Another major newspaper is planning to cut jobs. This time its the Washington Post who will be buying out 80 positions throughout the 800 employee company.Other cost cuts also are being rumored, including the eventual closing of at least two foreign bureaus and changes to some other overseas bureaus that would have staffers working out […]
Jef Mallett, creator of “Frazz“, recently visited a local elementary school to talk about his profession and to promote reading.Since Frazz is about a school janitor – this trip also serves as a field trip.“What I get coming into a school like this is background,” said Mallett, whose comic strip centers on a school janitor […]
University of Saskatchewan’s campus cartoonist Jeff MacDonald is not sorry that he drew a cartoon depicting Jesus having sex with a pig. The editor, who was fired, has apologized numerous times.MacDonald said his cartoon was intended to expose the double standard of Christians who were not offended by the recent European cartoon of the Prophet […]
Just noticed this on the Schulz Museum web site that there is an exhibit coming up called “Face-Off: Charles M. Schulz and Hockey” (scroll down a bit) and runs from June 28 through October 2, 2006. Growing up in Minnesota, Charles Schulz developed a love for ice hockey?a sport that he continued to play for […]
Scott Adams, on his blog yesterday, explains how he is getting his voice back. If you weren’t aware of his condition, he explains that to.The treatment involves Botox? injections to the vocal cords several times a year. Botox temporarily deadens the muscles that cause the spasms that choke off the voice. Apparently those muscles aren?t […]
Another off-topic but interesting story from the Detroit News about an exhibit of Dr. Suess’ art work. There appears to be much more to Dr. Suess than I knew before. Read the full article. Before he was Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel began his career as an editorial cartoonist in the 1920s. He moved into […]
Slightly off topic, but interesting that a Chinese college is opening a three-year course for artist to learn cartooning. Full story below.BEIJING, March 10(Xinhuanet)– A Beijing-based college is to open a three-year course for budding artists interested in cartoon drawing, the first undergraduate course of its kind in China. Applicants are not required to have […]
Scripps Howard Foundation has tapped Michael Ramirez as the best editorial cartoonist for 2006. He gets $10,000 and a trophy. Runners up are Mike Luckovich (who won this years Headliner’s award) and Kevin Kallagher (KAL). Interesting that two of the three best cartoonists this year were let go from their papers. Ramirez? work reflects his […]
Scripps Howard Foundation has announced it’s National Journalism awards including the Charles M. Schulz award for best college cartoonist. This years honor goes to Russell Gottwaldt.Russell Gottwaldt, F Newsmagazine, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receives $10,000 and the Charles M. Schulz award. Gottwaldt is experimenting with writing and drawing a multi-paged editorial […]
The National Headliners Award for editorial cartooning has been announced. In first place is Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Second place goes to Nick Anderson for cartoons he did while still at The Courier-Journal and lastly, Mike Peters of the Dayton Daily News.Congratulations to theml all. I’ll post follow stories as they become available.
I’ve let the story simmer for a while until something more certain has emerged, but it does look like the McClatchy Company is in the lead to buy Knight Ridder. The bid is in the area of $4.8 Billion!If McClatchy wins the bidding, it would be buying a company twice its size. While McClatchy publishes […]
E&P breaks the news of “Baby Blues” now surpassing the 1000-client mark. It also makes Jerry Scott on of the few cartoonists to ever have two features break that ceiling level.“Baby Blues” has passed the 1,000-client mark, making Jerry Scott one of the few cartoonists in history to have two comics with that many newspapers. […]
A couple of days ago, I posted a link to Apple’s web site pointing you to the latest Over the Hedge trailer. It appears that a new trailer has been posted today on Yahoo. Go check it out. Quicktime or Windows Media.Enjoy.
Patrick McDonnell is going on a book signing tour to promote his children’s book “Art.” Dates begin on the 31st of March and roll through the weekends of the 23rd of April ini Pennsylvania and Texas.Patrick will be making some appearances this spring to promote Art, his newest children’s book. Stop by to meet the […]
E&P has noted that along with just about everyone else, that Tom Tomorrow is also putting out a collection book this spring called “Hell in a Handbasket: Dispatches From the Country Formerly Known as America“