There’s an interesting article over at the San Francisco Examiner about individuals who are set to collect vintage comic strips with the hope of getting them reprinted in a collection. From the article, it appears that many of these collectors are fanatics who have spent a great deal of money to grow their collection. At […]

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is still trying to find a replacement for FoxTrot. These last two weeks they’ve been runnning Mark Tatulli’s Lio in tryout mode, but as the editor explains, “Most of the feedback I received was negative.” So Lio is out and Rich Stevens’ Diesel Sweeties is in. The Courier-Journal has completed their […]

For those in the Lincoln Nebraska area, there is an exhibit beginning on February 9 at University of Nebraska-Lincoln will feature art from Chris Ware, Enrique Chagoya, Jon E. Gierlich and S. Clay Wilson, Red Grooms and Krazy Kat creator George Herriman.The focus of the exhibit is about the relationship between comic art and high […]

E&P is reporting that the “Cartoonists Take Up Smoking” exhibit has been extended until March 31 of this year. The exhibit is at the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Back in December, Amy Lago, comics editor at Washington Post Writers Group, blogged about the quirkiness of using off-color words in comics. Fearing that many interpreted her comments as being anti-dicey language, she wrote another blog post regarding the matter. Just last week, there was dissension on the appropriateness of the word “ass” in Doonesbury […]

Austin-American Statesman editorial cartoonist Ben Sargent has been named one of the 10 coolest creative people in Austin Texas by the Austin Monthly magazine this last December.

Darrin Bell talks about a different approach taken by the Hamilton Spectator to the traditional comics poll – taking samples into a dark bar (or comedy club) and asking patrons whether they should be added to their comics page. The features under consideration by a bunch of randomly selected, slightly inebriated, who even knows if […]

Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles has an exhibit of his work starting tomorrow at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY. The exhibit runs through March 25. Tom has history in the Buffalo area. He worked for the Buffalo News before moving to the Post. Hat tip to E&P and Comics Reporter.

Dan Thompson has announced that he has secured the rights from the Milton Caniff family to run Steve Canyon on Humorous Maximus according to E&P.The feature begins on Monday, January 22.

Over on Jim Borgman’s blog he tackles a difficult topic of when he feels comfortable using minority characters when the editorial cartoon calls for a generic individual. His answer is interesting and he even redraws a few of his cartoons and changes the race of some of the characters so you can see how it […]

The Capital (Annapolis, Md) will be trying out six new strips: Pearls Before Swine, Non Sequitur, Pickles, Brevity, Frazz, and Candorville. The contest begins January 21. The voting will be via paper ballot (favored method for the aged), online and email ballots (favored by the younger crowd). We’ll see which method yields the winning feature.

Wee Pals cartoonist Morrie Turner is scheduled to speak at Alfred University (Alfred NY) on February 3rd during their second annual Drawn to Diversity program. The program was created to delve into equality and diversity in art and media. This year’s program specifically looks at the funny pages.The event is free to the public.

The Courier & Press has decided not to drop Bruce Tinsley’s Mallard Filmore or Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury after a two week period to collect reader input. The result was “readers of the Viewpoint page have let us know in no uncertain terms that they want us to continue running the “Doonesbury” and “Mallard Fillmore” comic […]

From the Toledo Free Press comes word that a new strip Biff and Riley will be adding to the line up at the end of this month. The new local comic strip is by Toledoan Jeff Payden and features two sibling dogs. Payden described the main characters, two dogs, as “two brothers from the same […]

I’m beginning to think that Stephan Pastis is the most written about cartoonist of 2006 and is setting himself up for a repeat in 2007. Anyway, here’s an interview with him from the Concord Monitor. They are now running Pearls Before Swine in the place of Foxtrot.From the interview: What do you think it is […]