The News Journal (Delaware) has picked up four new features: Baldo, Pearls Before Swine, Pickles, and Tina’s Groove. The paper announced that it is dropping seven features: Yet some of the changes were made without us: Cathy, Marmaduke, Sally Forth, Shoe, You Can With Beakman, Kid City and Family Circus.Still in the papers are: Zits, […]
The Times Online (UK) reports that Dennis the Menace will now be available on your mobile phone through ROK Comics which also provides Garfield, Doonesbury. However visiting ROK’s web site reveals nothing about this latest news.
The Stripper’s Guide blogger/historian Allan Holtz reviews Chester Gould – A Daughter’s Biography of the Creator of Dick Tracy by Jean Gould O’Connell. I soured on Dick Tracy a bit recently when I read the reprints of the first years of the strip. I found the early Tracy stories to be sloppily plotted in the […]
The Record editorial cartoonist Jimmy Margulies was among the winners of the 2007 Clarion Award given out by the Women in Communication according to E&P.
Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles was named one of Washington D.C.’s 50 Most Powerful People according to GQ magazine. Coming in at number 48, GQ says: Whether he’s depicting the U.S. Army as a quadruple-amputee soldier or simply drawing Bush with big Bugs Bunny ears, Toles is able to distill complex themes into a […]
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There is an extensive review of R. C. Harvey’s Milton Caniff biography over on Eddie Campbell’s site
In an interview with Chris Mautner, Lynn Johnston reveals that her initial plan of a clean transition from her current For Better of For Worse format into the new hybrid is going to take more time to wrap up current story lines. Expect to see the hybrid format in your paper’s next month, but the […]
The Times (Shreveport, LA) is playing, “The Cartoon Island” in which readers get to bump off two of the least favorite comics. Candidates to be voted off include: Mary Worth, Sally Forth, Beetle Bailey, Marvin, Hagar, For Better or Worse, and Curtis. On the list of possible new comics include: Cafe Con Leche, Dog Eat […]
The AAEC’s web site has posted notice that two editorial cartoon contest’s deadlines are approaching. Those wanting to enter the U.N.’s Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award need to do so before October 1, 2007.The National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award deadline is October 5, 2007.Best of luck to all entrants.
King Features will be launching a new comic on August 27. The new feature, Arctic Circle by Alex Hallatt, is a bout a trio of penguins who emigrate from Antarctica to the Arctic. The strip centers on the friendship between three charismatic penguins, Oscar, Ed and Gordo, who move to the North Pole to escape […]
Dilbert creator, Scott Adams, has posted his second piece of advice to Scott Meyer’s feature (see earlier post for background). Today’s post topic is on creating a reader recognized reoccurring theme. When Dilbert was new, a computer publication approached United Media to reprint all of my computer-themed Dilbert strips in their magazine. The deal was […]
Mike Rhode notes that a recent Tom Toles cartoon generated two compaints to the Washington Post. See the cartoon, and the letters.
Mike Witmer, creator of 44 Union Avenue, writes in to say that he has decided to pull the plug on the feature that he’s worked on for over 3 years. Mike cites lack of syndicate interest as the primary reason to move on. And speaking of moving on, he’s created a new feature called Pinkerton […]
The Durham News writes up a piece about their own editorial cartoonist, Dennis DraughonHat Tip: Dirk Deppey