Just as a FYI, I’m seeing a dramatic increase in the number of spam comments that are being submitted to The Daily Cartoonist. The vast majority are being caught by a spam filter that I use, but some are still getting through – which I apologize. Some of that stuff can be pretty icky.I am […]

According to the Aaugh Blog Fantagraphic books will print a comic book called The Unseen Peanuts which as the name denote features over a 100 strips that were unprinted before their inclusion into The Complete Peanuts collection (also published by Fantagraphics).According to the Aaugh blog author: Not every store will have The Unseen Peanuts. There […]

Joe Martin’s Mr. Boffo comic will serve as spokescomic for the first annual “Boffo” St. Valentine’s Day SmokeOut – an initiative created by relationship columnist Dr. Jon Carlson who is advocating that on Valentines day this year that smokers quit the habit for themselves and their loved ones. The Mr. Boffo cartoon features a group […]

Via Brian Anderson’s Dog Eat Doug blog, comes news that a new comic has debuted on Universal Press’ GoComics web site. The new feature is called 44 Union Avenue by Mike Witmer. Here’s the description: Welcome to the lively household of Cheryl-Ann, parental advice columnist and single-mom parent of two precocious children — Jasper (your […]

I mentioned it briefly back in December that Stan Lee was going to be the guest of honor at a Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art fundraiser to coincide with the New York Comic-Con. The museum was also working toward an exhibit in his honor as well. I received a press release from the museum […]

Via Mike Lynch’s site comes news that Brendan Burford (an editor at King Features and hubby of Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo) is releasing his third volume of Syncopated comics. Syncopated Comics is an independently published collection of comics. Brendan will be on hand at the New York Comic-Con on February 23rd through 25th if […]

Mike Lynch has posted on his blog the run down on the deadlines and requirements for this year’s NCS division awards. The deadline is February 23rd and the finalists will be announced in April with the awards dinner in Orlando Florida on May 26th.Best of luck to all who enter.

Fantagraphic books is coming out with another collection of George Herriman’s Krazy Kat. I’m not sure where I read this, but for legal reasons’ the books are all named Krazy & Ignatz. This latest collection entitled A Brick Stuffed With Moombins is due in stores in March. You can get $5 off if you pre-order […]

MSNBC’s Test Pattern (their blog regarding all things entertainment and pop culture) is holding a poll to determine which comic strip should replace FoxTrot, which they’ve been running in reruns since the first of the month. I generally discourage fans of a particular feature from voting in a local newspaper’s comic surveys if they don’t […]

Scott Nickel – half of the Triple Take team writes in to announce that he’s started up a blog. Scott, for those who don’t know him, works in Jim Davis’ Paws Inc. as a writer/editor on books and other Garfield related licensing.

Jim Borgman received the honor of taking the cover of this year’s Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year. I’m not sure how the cover cartoon is selected, but it probably goes through a more unbiased selection process than other best of books.In other BECOTY tidbits – AAEC members Dean Turnbloom and his son Lucas Turnbloom […]

The comic feature Mark Trail is celebrating 60 years in the funny pages. Mark Trail was created by Ed Dodd in 1946 and turned over to Jack Elrod since 1978 according to King Feature’s web site. The Northeast Georgia History Center is planning a special program to honor Ed (was from Gainesville and died there […]

There’s a great article in the McGill Tribune about the great potential the cartoon has for motivating change in society and they use Gary Trudeau’s Doonesbury as an example of a cartoon that helped end a racial law in Florida back in the mid-1980s. Legally speaking, racial segregation in the United States is an issue […]

After posting an open letter inviting FoxTrot creator Bill Amend into saving the comic strip industry, it appears that Scott Kurtz has been talking at least one other cartoonist – Jimmy Johnson, creator of Arlo and Janis. I’ve been having a conversation lately with a young cartoonist named Scott Kurtz. Scott is young (compared to […]

Charles Boyce is being honored with an exhibit of his feature, Compu-Toon in Barrington, IL. He was interviewed by the Daily Herald about that event.