After more than 2 dozen papers temporarily dropped Berkeley Breathed’s Opus this last Sunday, many are questioning if the strip was offensive enough to warrant such action. The strip apparently didn’t offend Sheila Musaji, the editor of The American Muslim. Sheila wrote on her publication’s blog that: As a Muslim I was offended by the […]
Retail creator Norm Feuti writes in to share news that he’s looking for a walk on character for a six day story-line that will run in October. Norm is soliciting “resumes” from readers and he hopes to pick the funniest one. If a photo is provided he’ll try to do a caricature. See his blog […]
Mason Adams is a staff writer for the Roanoke Times and has penned an open letter to For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston. In the letter he relates having grown up with characters Michael and Elizabeth but feels that the story-arc involving Elizabeth and Anthony is “trite.” I’ve invested a lot of time […]
Frazz creator Jef Mallett is going to swim 5 miles for charity on Monday. The swim is part of an annual commemoration of the Mackinac Bridge that spans between Great Lakes Michigan and Huron. The event is also a fund-raiser for youth mentoring. Jef reports over on the Great-Lakes Chapter of the NCS that instead […]
James Kemsley, creator of Ginger Meggs, writes in to alert all Daily Cartoonists that the latest Inkspot has been posted for your download. The Inkspot is a quarterly publication of the Australian Cartoonists’ Association. This edition has a write up about Mort Drucker and the Shrewsbury Cartoon Festival 07.
I received an email from Joe Wosm, Curator/Founder of the ToonSeum Gallery at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh (see my earlier post for more details about this museum). He’s requesting donations of original art to be added to their permanent collection. We would love for you to be a part of our efforts to show […]
The new King Features comic strip Arctic Circle, by Alex Hallatt launched yesterday. If it’s not running in your local paper, you can see samples over on KFS’ web site or through their Daily Ink subscription service. I’ve read through the press kit that contained samples of the first month of strips and highly enjoyed […]
John Kovaleski writes in to alert Bo Nanas fans that a “best of” of his feature will be running on GoComics.com beginning yesterday. GoComics.com will run the last 4+ years of the features. John also mentions that he’s updated bonanas.com to include the last week of the original strip for those who may have missed […]
Elmer Sprunger, who has created cartoons for more than 20 years for the Bigfork Eagle (MT) has passed away at the age of 87. Elmer worked most of his life in blue-collar jobs such as road construction, logging and for a aluminum plant where he painted signs, illustrations and safety cartoons. He spent the last […]
Earlier this month, I reported that The Hattiesburg American (MS) was changing their line-up because Kudzu is no longer available. After polling their readers they’ve added three new features: Pickles, Pearls Before Swine and Little Dog Lost. On the outs include: Cathy and Mark Trail and of course Kudzu.On the Sunday pages, they’ve also dropped […]
Stripper Guide, Allan Holtz, posted samples of a brief lived Sunday feature by Pat Oliphant that ran in the 1980s. Sunday Punk starred Oliphant’s trademark penguin character from his daily editorial cartoons, and the character was pretty much used in the same way in the Sunday-only comic strip — making wry comments on politics and […]
The Times-Union editorial cartoonist Ed Gamble made headlines last week as African-Americans in Jacksonville, as well as nationally, cried foul over Ed’s “Don’t Snitch” cartoon that also used the term “ho.” African-American leaders have demanded an apology, Ed’s dismissal and the inclusion of an African-American on the editorial board. According to an e-mail from Ed, […]
A reader sent me the link to a CBC News interview with Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better or For Worse. It’s a typical interview with Lynn, but still a good read. A couple of items that I think qualifies for news is her intent to use her web site to post additional material regarding […]
Berkeley Breathed’s Opus has been temporarily dropped by 25 or more papers today and next week as the topic involves the Lola Granola’s character converting to “radical islamist.” Salon.com, carries the strip says many editors were afraid of offending muslim readers. Another aspect to the strip was a not-so-subtle reference to sex.
David Malki, the self proclaimed comic strip doctor, has tired of his snarky ways and has decided to stop writing his columns. Continuing commitments with my own ongoing comic, writing, and film projects have precluded my spending further time on faux criticism, and frankly, I don’t even read newspaper comics anymore. So it’s been a […]