Universal Press has confirmed a tip I received yesterday that Lucky Cow creator Mark Pett has decided to end his feature in February. Lucky Cow launched in April of 2003 and appeared in about 50 papers. When contacted for comment, Mark reports that he had been thinking about this for a while now, but wanted […]
It’s been awhile since I’ve had much to report on the changing landscape of comic page line ups. Here is a sampling of changes happening around the country.Tony Carrillo’s F Minus will take the guest comic slot for the next two months at the Register Guard (OR). The editor writes that the previous guest, Cul […]
This isn’t the first article of its kind, nor will it be the last, but USA Today has ran a story asking editorial cartoonists which candidates provide the most fodder for caricature. Cartoonists interviewed include Brian Duffy (The Des Moines Register), Don Wright (Palm Beach Post), and Mike Luckovich (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
Allan Holtz from the Strippers Guide blog has posted a video preview of the new software release of the Strippers Guide Index to U.S. Comic Strips and Cartoon panels. Allan has taken on the monumental task of documenting every comic strip and panel that has run in U.S. newspapers and instead of publishing the results […]
Thad Ogburn, the features editor at the Raleigh News & Observer, has announced the results of their comic poll that they ran back in November. Nearly 8,000 votes were cast and the paper has decided to expand its offerings by adding six new features and bringing back three previously dropped features to their current line […]
2007 was to be a year of great shake ups. Bill Amend announced at the end of 2006 that his strip Fox Trot was going to Sunday only and Lynn Johnston had maintained for years that she was retiring For Better For Worse when her contract was up in the fall. But instead 2007 might […]
With the exception of the year-end-review I plan to post later this week, I’m closing the Daily Cartoonist for regular updates until January 2.Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas (or holiday). See you all next year!–Alan
Back in July I told you about Fantagraphic Books’ plans to release a collection of Bill Mauldin’s Willie and Joe cartoons from the World War II years. The book is now available for pre-order. You can pre-order it at Amazon for only $40.95 (regularly $65) and has a price guarantee that if they ever drop […]
Category: Comic stripsThe Winston-Salem Journal has announced that they will begin running Adrian Raeside’s The Other Coast in a four week trial beginning on Monday. The Other Coast has been in syndication since 2000 and appears in over 200 papers. The Journal’s story announcing the trial run has interesting background information on Adrian’s career in […]
Aaron McGruder, creator of the comic strip and television show The Boondocks, has signed with Super Deluxe – an online comedy site to develop a live action series based on his “brand of racially charged humor” according to a Reuter’s story. Aaron’s show, “The Super Rumble Mixshow,” will begin next month. He’ll develop 20 mini-episodes […]
San Diego Union-Tribune editorial cartoonist Steve Breen was recently featured on KPBS to talk about the news of 2007 and the cartoons he drew over the year. KPBS has posted that interview as well as a slide show of Steve’s work on their web site.
South Bend Tribune (IN) will run three pages of editorial cartoons in a special year-in-review. The first page will all be in color and feature their staff cartoonist Ron Rogers. The other two pages will feature other cartoons that the editorial page editor didn’t use over the last 12 months. In an interview with E&P, […]
I have just received confirmation from King Features that Tom Ryan will be ending his long running feature Tumbleweeds at the end of this year (December 29th for daily, December 30 for Sundays). Tumbleweeds was launched in 1965 making Tom’s feature a 42 year run that inspired a animated Saturday morning TV show in the […]
Voting has opened over on the Chewing Pencils blog for best Christmas Carton. Polls close 4 p.m. Friday Melbourne Australia time. Two winners to be announced that night – the first selected by guest judge Mark Anderson, and a second one selected by popular vote from the blog’s visitors.
Seattle Times editorial cartoonist Eric Devericks was invited to participate in an end-of-year review on Seattle’s City Inside/Out program. You can watch Eric on streaming video and he’s posted the cartoons that he mentions over on his blog.