Wall Street estimates Wall Street trims “Hedge” box-office forecast | Reuters.com:LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – “Over the Hedge” managed a modest 30 percent box office decline in its second weekend, though some analysts are concerned that the animal cartoon still could underperform and put pressure on the stock of its producer, DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc.The film earned $84 million in its first 11 days, after a $35.3 million performance over the Memorial Day Holiday weekend, but has just one more weekend to itself before arch-rival Walt Disney Co.  releases the Pixar-produced “Cars.””It now appears unlikely that ‘Over the Hedge’ will reach either our estimate of $195 million in domestic box office or original consensus expectations of $180 million,” Merrill Lynch analyst Jessica Reif Cohen wrote in a research note Wednesday after others had raised concern last week.The analyst said DreamWorks Animation likely will earn less than 50 cents per share this year, which would be a significant earnings miss relative to her 57 cents per share forecast.The analyst said she is reining in her box office prediction to $150 million-$160 million domestically for “Hedge.”

McPherson continued to work by day and moonlight as a cartoonist until 1990, when he decided to take up creating his frumpy looking characters in absurd situations full-time.?Close to Home? has been compared to the satirical humor of Gary Larson?s ?The Far Side? and in many papers, actually replaced the panel when Larson retired in 1995….  I think it has been for most cartoonists,? says McPherson, ?But I?d rather not deal with all of the far-out nonsense; there is so much nonsense in real life to draw from.?After 5,000 comic panels, the ink well of ideas for some cartoonists might dry up, but not for McPherson.

Search and Destroy:AMERICA GONE WILD: CARTOONS BY TED RALLNot only is my new Central Asian travelogue/graphic novel/current affairs analysis SILK ROAD TO RUIN coming out this summer, there’s another treat for fans of my cartoons.AMERICA GONE WILD will come out this fall….  Here for the ages is the hate mail and death threats I received, my personal interactions with personalities like Bill O’Reilly, etc.–all the dish you’ve always wondered about.

“I’m pretty sure that hasn’t happened before.”When Glenn won, clad in a pink tuxedo with ruffles, his big brother Gary, wearing a blue tuxedo with ruffles, carried him on stage piggy-back style. Glenn said he would rather not win awards by snatching them away from his brother.Glenn’s previous Reubens include newspaper comic strip cartoonist of the year award for his syndicated cartoon, “The Duplex,” three greeting cards cartoonist of the year awards, two magazine cartoonist of the year awards, and an editorial cartoonist of the year award.Gary, who was nominated for the first time this year, joked that his brother only needed one more award to finish tiling his bathroom floor.Universal Press has also posted a press release regarding the McCoy wins.

The Great Lakes Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society has posted several photos taken by their members.  Lynn Johnston, has also posted two photos of herself with her husband in the Awards ceremony as well as another photo of her production team.

Universal Press Syndicate: News Release:Despite some digital ballot-box stuffing, or perhaps because of it, MIT has won the poll that asked where Alex Doonesbury should go to college.”A careful check of the applicable rulebook indicates that queering the results was not specifically prohibited,” noted a Friday post on Doonesbury.com, where the poll was conducted.  “And by tradition, engineers, hackers, and techfolk will assume that in a problem-solving situation of this nature, there is no box out of which they are not expected to climb.

Two Reuben weekend attendees, Mark Anderson and Mike Lynch have posted their photos and details of their weekend.Mark live-blogged his first and second day of attending sessions and meeting other cartoonists….  Mike also has shots of several attendees such as Dan Piraro, Tony Murphy, Rina Piccolo, Stan and Pauline Goldberg, Chuck Goll, Dan Collins, and Bunny Hoest.

The Daily Press, Newport VA, has dropped “Opus,” “The Pink Panther,” and “Jump Start” in order to make room for three kid’s features such as a crossword puzzle, “Ask Shagg” and “Doodles.”The editor also points out that Aaron McGruder’s “Boondocks” has been replaced by Darrin Bell’s “Candorville” for the remainder of the hiatus.

“Non Seq” will move to Page 1 of our comics when it returns next month.In “Mr. Boffo”‘s former home on Page 1, you’ll see “F Minus” by Tony Carrillo, which gets its shot to wow Free Press comics lovers….  And no, it had nothing to do with pole dancing.According to distributor United Features Syndicate, the comic “tackles life’s serious issues, pins them to the ground, and steals their lunch money.”

I don’t have pictures from the Glyph Awards ceremony, but I do havepictures from the convention it was attached to, the Fifth Annual EastCoast Black Age of Comics Convention (my boyfriend, social/politicalcartoonist Masheka Wood had a table and a book).

Congratulations are in order for Canadian editorial Cartoonist Brian Gable of the Globe and Mail who was awarded his fourth National Newspaper Award.  The awards were handed out last Friday in Halifax.

“Non Seq” will move to Page 1 of our comics when it returns next month.In “Mr. Boffo”‘s former home on Page 1, you’ll see “F Minus” by Tony Carrillo, which gets its shot to wow Free Press comics lovers….  And no, it had nothing to do with pole dancing.According to distributor United Features Syndicate, the comic “tackles life’s serious issues, pins them to the ground, and steals their lunch money.”

Be back tomorrow morning!

Mike Luckovich, who has previously won this years Pulitzer Prize, SPJ’s Sigma Delta Chi Award, Overseas Press Club Award, and the National Headliners Award, can add the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.More details over at E&P.

BTW, This post is a milestone of sorts for the Daily Cartoonist.  I have now posted 1000 blog posts in the seven and a half months of blogging.