Tony Auth has come under fire for a recent cartoon depicting members of the U.S. Supreme Court wearing a Catholic bishop’s miter. The cartoon is on the topic of the high court’s recent ruling that upheld the ban on partial birth abortions. One such group is Fidelis, a Catholic-based advocacy organization as well as political […]

Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury, will be honored tomorrow at the ninth annual Ken Book Awards breakfast for his book, The War Within: One More Step at a Time. Garry receives his award for “outstanding literary contributions to a better understanding of mental illness.”

Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has posted an interview with Brendan Burford, King Feature’s new comics editor. At age 28, Brendan picks up where Jay Kennedy left off after Jay’s untimely death. TOM SPURGEON: When your promotion was announced, I think it was [King Features President] Rocky Shepard who in one of the articles indicated that […]

Not a big news item, but this brought a smile to my face. One disgruntled reader of The Capital, (Annapolis, Md.) has issued a final warning to the paper’s editor after he made some changes to the comics.And I quote the paper who quotes the soon-to-be-ex-subscriber: “In spite of the fact that someone or another […]

I received an email from Greg Hatfield of Checker Book Publishing who is announcing that they will be releasing a book collection of B.C. strips (500 total) this August entitled, GrowinGold with B.C.: A 50 Year Celebration by Johnny Hart. The cover art is an original Johnny Hart drawing that he did for the book […]

Even with B.C. being carried on by family, some papers (not a lot, mind you) are dropping the late Johnny Hart’s classic and replacing it with other features. Here is what I’ve tracked down this weekend.The Lexington Herald-Leader is going to drop B.C. and Wizard of Id and replace them with a new feature. They […]

The Aaugh blog reports that The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 is already shipping.

For Better of For Worse creator, Lynn Johnston, will be on hand on Saturday May 5th at North Bay Ontario to meet fans and sign books. She’ll also be in Sudbury Ontario on May 6th. Check her web site for time and location.

E&P has reported that Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey), Bud Grace (The Piranha Club), and Jerry Van Amerongen (Ballard Street) will be seminar speakers during the NCS Reuben Weekend that will be held on May 25-28 in Orlando FL.

With all three of the Pulitzer Prize nominees having submitted animated editorial cartoons, I was beginning to wonder if that was the harbinger that ushers in the era of animated editorial cartoons (at least for those who want the “prize”). Signe Wilkinson is the latest to take a swing at animation. You can check it […]

Rob Rogers, AAEC president has posted an update on the AAEC convention schedule in Washington D.C. this year. Here are the events, speakers and sessions that have been lined up so far:As far as scheduled events, a pre-convention fund-raiser is scheduled for July 3rd to raise money for the AAEC. D.C. citizens are invited to […]

AAEC president Rob Rogers has appointed Clay Bennett to a new position called “membership director.” On the AAEC web site, Rob writes that: Clay will be an ombudsman, of sorts, to new and existing members. He will appoint a small membership committee to discuss membership issues and bring those issues to the AAEC board. This […]

Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau is scheduled to speak at the Muhlenberg College commencement on May 20th where he will also receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters.Hat tip to E&P.

Jeff Kilpatrick writes in to announce that the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society, which he co-founded, will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary on May 4th with a large art show that will include the artwork for over 20 of their members. The organization has over 80 members with 30 who are active participants including Andrew Hart […]

I received an email from Steven Cloud announcing that his web comic Boy on a Stick and Slither has been picked up by United Media to run on comics.com beginning today.From the press release: BOASAS is a strip that can be silly, profound, or even absurd. At times, it can be political, but not necessarily […]