I’m hearing chatter on the blogs/boards about Frank Cho’s Liberty Meadows. When the feature left the newspapers in 2001, Frank promised that the feature would continue in comic book form. This May 31st, the Liberty Meadows story line with Brandy, Frank and the other cast of characters continue. It?s finally here!! It?s not a hoax. […]

Several comic features are hitting the book shelves this spring. Here is a run down of what to expect to see on your next trip to the local bookstore:“Spot the Frog” – this is the first collect for Mark Heath. “In Shark Years I’m Dead: ‘Sherman’s Lagoon’ Turns Fifteen” by Jim Toomey “Something Chocolate This […]

The Washington Post has posted samples of their upcoming feature “Watch Your Head” by Cory Thomas. “Watch Your Head” chronicles the lives of six students attending Oliver Otis University. The strip is told largely through the eyes of Cory, a freshman who’s academically brilliant and socially awkward, especially with girls. His first friend at Otis […]

Three more cartoonists will be working on Rob Harrell’s “Big Top” feature while he recovers from eye surgery to remove a cancerous tumor. While Rob recuperates from surgery that removed a cancerous tumor from his right eye, 15 fellow Universal Press Syndicate cartoonists will be guest drawing his comic strip. New volunteers are Ruben Bolling […]

Dan Piraro will receive the Ongoing Commitment Award at the 20th Annual Genesis Awards. The Genesis awards is put on by The Humane Society of the United States. Dan won the a Genesis award in 2002 for Outstanding Cartooning.“Over the years, we have been proud to recognize Dan Piraro’s stunning work with Genesis Awards and […]

Editor and Publisher has contacted Stacy and posted a story with some more information about his dismissal with The Times. Curtis, 34, who believes he was let go in a cost-cutting move, expressed surprise at the decision. “The newspaper pushed ‘local, local, local’ all the time, so I felt my job was pretty secure,” he […]

From Mark Anderson’s blog comes news that editorial cartoonist Stacy Curtis has been let go from his gig at Times of Northwest Indiana.Fellow Chicago area cartoonist Stacy Curtis was unceremoniously escorted out of his job at the NWI Times yesterday. Curtis was allowed only his car keys, coat and what he brought in with him […]

For our friends up north:The National Press Club of Canada has launched its 6th International Editorial Cartoon Competition. The theme of the competition is “Cartooning in a dangerous environment”. The first prize is 1,500 Canadian Dollars. The forty best cartoons will be displayed in an exhibition at the National Press Club in Ottawa and the […]

Michael Ramirez recently gave a speech to the Pacific Palisades Republican Club’s election year kick off brunch. You can read a follow up story about his remarks in the Palisades Post.“The difference is I get paid to be obnoxious. Politicians are just obnoxious,” Ramirez said in his opening remarks. “Editorial cartoonists are like pit bulls […]

The Des Moines Register has reinstated “Judge Parker” to their line up after readers complained after it was dropped back in early February. According to E&P, the Register will keep Mutts, but drop Brevity to make room.

Nick Anderson, the newly acquired Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist, can now say he’s a cartoonist AND a blogger with the recent launch of his blog on the Chronicle web site. Nick’s blog seems only to post his cartoon and allow readers to make comments. A quick perusal of the comments didn’t reveal that he is […]

Editor and Publisher posted a story of who and what will catch the eye of the Pulitzer Prize judges this year. In the area of editorial cartooning, E&P makes the following conjecture:As for Editorial Cartoonists, those having especially good years in 2005 included Nick Anderson of The Courier-Journal in Louisville, Ky.; Jeff Danziger of the […]

Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy has a new book out next month called “Scrum bums.”Bucky Katt is a rather obstinate Siamese who constantly battles his “owner” Rob for control of their home. Satchel Pooch, the Labrador-Shar-pei mix who’s sweet and lovable, makes a nice lackey for Bucky. Bucky knows he’s smarter than everyone else; it’s just […]

The Austin Weekly has a good article on the lack of diversity on the comics page and how many newspapers are demanding more minority characters – and not just supporting/background colors.It?s an awareness that has propelled many Chicago papers to take a serious look at their minority representation, in not only their news sections, but […]

With the ink still wet on the announcement that Aaron McGruder is taking a six month break from his “Boondocks” feature, syndicates and newspapers are scrambling to fill the void. Here’s a run down of the ripple effect:Washingon Post Writers Group is moving the launch of a new feature called “Watch Your Head” up to […]