23 year-old Randall Munroe worked on robotics for NASA after graduating from Christopher Newport University with a degree in physics and minors in computer science and math, but evetually the doodles he drew in the margins ended up on the web and began attracting lots of visitors. He eventually created his own web site which […]
Scott Nickel, of Triple Take, His & Hers and Eek fame, has started reading the new Schulz and Peanuts biography and isn’t all that impressed. I received my copy of Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography from Amazon today. I stopped at page 31 feeling utterly despondent. Author David Michaelis paints such a morose and relentlessly […]
The State Journal-Register editorial cartoonist Chris Britt was awarded the 2007 James P. McGuire Award for excellence in journalism. The award was given by the ACLU of Illinois during their 2007 ACLU of Illinois Bill of Rights Celebration.
Pat Oliphant spoke last night at the Politics and Prose book store in D.C. to promote his latest book Leadership: Cartoons & Sculpture From the Bush Years. Rob Tornoe was there and took several photos, and by “several” I mean a lot, and by “a lot” I mean some 114 of them. Check them out.Thanks […]
For those of us who have learned about Lynn Johnston’s separation from her husband (who left her for another woman), this Sunday’s For Better or For Worse may appear to be hitting close to Lynn’s home. According to a Chicago Tribune article (who’s opted not to describe the comic so as not to spoil it […]
Creators syndicate will launch a Canadian feature entitled Chuckle Bros on Monday. The comic is by Brian and Ron Boychuk and drawn by Ronnie Martin. It was picked up last year by Torstar Syndication Services and launched with seven papers according to this article in the Calgary Herald. Over the course of a year, it […]
Fans of Norm Feuti’s comic feature, Retail can listen to an interview that Norm did with Dr. Alvin Augustus Jones of WCBQ-WHNC-AM radio in North Carolina to promote his “Pretending You Care” book that hit book shelves earlier this week. A streaming audio of that 10 minute interview is available.
Earlier, I reported the Parade magazine was going to start running cartoons by Dave Coverly and Carla Ventresca. E&P reports that last Sunday’s line up included Dan Piraro, Donna Barstow and Gary McCoy.
Tuesday’s Morning Edition on NPR had a segment devoted the newly release biography of Charles M. Schulz entitled, “Schulz and Peanuts” by David Michaelis. You can listen to the broadcast from NPR’s web site. I haven’t listened to the broadcast, but the write up to introduce the segment focused mainly on Sparky’s affair during his […]
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau’s Sandbox blog – which allows service men and women deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan to write about their experiences – has been collected and printed in book form entitled “Doonesbury.com’s The Sandbox.” The Washington Post has an article about the book and a bit about Garry’s work to support the troops. […]
On Friday, Mike Baldwin’s comic feature Cornered will celebrate 10 years of syndication with Universal Press. Mike was one of the first cartoonists to color his daily cartoons by himself.
Universal Press has announced that Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles will celebrate 25 years of syndication at the end of this month. He started his career at the Buffalo Courier-Express in 1973, then moved to the Buffalo News in 1982 when the Courier-Express closed. He’s been at the Washington Post since 2002.
Bruce Guthrie took a good number of photos of Richard Thompson speaking at the Bethesda Writer’s Center last week as well as some photos of his cartoons. Richard is wearing the red shirt and gray jacket.Hat tip: Mike Rhode
J.D. Crowe has released his 4th book entitled “Smell The Love” It’s big as a meatloaf, ornery as a feral cat and full of nudity, awkward moments and twisted history from the past 5 years. I whittled over 1200 cartoons from 2003 to mid-August 2007 down to the 269 that appear chronologically in this collection. […]
Ouch. Aussie editorial cartoonist and comedian Jason Chatfield awoke to find that someone had dumped engine oil all over his white car.Thanks J.D. for the heads up.