For those who wish to be considered for a National Cartoonists Society division award, the deadline for submission is February 23rd. Each entry must have been published between December 1, 2006 and December 31st, 2007. Though I’m not 100% sure, I believe the list below outlines which NCS chapter will be judging which category. To […]
The March issue of MAD magazine (out February 19) will feature 10 Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist who have cooperated in creating a two page spread entitled “Why George W. Bush Is in Favor of Global Warming.” Participating editorial cartoonists include: Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press, Steve Breen, San Diego Union-Tribune, Matt Davies, Journal News, […]
Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis will be on “The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch” tomorrow night to discuss his success with his comic feature. “The Big Idea” is a nightly discussion between host Donny Deutsch and a guest who have made it big.Catch it on CNBC at 10pm EST.
Several of you have written in to alert me to the passing of Gus Arriola, creator of Gordo, who died at age 90 in his home in Carmel California. Gus’ feature was launched in 1941 and appeared in over 220 newspapers and ran in The San Francisco Chronicle for 43 years and was one of […]
Charlie Brown made a surprise appearance in the 3rd quarter of yesterday’s Super Bowl to finally win something … a Coca-Cola. The cola ad featured giant inflatable balloons of Family Guy’s Stewey and Underdog fighting over an inflatable bottle of Coke. Out of nowhere Charlie Brown appears to capture the beverage prize.The Associated Press called […]
In an online chat, Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten, talked about the Post’s decision to pull January 19th’s Candorville because it joked a presidential assassination. The paper ran a survey on whether they made the call, and readers overwhelming (73%) thought the paper made the wrong decision. Cambridge, Mass.: I would like to point out, […]
Stories of interest: Lafayette’s Bentley High School is putting on a musical based on Jim Toomey’s Sherman’s Lagoon. Allan Holtz has posted an Editor and Publisher article on Pogo creator Walt Kelly after he was awarded Cartoonist of the Year in 1952. An entertaining review of Doonesbury, Cathy, Dilbert, Garfield, 9 Chickweed Lane, and Family […]
Roy Schneider’s has confirmed that his feature The Humble Stumble strip will come to an end in March (8th for dailies, 9th for Sundays). The strip which was launched in 2000 was the result of a 13 year effort to become a syndicated cartoonist but Roy says that in the current comic market, it was […]
Sandra Bell-Lundy, creator of Between Friends, has posted a fifth segment to her very interesting (and inspiring) history of getting into syndication. (See here for links to segments 1-4). In this last post, Sandra talks about insights into the development period with Jay Kennedy as her editor. She’s also posted a few of his notes […]
There is a new character in Gil Thorpe and it’s named after Andrew Gregory, a fan the strip. Neal Rubin, the current cartoonist for the feature adds a new character each year. Rubin, who is also a features columnist for the Detroit News, said by e-mail that he has to come up with new characters […]
University of Michigan Press is publishing a book about Jakie Ormes, the first African American woman cartoonist who created Torchy Brown which ran in papers between 1937 and 1956. The book in entitled, Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist and is written by Nancy Goldstein.You can learn more about Jakie over on Toonopedia.
Today is the last day to apply for the Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship.
Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Haunani Apoliona is taking issue with a recent cartoon published in The Hawaii Reporter poking fun at their Kau Inoa campaign to find Hawaiians willing to participate in a tribal government. The cartoon, which can be seen here, pokes fun at the campaign calling it “Cow Inoa.” Apoliona calls it […]
A Pontiac Central High School senior has been awarded a $24,000 scholarship to the College of Creative Studies in Detroit according to The Oakland Press. Tiffany Patterson received the award based on her portfolio showcasing editorial cartoons and other original work. She hopes “her political cartoons will grace the editorial pages of newspapers across the […]
There are quite a few exhibits opening or getting press coverage. Here they are in no particular order.Pat Oliphant’s “Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture During the Bush Years” exhibit (I’ve blogged about it before) opens this Friday in Savanna Georgia. Pat will be on hand for the opening night.For those in the New Orleans area, […]