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Dan Piraro begins 2007 Baloney tour

Earlier this week, I told you that Bizarro creator, Dan Piraro, will be speaking in Hawaii next week. I’ve found other dates and times for his speaking engagements. This last Sunday he was in Florida. Check links below for ticket information.Apr. 3, 2007, 7:30 p.m.: New College of Florida, Sarasota, College Hall Apr. 10, 2007, […]

Stone Soup exhibit opens

Jan Eliot, creator of Stone Soup has a collection of her work on display at the Opus6ix Fine Art Gallery in Eugene Oregon – her home town. The exhibit runs from March 31st through April 29th. This Saturday, on the 6th, there will be an artistic reception and then later on the 28th a book […]

Keefe wins 2007 Fischetti Award

The Denver Post editorial cartoonist Mike Keefe has won this year’s Fischetti Award. Receiving honorable mention are Clay Bennett of the Christian Science Monitor and Steve Sack of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The three will attend the awards ceremony in Chicago on April 30. While in Chicago, the three will participate in a panel discussion, […]

Cartoonists in the news: Meehan, Piraro

The Evening Times (British paper) has a story on Kieran Meehan who is up for a Reuben award in the newspaper panels category.From the Honolulu Advertiser comes news that Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro will be Hawaii next week on April 10 to speak on cartooning and veganism. Visit the link above for times.

Doonesbury hitting close to home for female soldier

Last week’s Doonesbury storyline depicted B.D. meeting a female soldier who was seeking counseling for sexual trauma. The story (as well as the drawing of the young woman) hit close to home for one female soldier in Oregon who went AWOL to avoid a second deployment in Iraq where she has accused her supervising sergeants […]

KAL created animated short using Digital Dubya

Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) has produced an animated short using his Digital Dubya that was created at the Imaging Research Center at the University of Maryland. The animation pokes target’s Bush’s ire for KAL (“He drew my daddy”). You can see the short over on the Economist’s web site where KAL has been their editorial cartoonist […]

Berkeley Breathed planning to end Opus? (UPDATED)

E&P caught the story before I did. In an interview with Texas Monthly (scroll down), Berkeley Breathed slips what possibly be might be the end of his Opus feature. What interesting projects are on your horizon? BB: Three: a novel; two of my books are in development at Disney; and Opusâ??s death, which approaches. Has […]

What do comics mean to you?

Last week, I enjoyed an email exchange with Rebecca Nappi of the The Spokesman Review. She’s renewed her interest in the funny pages after losing interest in them when she went away for college 34 years ago. She’s written a commentary about why the funnies have beaconed her return. The adult world is pretty scary […]

OSU Cartoon Research Library turns 30

The Columbus Dispatch has a commentary by Ann Fisher regarding the 30 year anniversary of the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library that Lucy Shelton Caswell began back in 1977. The library boasts 2.5 million comic-strip clippings, about 250,000 original cartoons and 51,000 serial titles, including comic books. This Wednesday, Scott McCloud, will be at […]

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