According to the ComicsDC blog, Swann Foundation Fellow Katherine Roeder will give a lecture at the Library of Congress on the topic of Winsor McCay. The presentation is entitled “Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy and Mass Culture in the Work of Winsor McCay” and will be held on January 16. See his blog for more […]

Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist at The Indianapolis Star, has posted the results of his first time up to bat doing an animated editorial cartoon. The animation is entitled “Gary Varvel’s D.C. Christmas” and runs just shy of 3 minutes.Check it out here.

Rob Rogers, the new AAEC president has announced on the associations web site that this year’s AAEC convention will be in Washington D.C. to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the organization’s existence. Says Rob: We chose D.C. because that’s where the AAEC’s first convention was held and it seemed like a great bookend for […]

Slightly off-topic obit announcement, but who can argue that Joseph Barbera hasn’t influenced us at some level, at some point in our lives. Along with William Hanna, Joseph and William created the Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, and Tom and Jerry. Joseph passed away at the age of 95.

Darrin Bell‘s Candorville blog mentions that a reenactment of one of his strips from 1995 has been posted on YouTube. The clip runs about 35 seconds. Earlier this fall, Mary Worth reenactments clips surfaced on YouTube (and I can’t believe I just used Candorville and Mary Worth in the same blog post). Here’s the Candorville […]

Earlier this year, I told you about the Garfield statues that were being put up around Grant County Indiana to be a tourist attraction (read January and April stories). Now one of those statues is headless in the city of Marion. No leads yet. Police are hoping that at some point, someone starts to brag […]

The Akron Beacon Journal is asking readers to vote for a replacement strip for FoxTrot, whose daily strip is ending at the end of this year. The choices given are: Stephan Pastis‘ Pearls Before Swine, Tundra by Chad Carpenter and Dan Piraro’s Bizarro.The article also mentions that they brought back Mary Worth, who had been […]

Time Magazine has posted there choices for Cartoons of the Year. Cartoonists included in the selection, John Sherffius, Chip Bok, Mike Thompson (included twice), Steve Kelly, Marshall Ramsey, Gary Markstein, Steve Breen, Chris Britt, and Walt Handelsman.

Ann Telnaes is self-publishing a collection of her cartoons on the topic of Dick Cheney. The book, entitled “Dick,” is 108 pages and can be purchased through Lulu.com.From E&P: Timing was one reason Telnaes self-published “Dick” via the Cartoonist Group, which compiled and formatted the book. “Cheney’s activities have inspired a lot of my cartoons […]

Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell was awarded the “Award of Appreciation” from the Sierra club for using his comic strip to raise public awareness for environmental issues, according the E&P.

Editorial and comic panel cartoonist, Jeff Stahler, receives a mention in the Columbus Dispatch for his work on his comic panel, Moderately Confused.Says Jeff: “I’m used to observing the front pages of the news and commenting with a cartoon for the Columbus Dispatch editorial pages,” said Stahler, who doubles as an editorial cartoonist. “But every […]

The Washington Post Writers Group web site has a page for a new strip they plan to launch beginning March 27, 2007 called Little Dog Lost by Steve Boreman. From the WPWG web site is this description of the feature: A lost little dogâ??s picture hangs on a telephone pole, a note begging for his […]

Pulitzer Prize winners Mike Luckovich and Walt Handelsman were interviewed by NEWSWEEK on Air on their most controversial and favorite cartoons of the year. They also talked about what subjects they see coming into the new year. You can listen to it online.

Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley will be at Sam Weller’s Bookstore in downtown Salt Lake City to sign his latest book Clueless George Takes on Liberals!.

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 […]