Last Friday, I told you that Phil Frank was retiring his Farley strip from the San Francisco Chronicle due to health issues. He passed away last night after suffering several months with a brain tumor. He was 64 years old. At his side were his wife, and daughter.His other feature, The Elderberries will be carried […]
For those counting, Randy Glasbergen is set to launch his third concurrent syndicated comic feature Thin Lines through Creator’s Syndicate on November 12th. Already, Randy produces 11 cartoons a week for his The Better Half feature distributed through King Features and four a week panel (Cartoons by Randy Glasbergen) through through DRB Media. Thin Lines […]
Last Friday, I pointed you to a column written by Michael Roberts who took it upon himself to read all the comics in his city’s papers for two weeks to gauge the state of today’s cartooning. That post has generated over 35 comments so far on The Daily Cartoonist and he’s has been reading them. […]
The NCS Great Lakes Chapter threw Roy Doty a surprise birthday party this last weekend. Craig Boldman has posted photos. I met Roy this last spring while visiting Ohio and enjoyed his company very much. At 85 years, you’d think he would be slowing down, but that night I met him he reported that he […]
From this article in the Connection Newpapers we learn the reason why Bill Griffith’s Zippy the Pinhead comic strip is featuring more real locations around America. While the comic strip has been around in one publication or another since the late 1970s, only recently has Zippy been featured in places that actually exist. Griffith said […]
According to Tom Spurgeon, Keith Knight’s The K Chronicles has won a Harvey Award for Best Syndicated Strip or Panel. Keith beat out Garry Trudeau, Tony Millionaire, and Patrick McDonnell for the honor.
Here’s an interesting story from a Universal Press release that the University of Maryland is using a Cathy strip to encourage students to drink tap water instead of bottled water. “Bottled water has become a popular and controversial product at universities. Since its introduction, the clear liquid in a plastic container with no flavor, no […]
Last April, I told you that Scott Stantis, editorial cartoonist for The Birmingham News and creator of Prickly City was speaking at the 20th Media and Law Seminar. Audio of his speech has been posted on gocomics.com.
This year’s Cartoons and Cocktails will be hosted by Walt Handelsman, this year’s Pulitzer Prize winner. The annual event is held at the National Press Clubs and features a silent and live auction whose proceeds then go to scholarships for needy high school students pursuing journalism, a student paper and the Cartoonists Rights Network.
For Veteran’s Week (Sept. 17-26), Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos, creators of the Baldo feature will feature a new character named Benny Ramirez who will retell his World War II experience. Some of the stories he’ll be sharing include discrimination in the military, and his boxing skills.
Last week I reported that Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, had erupted another firestorm by drawing a cartoon depicting “nine nearly naked black men fighting each other with sticks, stools, boots and a pillow” and ran with a caption, “Ethiopian Food Fight.” The paper has printed a near 1000 word […]
Richard Thompson’s Cul-De-Sac officially launches today. According to Universal Press, it launched with an above average number of papers (70) including the Detroit Free Press, the Boston Globe, the Portland Oregonian, the Houston Chronicle and the Toronto Star. It should be up on GoComics today, but I just checked and it’s not yet available.
Mark Fiore, one of the pioneering animated editorial cartoonists, has reworked his web site. The news site also offers a “Shout back” section which includes a toll-free number for those who wish to leave a message about a cartoon.
The much anticipated “hybrid” format of Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse this last week has included more original artwork than was originally planned. According to an interview Lynn by Dave Astor at E&P, reveals that at a personal level, Lynn has had to work through a separation with her husband, Rod, this spring […]
The San Francisco Chronicle that has ran the local Farley comic since 1985 has finally printed a background story on why Phil Frank is retiring his Farley character. According to the report, Phil “is retiring because of a serious illness that has kept him confined to his home in Sausalito for several months and has […]