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Washington Post makes several line up changes

The Washington Post has announced that they are making several comic page changes. Starting on Monday, they are adding three new comics: Agnes (Tony Cochran) Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! (Tim Rickard) and Brevity (Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry). Brevity with alternate with Close to Home (John McPherson). Dave Coverly’s Speed Bump will now run seven […]

Big Top comic to come to an end

Universal Press has announced that Bob Harrell will end his comic Big Top on March 25th. In statement by Bob, he says:This was an incredibly difficult decision. The strip, and the characters feel like family to me and I loved every day of doing Big Top. But for both professional and financial reasons, itâ??s time […]

Killed Cartoon book hits book shelves today

Out on book shelves today is a book I’ve wrote about a couple of weeks ago called Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression. The author, Dave Wallis, has an excellent article in the San Francisco Chronicle that nicely recaps the major themes of his book. It’s an excellent read and worth a […]

Steve Benson wins Scripps Howard National Journalism Award

Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson has been awarded the Scripps Howard Foundation’s National Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. Steve takes home a hefty $10,000 and a trophy. His portfolio included cartoons regarding “the Iraq War, the tragedy of Darfur, lobbyist influence at the White House, bigotry and the failure of response to Katrina.”UPDATE: I […]

Lio to run in Philadelphia Inquirer

Mark Tatulli gets an extensive write-up in the Philadelphia Inquirer this week in part as the Inquirer will be running Lio beginning on Monday. Some of the more interesting tidbits gleaned from the article: Mark has had to reel back the dark side of Lio because of complaints that it was too dark Mark is […]

Bill Gates for president effort fails

Back in December I wrote about a blog post by Dilbert creator, Scott Adams, that opined that Bill Gates would make a good U.S. president. The idea caught fire in parts of the blogosphere and a grass-roots effort was made to recruit the billionaire. That grass-root effort has thrown in the towel: We’ve tried… We […]

FBOFW character Farley to be on license plates

For Better or For Worse character Farley will soon be appearing on Ontario license plates according to E&P. A portion of the proceeds for each plate will go to the Farley Foundation – a charitable organization that subsidizes medical care for pets that belong to senior citizens or persons with disabilities. Farley was a lovable […]

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