With Kudzu ending at the end of this month, papers are focusing on the funnies. Here’s a round up of who’s in and out this week.The Daily Herald (Everett WA) has replaced One Big Happy with Secret Asian Man and despite protests will stick with Tak Toyoshima’s feature because: A new comic needs time to […]
E&P is reporting two new book collections to hit the book stores next month. Alternative Zits is the latest Zits collection by Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott. Everything I Need to Know I Learned on Jerry Springer is the latest Close to Home collection by John McPherson.
According to E&P, Drew Rougier-Chapman has announced a cartooning contest to promote “Party Toons” – a weekly satire show he’s been developing for PBS to showcase editorial cartoons in a roundtable discussion. “I am offering $500 for the cartoon, either animated or in print, that best expresses why editorial cartoons are so vital to democracy […]
In what often seems to be a story to check off of the to-do list every 4 to 8 years (depending on how many terms the current president is fulfilling), the first of many ‘how will editorial cartoonists draw the next president’ has now been filed – The Miami Herald looks at how editorial cartoonists […]
Editorial cartoonist Ed Hall has posted a video on YouTube demonstrating how he develops a drawing for an editorial cartoon.
Mark Fiore – one of the first editorial cartoonists to go completely into editorial cartoon animation markfiore.com or now uclick.com.
The U.S. Library of Congress has announced that through its National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, it will begin digitally archiving a broad range of creative works including photos, cartoons, motion pictures, audio and video games. As far as cartoons: Universal Press Syndicate: Universal Press Syndicate, a newspaper syndication company, will use a collection […]
Social Networking site AsianAve.com now features Tak Toyoshima’s Secret Asian Man according to E&P.
Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey will be live blogging tomorrow nights election results. For cartoonists not yet blogging, their greatest concern (and only contribution to their newspaper) is wondering how to draw election result before the election is final. To my knowledge, Marshall will be the first cartoonist to live blog an event – posting […]
After receiving 72% of the vote, Brian Crane’s Pickles has earned a spot in the Daily News-Record funny pages. Pickle’s run begins on Monday.With the untimely death of Doug Marlette, papers are now having to replace his strip Kudzu. The Winston Salem Journal is kicking off their guest comic rotation with Stephan Pastis’ Pearls Before […]
Over on John Hambrock’s blog, he recounts his long personal journey to syndication. The 15th anniversary of my comic strip journey is coming up in a few weeks. I remember the day the bug bit me. The year was 1992, although it doesnâ??t seem that long ago. For several years during my employment with the […]
KAL’s Digital Dubya has hit YouTube. Hat tip: Mike Rhode
Robb Armstrong, creator of Jump Start, recently spoke to La Follette High School in Madison WI. Robb, who speaks to over 5,000 students a year, came to speak to speak about overcoming challenges and starting your life track early.
Editorial cartoonist Neal Obermeyer has written an extensive post regarding a recent “Yahtzee” (multiple cartoonists draw very similar cartoons). This Yahtzee deals with the how Daryl Cagle (MSNBC.com) and Jeff Koterba (Omaha World-Herald) handled the topic of Barry Bonds.Hat tip: Daryl Cagle
Starting this week through August 25th, Bil and Jeff Keane’s Family Circus (dailies and Sundays) will be re-running favorite vacation panels from the last 30 years as the two work ahead of deadline. The strips will appear as they did when they were first printed with slight modifications to bring them up to the 21st […]