. The book is called “Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front.” The Wall Street Journal has posted an excerpt online that recounts how tens of thousands of veterans wrote him letters when they learned that he was dying and so many tried to […]

F Minus creator Tony Carillo announced last week that he would be killing off one of his characters, which perplexed many of us as there are no re-occurring characters in his feature. He has “confirmed” the rumors (that he started) and has clarified that there have been an estimated 800 characters that have appeared in […]

Tundra creator Chad Carpenter may be honored as an official state laureate if a rumored (or wishful) legislative proclamation is passed. The proclamation would make Chad “Alaska’s Cartoon Laureate” (“like a poet laureate, but funny and easy to understand”). Chad is an Alaska native and the successful self-syndicated feature got its start in the Alaska […]

FoxTrot creator Bill Amend, Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library Associate Curator and Assistant Professor Jenny Robb and United Media Syndicate Senior VP/General Manager Lisa Klem Wilson were named among the 43 journalism professionals that will be judging in this year’s National Journalism Awards. The announcement does not specify which category the three will judge, […]

Earlier this month I told you that Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis would be on CNBC’s “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch”. Someone has uploaded his segment on to YouTube. It runs a bit over 8 minutes and details how he got his break into syndication.

Here are a couple of interesting clips of an early Pogo animated show that according to Mike Lynch, the animated show was never completed due to the poor health of Pogo creator Walt KellyGo see Part one and part 2.