Christian Science Monitor editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett has won this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. He’ll be honored in Washington D.C. on May 23rd.

Robert Ariail, the editorial cartoonist for The State (SC), has won this year’s Green Eyeshade award for editorial cartooning. The award is a a regional (11 state) SPJ award for outstanding journalism. This is Robert’s fifth Green Eyeshade award.

Universal Press has announced that Joe Troise, co-creator of The Elderberries is retiring and that Corey Pandolph will be taking over some of the writing and art responsibilities for the feature. The other co-creator, Phil Frank, will “take on more of the creative management.”Corey tells me that this won’t impact his plans for his Bark […]

Last August, I told you about a rumor that an Opus movie is in the works for a late 2008 screen opening. According to Jim Hill, a blogger that covers the entertainment industry (specifically all things Walt Disney), who spoke with Berkeley Breathed during a recent book tour stop, Berkeley is also working with two […]

Not many changes to report this week. The Daily Freeman has picked up Wiley’s Miller’s Non Sequitur and Nate Creekmore’s Maintaining. The features take the place of The Wizard of Id and B.C.In related B.C. and Wizard of Id news, the Wilmington Morning Star (NC) is asking their readers if B.C. and Wizard of Id […]

Over at Newsday, Bill Mcternan is talking about the comics that still grace the comics page decades after the original created has died. When TV was an unfulfilled dream and a Sunday newspaper cost a dime, more or less, the comics were a kid’s domain. When my generation was young, the Katzenjammer Kids and Jiggs […]

From the Fantagraphics Book blog we learn that during the month of May Fantagraphics Books is offering 20% off of their entire store purchases. To be eligible for the discount, you must be connected to them through a social network (e.g. Myspace, Flickr, Yahoo! 360. See link above for full details). Fantagraphics produces many complete […]

Chicago Sun-Times editorial cartoonist Jack Higgins took top honors for editorial cartooning in the Herman Kogan Media Awards for a series of cartoons he did on the topic of political corruption. The prize is a $1000 scholarship in his name to a school of his choice.

Brooke McEldowney, creator of 9 Chickweed Lane and Pibgorn, was interviewed by WUKY (NPR station at the Univ. of Kentucky). Here’s the link to the MP3.

The American Political Science Association has posted downloadable transcripts and articles from a symposium on the current state of editorial cartooning. It’s a treasure trove. Go download and enjoy!Hat tip: Tom Spurgeon

Daryl Cagle recites the history of Cartoonists Day over on his blog.An excerpt: Cartoonists usually work in isolation and the opportunities to work together were great fun at first – then the glow started to fade. Some cartoonists were enthusiastic about the idea of Cartoonists Day, and pushed the idea of every comic strip artist […]

Today’s Dilbert features a Scott Adamesque character who’s started a comic strip on off hours. As funny as an inside joke can be.Hat tip to E&P

A new Blondie book is due out this August called, Blondie: The Complete Bumstead Family History and will focus on the comic’s history, characters and creators. The feature is 77 years old.

Jonathan Lemon writes in to tell Daily Cartoonists about an interview with KAL, Tom Meyer, Mark Fiore on the topic of The Art of Political Cartooning conducted by the Commonwealth Club. You can listen to it online.

Universal Press Syndicate has partnered with Lulu.com to launch a storefront in efforts to create a new way to produce and distribute their books. Lulu.com is a print on demand solution and this deal appears to give cartoonists and fans an opportunity to create their own books and calendars. Initially, the features that will be […]