Berkeley Breathed continues his book tour. He was interviewed by the Northwest Herald. Did you think “Bloom County” was going to be as successful as it was? The only reason that “Bloom County” worked in the ’80s is because I didn’t know what I was doing. I had no intentions of being any more of […]
Charles Brubaker writes in to point out attention to Chris Harding’s blog wherein he writes about his short-lived syndication deal (Feet of Clay) back in the 1997-1998. It’s a two part posting (one and two) and offers a glimpse behind the curtain into the demands a daily comics strip can have on one who may […]
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise has dropped the use of upstate New York freelance cartoonist Mark Wilson (aka “Marquil”) after they ran a cartoon critical of New York State’s handling of an armed standoff. Complaints flooded in and the paper caved (link provided goes to a google cached version of the story as the original is […]
More than a 100 examples of original Dick Tracy cartoons will be on display at a new exhibit called the “The Art of Dick Tracy: 75 Years of Crooks, Dames and Fedoras” at the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum on June 22.
Wiley Miller (Non Sequitur), Corey Pandolph (Bark Eater Lake/Elderberries), Lincoln Pierce (Big Nate) will be paneling a discussion at this year’s Maine Festival of the Book on June 22-24. The festival is organized by a non-profit organization to support literacy in Maine.
The Virginia-Pilot is “running out of space for comic strips” and so is looking to throw one feature overboard and have suggested to its readers that it will either be Rex Morgan M.D. or Doonesbury.
p>Reuben Award finalists Bill Amend, Dave Coverly, and Dan Piraro are the featured guest on Washington Post’s Meet the funny pages online chat tomorrow. Questions can be submitted anytime before and during the chat session which begins on 1 p.m. EST.
Mike Lynch has posted the first part of a speech that Charles M. Schulz gave (presumably at a NCS function) about his life as a cartoonist. He later posts a link to Hoggan’s alley that contains the full speech.
Canadian cartoonist Ben Wicks, who died in 2000, was one of Canada’s great cartoonists, but was perhaps not the best at archiving and filing his artwork. Recently, two brothers found three bags full of Ben’s cartoons in the garage of a home they had purchased from the Wicks in 1992. The collection of cartoons are […]
Philadelphia Daily News editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has created a stir with supporters of mayoral candidate Chaka Fatta with a recent cartoon. The cartoon is described as: The cartoon satirized Fattah’s criticism of rival Michael Nutter’s “stop, question and frisk” anti-crime proposal, by showing Fattah speaking to two young children whose bodies have large bullet […]
Soup to Nutz creator Rick Stromoski recently renovated his studio with the help of a designer. Davenport returned about a month later with a plan. The walls would be a pretty Guilford Green; the floors, engineered wood in a pecan finish. The drafting table would be swapped with the computer desk, so each was on […]
According to E&P, Lynn Johnston’s daughter has joined the For Better or For Worse studio as an executive associate. From the For Better or For Worse web site we learn more about Kate’s role in the organization: Sometimes, the best treasures are in your own backyard. This was the case when the studio crew was […]
Lynn Johnston will be honored among 11 other Manitobans during a legislative session on July 12 when they are bestowed with that Canadian province’s highest honor: the Order of Manitoba. The order is given to those Manitobans that “exemplify tremendous accomplishments” in the community, country and internationally. Lynn will receive her honor for her work […]
Last month I raised questions on how animation should be weighed in the judging for a Pulitzer Prize. The Birmingham News editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis has written a column opining that animated cartoons shouldn’t even been in allowed into competition. From Editor and Publisher, here are excerpts of his column: “We were led to believe […]
Only one line-up change this week: Charlos Gary’s new comic strip Cafe con Leche will appear in the Indianapolis Star starting today. The new feature takes B.C. spot.