Aaron McGruder spoke this last Monday at the University of South Florida as part of their lecture series. Instead of coming with a canned speech, Aaron took questions from the audience of 500. He mentioned that the television series allowed him “a wonderful amount of creative freedom” and access to a younger audience that “gets […]
Snoopy has become the first-ever character to be featured on Chinese postage stamp. Last June, China issued the “Dynamic-Happy Snoopy” stamp that depicts Snoopy traveling from Beijing, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Mike Lynch points us to an interview that Charles Schulz did back in 1997 that has been posted on YouTube.
Jim Borgman has announced on his blog that this year the public will be selecting his 2006 Best of Borgman. This year we’ve made choosing the year-end Best of Borgman package an audience participation event. Instead of spreading my cartoons out on the huge conference room table upstairs and narrowing them down with a trusted […]
Just as a reminder, He’s a Bully, Charlie Brown, the last Peanuts animated special that Charles Schulz worked on before his death will air tonight after A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving on ABC. Check your local listings for time. See my earlier post for details of the television special.
Keith Knight’s will have a new book on bookstore shelves this January entitled, Are We Felling Safer Yet? The new book is a collection of his (th)ink comic strip.
The Spoof, a satirical news site like The Onion, is reporting that the Department of Homeland Security has declared Doonesbury as a subversive and have arrested “Gerry Trudeau.” Gerry Trudeau, who is listed as the author on the strip’s masthead, was at first thought to have fled and escaped arrest. However, he was later taken […]
The News & Observer has announced that starting next Monday they will be adding Pearls Before Swine, Frazz, Edge City and Watch Your Head to their line up. Outgoing strips include, The Boondocks, Hagar the Horrible, Cathy and Drabble. Pearls, Frazz and Edge City will also run in the Sunday comics starting December 3rd.
Brian Crane, creator of Pickles, will be speaking at Western Nevada Community College on December 1st where he will speak about his comic strip and from whence he gets his inspiration.
From E&P is news that Tom Batiuk has won the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Hall of Fame Award for using his Funky Winkerbean character, Lisa’s, battle with cancer. The story of Lisa’s battle with cancer will run through next October.
E&P is reporting that United Media has sent out an advisory to clients of Stephan Pastis’ Pearls Before Swine that the December 2nd strip will use the term “bite me.” Those not wanting to run the strip will be given a rerun strip if they contact the syndicate.
Jan Eliot, creator of Stone Soup, will be one of six judges for the Talbot’s Women Scholarship Fund. The fund gives $100,000 in scholarships to 55 women between their late 20’s to early 60’s who are working toward their bachelor’s or associates degree. Other judges include Naomi Judd, S. Epatha Merkerson, Tracy Austin and Broadway […]
Universal Press has announced the Phil Dunlap’s Ink Pen has been optioned to be developed into an animated film. Phil’s cartoon is barely a year old and is now in 50 newspapers. The movie would be produced by Jason Korrnick who is the executive producer of the upcoming movie “Next” staring Nicholas Cage and Julianne […]
According to E&P, Rhymes With Orange creator Hilary Price took two weeks off last September for her marriage and honeymoon and asked Mary Lawton to take over on the strip for a week. Her work is running in papers this week.
Matt Davies, the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist with The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y, has created his first animated editorial cartoon.