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Ask Ted Rall about Diesel Sweeties

After reading the “spirited” discussion in the comments regarding the launch of Diesel Sweeties, I’ve invited Ted Rall, who is responsible for acquisition and development for United Media, to respond to any questions you might have about the launch/selection of Rich Stevens’ feature. Email me with your questions and I’ll forward him the most frequently […]

Diesel Sweetie to launch January 8

Diesel Sweeties © Richard Stevens. Used by permission of United Media. All Rights Reserved. What looks to be the first comic strip launch of 2007, United Media will launch Diesel Sweeties by Richard Stevens. Diesel Sweeties is about a love relationship between a robot named Clango Cyclotron and his human girlfriend. The feature has been […]

Newspapers as we know it will be gone within 10 years

Back in July I interviewed the management of most of the major syndicates regarding how they viewed their future in an industry that many think is in decline. For the most part, they were very upbeat, positive and even bullish on the newspaper industry. They probably could have sensed from my line of questioning, that […]

Brian Fairrington designing college mascot

Brian Fairrington, syndicated editorial cartoonist with Cagle Cartoons, is designing the new look for “Artie the Artichoke” – the school mascot for Scottsdale Community College. You can see Brian’s work on the voting page where students vote for their favorite. Fairrington said he enjoyed working on the project. But the cartoonist said it’s challenging to […]

Changes abound on funny pages

Here’s a quick run down of the pickups and droppings this week. The Observer in Dunkirk, NY has picked up Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse which will replace Bill Amends FoxTrot that is dropping its daily feature.Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy is on a trial run at the Gazette-Times (Corvallis, OR). To make room, […]

Ten annual editorial cartooning contests deadlines posted

Over on the AAEC web site are the deadlines and information to enter the 10 annual major editorial cartooning contests. The list includes: National Headliner Awards Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award The Thomas Nast Award Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards The Herblock Prize The Pulitzer Prize Sigma Delta Chi Award For students: Mark of […]

Darcy to resume cartooning in 2007

According to the AAEC web site, Jeff Darcy, editorial cartoonist for the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio, will resume his duties at the paper sometime in 2007 after suffering a stroke in early November of this year. He quips: “This means that from now on I can only draw cartoons on the right,” he quipped […]

Bruce Tinsley arrested for DUI

According to a story in the Indianapolis Star, Bruce Tinsley, creator of Mallard Fillmore, was arrested on the 4th of this month on for driving while intoxicated. His blood-alcohol level was .14 – twice the state level.This is his second DUI in the last four months. The previous incident occurred on August 26th.

Prickly City by Matt Davies starts today

Just went over to GoComics to check out Matt Davies first foray into comic stripping as he temporarily takes over on Scott Stantis‘ Prickly City for the next week. Looks like today’s toon is mostly a set up the rest of the week, but his depiction of Winslow and Carmen are good.

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