PreTeena creator Allison Barrows and some of her characters have joined a kids-safe networking site (AllyKatzz.com) for tween age girls (9-15) in efforts to “hear comments from the girls, gain suggestions, and really get into this age-group’s head.” The partnership offers Alison the opportunity to become engaged with her sample audience.It doesn’t appear that the […]
Andrews McMeel Universal (the parent company of Universal Press Syndicate) has been nominated as a Top Company in Kansas City. The distinction is shared by 9 other companies and a single Top Company will be announced on August 24th. The criteria for this award include: “company’s contributions, innovations, work culture, customer service, transactions, challenges, community […]
Forbes.com has a write up about Tom Stern’s CEO Dad book entitled How To Avoid Getting Fired By Your Family. Mentioned are Tom’s efforts to get his strip into television.
Over on the For Better or For Worse web site, the blog that was maintained by fictional character April is now being maintained by fictional character Elly and non-fictional character Lynn (just roll with it – it’s all in fun). I laughed at one of the first new blog posts under this new arrangement as […]
Over at Cecil Vortex’s blog, he has an interesting interview with Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro. CV: I understand that to syndicate a cartoon, you first need to stockpile a large number of comics. Was that a challenge for you? DP: Early on it was very hard. See, on the one hand, I really love starting […]
MJ writes in to announce that this Friday he’ll be live blogging while he creates his editorial cartoon. Check it out this Friday at 12:00 pm (CST).
Cul De Sac © Richard Thompson; Distributed by Universal Press Syndicate Richard Thompson’s new feature Cul De Sac just might be the break away comic strip release this year and not because it has some big name endorsements from Bill Watterson and Pat Oliphant, but because it is a really polished feature that has some […]
Mike Lynch has posted his photos from this last weekend’s Mocca Festival as well as posting links to other camera toting artist/bloggers who’ve posted their photos (scroll to bottom of page).UPDATE: Comics reporter has combined a much greater list of blogs, photos and news stories surrounding this year’s Mocca.
New Yorker cartoonist J.B. Handelsman has passed away at the age of 85. According to his obituary in the New York Times, he had nearly a thousand cartoons published in the New Yorker. The Comics Reporter has more information along with several related links.
Larry Feign, who gained international fame for his comic feature Lily Wong, was asked by CNN on his opinion of how Hong Kong is fairing 10 years after Britain handed over control of the city to China. “Everyone always thought Hong Kong would influence China,” Feign said. “What really surprises me and a lot of […]
Paul Fell who has for years been the freelance cartoonist for the Lincoln Journal Star has been terminated as a contributing cartoonist over published remarks to MSNBC when they questioned him about a $450 contribution to a Democratic house candidate back in 2006. Paul was one of 144 journalists (or individuals working in the media […]
A small shout-out to Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey who, last Friday passed his first anniversary as a blogger along with his cartooning duties. Over the last year, Marshall has posted 2,414 posts (averaging 7-a-day). If you’ve kept up with his blog, he’s quite prolific (blogging 7 days a week) and entertaining. The blog is […]
For reasons I’m still trying to uncover, the Miami Herald is holding contest called the “Great Cartoonist Search” contest. The contest is open to any individual cartoonist or teams of two (must be U.S. resident and 18+ years old). To enter, submit three cartoons to the paper by July 24th. There will be three rounds […]
The Beat blog posts a write up on bumping into Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker and an update on the cartoon museum Mort has diligently worked on for so long.As it stands now, the art that was once housed in the museum is sitting in storage in Stamford, CT. Walker told us that Ohio State […]
The Cincinnati Enquirer has posted a slide gallery called “Borgman in a summer mode” which shows nine editorial cartoons Jim Borgman has created on the topic of summer starting in 1986 through 2001. Classic Borgman stuff.