E&P reports that Sunday’s Prince Valiant was the 3,700th installment. The feature is currently being created by Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz. Prince Valiant debuted in 1937 by Hal Foster and then was taken over by John Cullen Murphy.
Retail creator Norm Feuti has posted his two letters that he received from former King Features comics editor Jay Kennedy. Both letters show an encouraging editor he was.
The Washington Post has reprinted a PC World article listing five web comics “that will make you ditch your newspaper.“ Let’s face it: Most newspaper comic strips are pretty dull, rehashing, over the past few decades, the same formulas (and often the same characters). That’s why comics connoisseurs have been turning to the Internet, where […]
Last week I reported that the The Observer-Reporter, (PA) dropped Lio in favor of a new-comer Ollie and Quentin. Now I read that the Quad-City Times (IA) has also dropped Mark Tatulli’s Lio so it could pick up Piers Baker’s Ollie and Quentin. Two instances probably doesn’t establish a pattern or mean much in the […]
The Seattle Seahawks beat the Washington Redskins over the weekend which means Free Lance-Star editorial cartoonist Clay Jones will be writing a song about the Seahawks’ greatness and posting it on YouTube. This is all part of a bet wagered between Clay and Eric Devericks, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times.I’ll link up to the […]
Sun-Times Media Group announced that it is considering laying off as many as 35 of their newsroom staffers within the next month. I contacted Jack Higgins, the paper’s editorial cartoonist, who told me that he has been assured that his position is safe. He also noted that he does almost exclusively local cartoons.
Dave Astor reports that former Tribune Co. boss Dennis FitzSimons is receiving a buyout package of approximately $41 million. When contacted by E&P, AAEC President Nick Anderson for a response, Nick and others of the AAEC board drafted up a top 10 list of fund-raising ideas to make sure FitzSimmons receives his fair portion.The list […]
I’m seriously late with this notice, but the Comics Coast to Coast guys have interviewed Retail creator Norm Feuti.
Signe Wilkinson’s Family Tree has been launched and according to the Yakima Herald-Republic it launched in more than 75 newspapers. Piers Baker’s’ feature, Ollie and Quentin has also launched today. I don’t have numbers for Piers’ feature. I have the press kit and will be posting my review of Family Tree and Ollie and Quentin […]
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has posted an email interview he did with me regarding last years events and the state of newspaper cartooning. Feel free to disagree, ask follow up questions, or add your own in the comment section below. This year saw Gardner’s site deepen its reputation as a must-visit repository of strip and […]
The 2007 Lurie Award (A.K.A.: The United Nations Correspondents Association Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award) has been announced. First place went to Ahmet Aykanat, a freelance cartoonist in Turkey. Of the 10 that received a Citation for Excellence, there were three from the U.S.: Steve Greenberg (Ventura County Star), Clay Bennett (The Christian Science Monitor), […]
I found these videos to be fascinating. Bob Staake has posted three videos of him doing illustrations digitally using Photoshop 3.0. For those not Photoshop savvy, Photoshop is currently up to version 10 or 11 (they changed their versioning convention to “Creative Suit” or CS – so now they’re at CS3).From Drawn!
Stone Soup creator Jan Elliot will be profiled on Oregon Public Broadcasting’s Oregon Art Beat program on January 10th. The show will be available on the web the next day.
Eric Devericks, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Times, writes in to tell us of a bet he’s made with Free Lance-Star editorial cartoonist Clay Jones. This weekend, if the Seattle Seahawks win, then Clay has to write a song extolling the Seahawks and post it on YouTube. However, if Washington Redskins win, then Eric has […]
Non Sequitur creator Wiley Miller will be publishing a second Ordinary Basil children’s book next month. The book is entitled Attack of the Volcano Monkeys.His first book, The Extraordinary Adventures Of Ordinary Basil, was released in November of 2006 and was chosen as “Teachers’ Picks: Best of 2006.”