Last week I alerted you that Allan Holtz was asking readers of his blog, the Stripper’s Guide, if he should post copies of some George Herriman cartoons dating back to 1906 that he found while looking in the Los Angeles Examiner’s archives. He’s decided to post them. Enjoy.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich and Rubin comic panel creator Leigh Rubin have both been honored by ForeWord Magazine’s annual book awards in the category of humor according to EampP;
Last week I mentioned that Baldo artist Carlos Castellanos had posted a video of him drawing his characters on YouTube. Here is the second video he’s posted with a mention that a third is to come.
From the Comics Journal comes news that Roger Armstrong has passed away at the age of 89 last Thursday. Roger was best known for his work on Warner Brother and Disney animation projects, but also drew a number of syndicated strips including Bugs Bunny and Little Lulu.
I’ve been subscribed to Scott Stantis’ RSS feed for a while now, so I was a bit embarrassed when a reader emailed me tell me about his blog and I realized I hadn’t even mentioned it yet. Scott, who is the editorial cartoonist for the Birmingham News has been posting his cartoons via the blog […]
Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac has been picked up by Universal Press for syndicate this September. Richard Thompson, is perhaps better known for his weekly comic, Richard’s Poor Almanac that runs in the Washington Post. Cul de Sac was also a weekly created for the Post and has ran in that paper for the last […]
The Charles M. Schulz museum is planning an exhibit called His Life in Peanuts that will explore how autobiographical Peanuts is to Charles. The exhibit will include over 70 pieces that include childhood memories, friendships, medical issues, his life with five children seen through his comics strip. The exhibit is slated to run September 19, […]
One of my favorite comics, Tundra, by Chad Carpenter, has picked up a vacating B.C. slot in The Bellingham Herald (WA). Tundra is a self-syndicated strip that appears in over a 100 newspapers – including the L.A. Times. If you’re a fan like, me you’ll also be happy to know, he’s releasing a book of […]
Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy was recently dropped from the Herald Tribune (FL) and the editor wanted to explain why – as well as apologize for allowing Mallard Filmore into the paper. I thought “Mallard” was annoying, stupid and worst of all, not funny. I wrote a nice story about Tinsley for my editor and “Mallard” […]
Dilbert creator Scott Adams turns 50 today. A somewhat retrospective post on his blog to commemorate the passing: When I was 20, I wondered what it would be like to be 50. None of my guesses were close. I assumed that “aging” was automatically bad, so I didn’t look forward to it. No one told […]
Brigham Young University’s student newspaper, The Daily Universe, periodically pulls and replaces comics when the subject matter runs contrary to the student’s honor code. A couple of days ago, they ran an editorial explaining why, but did not mention a particular instance.Excerpt: Currently, The Daily Universe includes six comic strips: Zits, Garfield, Get Fuzzy, Peanuts, […]
Today’s Zippy the Pinhead features Baltimore’s Senator Theatre. The gag comes after a recent visit to Baltimore in April of this year. The theater’s owner invited Bill Griffith to visit the theater during his book signing tour in Maryland and Bill worked it into a comic. Later this month, Zippy will also include two other […]
Matt Wuerker, editorial cartoonist for the D.C. rag Politico, writes in to announce that Ann Telnaes’ animated editorial cartoons are now featured in the British newspaper web site – the Guardian. The Guardian is one of England’s flagship newspapers.
I continue to find more papers that are dropping Johnny Hart’s B.C. and Bryant Parker’s Wizard of Id. Both paper’s appear in the 1000+ newspaper level, so statistically, there was bound to be many papers that dropped the features.The Day (Connecticut), is dropping B.C. and holding a poll to find out who should take it’s […]
A movie based on the Mandrake the Magician comic is heading into production to be a movie. Criss Angel, an illustionist/magician who has a television show called “Mind Freak”, is cast as the main character and will provide some of the special effects. Chuck Russell, who directed The Mask and The Scorpion King has signed […]