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Herriman art posted on Strippers Guide blog

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 12, 2007

Last week I alerted you that Allan Holtz was asking readers of his blog, the Stripper’s Guide, if he should post copies of some George Herriman cartoons dating back to 1906 that he found while looking in the Los Angeles Examiner’s archives. He’s decided to post them. Enjoy.

Luckovich and Rubin win awards for their books

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 12, 2007

Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich and Rubin comic panel creator Leigh Rubin have both been honored by ForeWord Magazine’s annual book awards in the category of humor according to EampP;

Roger Armstrong passes away at age 89

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 12, 2007

From the Comics Journal comes news that Roger Armstrong has passed away at the age of 89 last Thursday. Roger was best known for his work on Warner Brother and Disney animation projects, but also drew a number of syndicated strips including Bugs Bunny and Little Lulu.

Scott Stantis joins blogosphere

by Alan Gardner 3 comments June 12, 2007

I’ve been subscribed to Scott Stantis’ RSS feed for a while now, so I was a bit embarrassed when a reader emailed me tell me about his blog and I realized I hadn’t even mentioned it yet. Scott, who is the editorial cartoonist for the Birmingham News has been posting his cartoons via the blog […]

Universal to launch Richard Thompson’s ‘Cul de Sac’

by Alan Gardner 3 comments June 12, 2007

Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac has been picked up by Universal Press for syndicate this September. Richard Thompson, is perhaps better known for his weekly comic, Richard’s Poor Almanac that runs in the Washington Post. Cul de Sac was also a weekly created for the Post and has ran in that paper for the last […]

Getting to know Charles Schulz through Peanuts

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 11, 2007

The Charles M. Schulz museum is planning an exhibit called His Life in Peanuts that will explore how autobiographical Peanuts is to Charles. The exhibit will include over 70 pieces that include childhood memories, friendships, medical issues, his life with five children seen through his comics strip. The exhibit is slated to run September 19, […]

Tundra picks up Bellingham Herald

by Alan Gardner 1 comments June 11, 2007

One of my favorite comics, Tundra, by Chad Carpenter, has picked up a vacating B.C. slot in The Bellingham Herald (WA). Tundra is a self-syndicated strip that appears in over a 100 newspapers – including the L.A. Times. If you’re a fan like, me you’ll also be happy to know, he’s releasing a book of […]

Get Fuzzy dropped from Herald Tribune

by Alan Gardner 3 comments June 11, 2007

Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy was recently dropped from the Herald Tribune (FL) and the editor wanted to explain why – as well as apologize for allowing Mallard Filmore into the paper. I thought “Mallard” was annoying, stupid and worst of all, not funny. I wrote a nice story about Tinsley for my editor and “Mallard” […]

Scott Adams on turning 50

by Alan Gardner 4 comments June 8, 2007

Dilbert creator Scott Adams turns 50 today. A somewhat retrospective post on his blog to commemorate the passing: When I was 20, I wondered what it would be like to be 50. None of my guesses were close. I assumed that “aging” was automatically bad, so I didn’t look forward to it. No one told […]

BYU newspaper talks about when it censors the comics

by Alan Gardner 7 comments June 8, 2007

Brigham Young University’s student newspaper, The Daily Universe, periodically pulls and replaces comics when the subject matter runs contrary to the student’s honor code. A couple of days ago, they ran an editorial explaining why, but did not mention a particular instance.Excerpt: Currently, The Daily Universe includes six comic strips: Zits, Garfield, Get Fuzzy, Peanuts, […]

Senator Theatre featured in today’s Zippy

by Alan Gardner 0 comments June 8, 2007

Today’s Zippy the Pinhead features Baltimore’s Senator Theatre. The gag comes after a recent visit to Baltimore in April of this year. The theater’s owner invited Bill Griffith to visit the theater during his book signing tour in Maryland and Bill worked it into a comic. Later this month, Zippy will also include two other […]

More papers replacing B.C. and Wizard of Id

by Alan Gardner 3 comments June 8, 2007

I continue to find more papers that are dropping Johnny Hart’s B.C. and Bryant Parker’s Wizard of Id. Both paper’s appear in the 1000+ newspaper level, so statistically, there was bound to be many papers that dropped the features.The Day (Connecticut), is dropping B.C. and holding a poll to find out who should take it’s […]

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