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Comic Relief exhibit to open in South Dakota

A new comic exhibit entitled “Comic Relief” is opening up in Sioux Falls (SD) and will feature cartoon art from Lynn Johnston, Mort Walker, Gary McCoy, Jerry Scott, Jim Borgman, Marcus Hamilton, Stan Goldberg, Dan Piraro, Hy Eisman, and Tom Richmond. The show is organized by Ken Alvine – a member of the National Cartoonist […]

Matt Wuerker appearing on AlJazeera English

Politico editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker will be appearing regularly on the Riz Khan show where he will select a couple of cartoons to talk about. The Khan show is part of the Aljazeera English network. Matt’s first appearance is now on YouTube (Matt’s segment starts about 2 minute into the video below). Cartoons featured in […]

Lynn Johnston rebuffs retirement rumors

Lynn Johnston, creator of For Better or For Worse, has issued a statement through Universal Press stating that contrary to rumors that are still in circulation, she will not be retiring this fall and will be continuing her strip in “hybrid” fashion. Dear Editor: Never did I suspect it would come to this. I have […]

Helen Thomas Not Amused With Doonesbury Strip

Despite high praise for cartoonists at this year’s AAEC convention, Helen Thomas – the 87 year old White House Correspondent for UPI wasn’t that impressed with Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury last week (see toon) that joked that she had been a correspondent at the White House since the Truman administration and that some say she was […]

Off Topic: Learning Flash? Consider the Dangers (UPDATED)

For all those editorial cartoonists who are now cramming to learn Flash for better Pulitzer positioning next year may want to check out this little flash animation below as a fun little diversion. Enjoy.Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantARTUPDATE: Aaron Taylor writes in to point us to part two of the Animator vs. Animation […]

ToonSeum Gallery to open in Pittsburgh

The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh will open up the ToonSeum Gallery this October that will feature exhibits of cartoon art from comic books, comic strips, illustrations, editorial cartooning and animation. The gallery’s first exhibit is entitled “From Illustration to Animation: Picture Books Come Alive Through the Art of Animation” and opens up in October of […]

GoComics to release first mobile phone comic book

From Universal Press Syndicate comes news that GoComics will be releasing the first mobile phone comic book on August 20th. The comic entitled, “Thunder Road” will be delivered as a slideshow to the phone. “Thunder Road” is created by Sean Demory and drawn by Steven Sanders and is a “post-apocalyptic, diesel punk action adventure” – […]

Lio is an easy sell in Asia

Mark Tatulli’s wordless comic feature Lio is an easy sell in Asia. According to a press release from Universal Press Syndicate, Lio can be found in every major English language newspaper in Asia including the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, the Straits Time in Singapore, the New Straits Time in Malaysia and the […]

Stone Soup Is Colored by a 15 Year-Old

Here’s an interesting story from The Register-Guard (Eugene OR) about 15 year-old Olivia Clingman-White who is Jan Eliot’s assistant on the Stone Soup comic. Olivia has been working with Jan for the last five years and is responsible for coloring the comic in Photoshop. She’s also been a source of inspiration for some of story […]

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