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Library of Congress to digitally preserve Doonesbury and Oliphant

The U.S. Library of Congress has announced that through its National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, it will begin digitally archiving a broad range of creative works including photos, cartoons, motion pictures, audio and video games. As far as cartoons: Universal Press Syndicate: Universal Press Syndicate, a newspaper syndication company, will use a collection […]

Marshall Ramsey to Live Blog Election Night

Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey will be live blogging tomorrow nights election results. For cartoonists not yet blogging, their greatest concern (and only contribution to their newspaper) is wondering how to draw election result before the election is final. To my knowledge, Marshall will be the first cartoonist to live blog an event – posting […]

John Hambrock recounts his road to syndication

Over on John Hambrock’s blog, he recounts his long personal journey to syndication. The 15th anniversary of my comic strip journey is coming up in a few weeks. I remember the day the bug bit me. The year was 1992, although it doesnâ??t seem that long ago. For several years during my employment with the […]

Family Circus goes into thematic re-runs

Starting this week through August 25th, Bil and Jeff Keane’s Family Circus (dailies and Sundays) will be re-running favorite vacation panels from the last 30 years as the two work ahead of deadline. The strips will appear as they did when they were first printed with slight modifications to bring them up to the 21st […]

Ted Rall to Appear on Comedy Stage

According to Ted Rall’s blog, Ted will be making an appearance at the Ace of Clubs on Monday August 6th during Lizz Winsteads act. Lizz is a comedian and ex-Air America Radio personality. She does a two-part act – the first being “a bunch of satirical sketches” and the second a guest segment of which […]

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 […]

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