New Yorker cartoonist J.B. Handelsman has passed away at the age of 85. According to his obituary in the New York Times, he had nearly a thousand cartoons published in the New Yorker. The Comics Reporter has more information along with several related links.
Larry Feign, who gained international fame for his comic feature Lily Wong, was asked by CNN on his opinion of how Hong Kong is fairing 10 years after Britain handed over control of the city to China. “Everyone always thought Hong Kong would influence China,” Feign said. “What really surprises me and a lot of […]
Paul Fell who has for years been the freelance cartoonist for the Lincoln Journal Star has been terminated as a contributing cartoonist over published remarks to MSNBC when they questioned him about a $450 contribution to a Democratic house candidate back in 2006. Paul was one of 144 journalists (or individuals working in the media […]
A small shout-out to Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey who, last Friday passed his first anniversary as a blogger along with his cartooning duties. Over the last year, Marshall has posted 2,414 posts (averaging 7-a-day). If you’ve kept up with his blog, he’s quite prolific (blogging 7 days a week) and entertaining. The blog is […]
For reasons I’m still trying to uncover, the Miami Herald is holding contest called the “Great Cartoonist Search” contest. The contest is open to any individual cartoonist or teams of two (must be U.S. resident and 18+ years old). To enter, submit three cartoons to the paper by July 24th. There will be three rounds […]
The Beat blog posts a write up on bumping into Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker and an update on the cartoon museum Mort has diligently worked on for so long.As it stands now, the art that was once housed in the museum is sitting in storage in Stamford, CT. Walker told us that Ohio State […]
The Cincinnati Enquirer has posted a slide gallery called “Borgman in a summer mode” which shows nine editorial cartoons Jim Borgman has created on the topic of summer starting in 1986 through 2001. Classic Borgman stuff.
Just last week, I wrote that the Bristol Herald Courier was giving Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe the boot to make room for a new feature and that a good ol’ fashion paper ballot poll was underway to find out which new feature (Get Fuzzy, Zits, For Better For Worse and Pickles) ought to take its place. […]
I received an e-mail noting I haven’t posted anything about the recent passing of Roger Armstrong, who was a career cartoonist drawing Bugs Bunny and The Flintstones. In such passings, I struggle whether it is within the scope of this blog (which narrowly focuses on newspaper based cartooning) to mention the passing of other giants […]
I mentioned back in April that the AAEC was planning a exhibit of cartoons on the Bush Administration to coincide with their convention in D.C. in a couple of more weeks. Details on the exhibit have been announced. The exhibit is entitled “Bush Leaguers: Cartoonists Take on the White House” and will cartoons from over […]
Jerry Robinson, co-author of Manga comic Astra, has a musical play based on the comic that will be performed at the Warehouse Theatre from July 7-14 in Washington D.C. The feature is a tongue-in-cheek parody about Astra who is “a fearless, no-fuss woman who visits Earth for the first time, attempting to save her all-female […]
I’ve upgraded the blog software for this here blog. I’ve fixed a few issues that came up, but if you see anything misbehaving, please let me know so I can fix it.The next project – trimming the number of spam that is still getting through the spam blocker!Thanks, Alan
Flemming Rose, the now infamous editor of the Jyllands-Posten which published the Mohammed cartoons that elicited a violent reaction in the Middle East and around the world, has started blogging over at Pajamas Media. Mr. Rose will also be on a panel called “Caricaturing A Nation: Americans and Muslims Draw Each Other” at this year’s […]
Mike Rhode, over at ComicsDC, notes that Richard Thompson is slowly taking over the Washington Post In addition to his Saturday panel, Richard’s Poor Almanack in Style, and his Sunday (and soon to be daily and syndicated) strip Cul de Sac in the magazine, RT is now doing spot illos for a column in the […]
Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, has posted a “visual tour” of his comic making process from the time he wakes up through the creation of one of his strips. Included are many photos of his work environment and talk of the equipment he uses.