Matt Groening is interviewed by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show about his upcoming movie – The Simpson’s Movie

King Features has announced that Anne Gibbons, a well known cartoonist in magazine gag cartooning and greeting cards, has replaced Carla Ventresca as the Thursday Six Chix. According to the King press release Carla has moved on to “pursue other interests” (she and her husband, Henry Beckett, launched a new feature called On a Claire […]

Walt Handelsman, editorial cartoonist for Newsday, will be co-chair of this year’s “Cartoons & Cocktails” – a fund-raising event of the National Press Club to support “Young D.C.” (a teen newspaper), the Cartoonists Rights Network International, and the National Press Club scholarship program.

According to E&P, Paige Braddock, creator of Jane’s World, will be the cartoonistâ??in-residence on August 18 at the Carton Art Museum in San Francisco. While there, she’ll talk to visitors as well as work on her cartooning.

Matt Groening is getting a lot of press as The Simpson’s movie debut nears (this Friday). The Independent has a great write up on Matt’s career from waiting tables, creating the alternative comic Life in Hell to creating The Simpson’s franchise (worth $2 billion/annually).

From E&P comes news that Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker is now publishing a full-color 20 page magazine called Mort Walker’s The Best of Times. The publication has already had a trial run in the Connecticut area last month. As he envision it, it will be a 40 page publication that runs 50% ads and […]

I’m seeing more search engine traffic going to my previous story about the Funky Winkerbean story arc about the impending death of the Lisa Moore character. When I see this kind of traffic, it usually tells me that the strip is causing a stir amongst general comic readers (as opposed to most of us Daily […]

As noted earlier the L.A. Daily News dropped 10 comic features but under overwhelming comic reader complaints the editor is reinstating several of the features. “For Better or For Worse,” “Funky Winkerbean” and “Mallard Fillmore” were at the top of your list and they will return to the daily LA.COM section within a matter of […]

From Tom Richmond comes news that the NCS Foundation (the non-profit entity of the National Cartooning Society) will be auctioning off original artwork at this year’s San Diego Comic Con the Foundation. Artist’s work will include pieces from Jack Davis, Ray Billingsley, Bill Morrison, Dan Spiegle, Tom Richmond, Stephen Silver, Chad Frye, Garry Trudeau, Rick […]

A word of caution for those who spent too much time doodling in their math class – I’ve added a supplemental spam filter that requires you to perform a simple mathematical equation before submitting a comment to the blog. While my main spam filtering service blocks a couple hundred spam submissions a day – a […]

This year’s Comic-con in San Diego begins next Thursday here are some of the notable appearances by newspaper cartoonists:On Thursday, July 26, there is a spotlight on Morrie Turner (Wee Pals). This event runs from 1-2 p.m. in Room 3.From 3:00-4:00 is a spotlight on Daryl Cagle (MSNBC cartoonist and of cagle.com). Daryl will present […]

Guy Gilchrist is throwing a Cartoon Festival and silent auction to benefit two non-profit organizations this next week. On Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. is an open house at his Cartoonist’s Academy that will include tours, drawing lessons, games and free food. Then on Tuesday July 24th from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. […]

Ed Hall, editorial cartoonist for The Baker County Press, has joined the blogosphere. His blog opened up on July 10, which makes me wonder if Ed’s decision to start a blog was influenced by the AAEC convention’s discussion on blogging. Looks like he’s updating it daily with cartoons, roughs, and photos.

I’m back from a wonderful time in Seattle. The highlight was a two day trip to the San Juan Islands (without the kids!) and an incredible up close encounter with Orca whales (AKA Killer Whales) during a sea kayaking excursion. That area of Washington state is incredible. A couple of cartoon related side items. While […]

Reed Brennan Media Associates has announced that Kudzu by the late Doug Marlette will end in August.Due to the untimely death of creator Doug Marlette, Kudzu dailies will cease syndication with the release of Saturday, Aug. 4. The final Sunday will appear on Aug. 26.