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Local Farley Comic to Come to an End

by Alan Gardner 25 comments September 7, 2007

Phil Frank’s Farley has been a local comic for the San Francisco Chronicle since the mid 1980s, but according to Daryl Cagle it will come to an end today. With the news of the firing of Leo Garza who drew the Nacho Guarache for the San Antonio Express-News, we have Ed Stein and his Denver […]

Two Week Comic Binge Bores Columnist

by Alan Gardner 35 comments September 7, 2007

Michael Roberts, a columnist for the Denver Westword paper, recently forced himself to read every comic in the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News for a two week period to gauge the state of the the funny paper. To find out what else I’ve been missing, if anything, I read every comic in the Post […]

Cartoonist Sparks Another Furor at University of Virginia

by Alan Gardner 10 comments September 6, 2007

Last year, I reported about Grant Woolard, a student cartoonist at the University of Virginia, who created a national stir for two cartoons that were published in the Cavalier Daily. Both the editor and cartoonist later apologized for running the cartoons. Woolard has set off another controversy this week that resulted in about 200 students […]

WPWG to Launch “It’s All About You”

by Alan Gardner 6 comments September 5, 2007

The Washington Post Writers Group has picked up It’s All About You by Tony Murphy and will be launching the feature on December 31st.From the description on the syndicate’s site, The YouTube generation meets Seinfeld in It’s All About You, a new daily and Sunday comic strip by Tony Murphy. “The strip’s title is sort […]

Ben Sargent to Speak at Democratic Fund Raiser

by Alan Gardner 1 comments September 4, 2007

Austin American-Statesman cartoonist Ben Sargent will be the featured speaker at the Brazos County Democratic Party fund-raiser on September 16. The event will also include various Democratic candidates. A word of caution to Ben: Don’t donate any money, but if you do, don’t go on record as saying you “don’t give a ratâ??s ass” about […]

New F-Minus Book To Be A Bit Like This

by Alan Gardner 2 comments September 4, 2007

F-Minus creator Tony Carrillo has posted a short video to YouTube to describe what his F-Minus book collection will be like. My first thought: An episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos?See the video for yourself.The book is available at Amazon.

Arnold Wagner Passes Away

by Alan Gardner 12 comments September 4, 2007

The cartooning community has lost a gentleman of the art. Arnold Wagner passed away on Friday August 31st after a return of an earlier battle of cancer. Arnold was a co-founder to an early cartoonist trade journal called The PRO Cartoonist & Gagwriter and authored The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Cartooning. He was a frequent […]

For Better or For Worse Begins Its Hybrid

by Alan Gardner 3 comments September 4, 2007

Yesterday marked the launch of Lynn Johnston’s “hybrid” For Better or For Worse. Today’s is perhaps the first actual “mixing” of the two old and new art work. Can anyone with a FBoFW collection tell us how much of this strip is actually new versus old? My guess the writing in panels 1-3 are new […]

Henry Payne Starts a Blog

by Alan Gardner 0 comments September 4, 2007

Detroit News editorial cartoonist Henry Payne has started a blog on his paper’s web site. Entitled Henry Payne’s Sketchbook, it contains, roughs and finished editorial cartoons.Thanks Charles Brubaker for the link.

Go See The Second Banned Opus strip

by Alan Gardner 8 comments September 4, 2007

I took the full weekend off and so I didn’t see the second banned Opus strip until late last night. Personally, I thought it was even more benign than last weeks.

Another Editorial Cartoonist Loses Job

by Alan Gardner 0 comments September 4, 2007

According to the AAEC web site, Craig Terry, who has been the editorial cartoonist and graphics editor of Northwest Florida Daily News was let go in an apparent buy out. Craig has been doing editorial cartoonist in Florida for over 25 years.

New Rules for Posting Comments

by Alan Gardner 0 comments September 4, 2007

I’ve updated the rules regarding posting comments on this site. In summary, if I feel the comments to a blog post are going off-topic and participants are engaging in a flame war, I will: Post a comment to all warning that the thread is heading off course. If the participants can’t get the thread back […]

F Minus now in the The Winston-Salem Journal

by Alan Gardner 0 comments August 31, 2007

The Winston-Salem Journal has announced they’re adding Tony Carrillo’s F Minus to their line up. They’ve also posted an interview and feature background to introduce their feature to their readers.

Cartoon Island Contest Votes off Mary Worth

by Alan Gardner 2 comments August 31, 2007

A couple of weeks ago, I told you that the The Times in Shreveport, LA was holding a “Cartoon Island” contest to see which features should be voted off the funny pages. Candidates for removal included: Mary Worth, Sally Forth, Beetle Bailey, Marvin, Hagar the Horrible, For Better or For Worse, and Curtis. After more […]

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