The self syndicated strip “Girls & Sports” will be distributed by Creators starting January 1. Justin Borus and Andrew Feinstein co-created “Girls & Sports” in the late 1990s. They built a clientele of 75-plus campus papers before starting to seek general-circulation papers in October 2004. They now have more than 100 non-college clients — an […]

A press release on Universal Syndicate’s web site gives us a peak at a story line in the newly launched “Ink Pen” where one of the characters has to change it’s name because it infringes on the trademark of another creation. The strips reflect the real-life issue Ink Pen creator Phil Dunlap became aware of […]

Editorial cartoonist Dave Fitzsimmons will be a keynote speaker at the National Association of Realtors annual conference on April 2, 2006. Don?t miss this special event featuring keynote speaker Dave Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons is a Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist for the Arizona Sun newspaper. As a political commentator, Fitzsimmons might appear cynical and irreverent. But […]

E&P is reporting that Joe Martin is starting his own syndicate to distribute his features. Longtime comic creator Joe Martin has left the world of established syndicates to launch his own company. Neatly Chiseled Features (NCF) is distributing Martin’s “Willy ‘n Ethel” (which began in 1981), “Mr. Boffo” (1986), and “Cats With Hands” (1999). Those […]

Cartoonist Jim Whiting has penned a book “Analecta: Selected Reflections of a Cartoonist’s Life”. Jim Whiting has written the autobiographical “Analecta: Selected Reflections of a Cartoonist’s Life.” Whiting, 79, worked on the syndicated “Ad Libs,” “Wee Women,” and “Li’l Ones” features. The last two were created by Mell Lazarus, who does “Momma” and “Miss Peach” […]

Newsweek Education Program has posted a “2005: The Year in Political Cartoons” teacher’s guide. 2005 arrived on the waves of a late-December tsunami in southern Asia, a catastrophic event that augured a year marked by natural disaster. A record number of hurricanes in the United States, including the devastating Katrina and Rita, was followed by […]

The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco has an exhibit called “Why Do They Hate U.S.? An International Perspective on American Politics & Culture”. The exhibit starts Dec. 22 and runs through April 30th.Even in times of international turmoil and American jingoism, the rest of the world, uncomfortably, still looks to the U.S. for leadership. […]

This story was old by the time I saw it, but I think it’s still an interesting read if you’re a fan of Steve Kelley. If you didn’t know that he also did stand up comedy – be looking for an opportunity to check out his act if he comes to you town. “The first […]

Joel Pett’s weekly ‘Toon-op” subject is Black Ink Monday and the current situation in the editorial cartooning industry. And so the cartoon lightbulb labeled Black Ink Monday clicked on, and cartoonists’ gloves came off. The idea was to draw attention to corporate journalism’s budget cutting, which has sliced through the skin, fat, bone, muscle and […]

Lee Judge, editorial cartoonist for the Kansas City Star, has an editorial/column explaining the plight of the editorial cartoonist. The only way I can avoid upsetting someone is by refusing to deal with hot-button topics and making lame jokes on trivial subjects (which, if push comes to shove, is Career Plan B). Not only is […]

There is a good article posted by the Star Bulletin that goes behind the scenes of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special – from the perspective of Lee Mendelson, the producer.Baseball has been very, very good to Lee Mendelson. More than four decades ago, the Bay area film producer had just wrapped a television documentary on […]

Lee Nordling’s comic strip syndication seminar has been placed on hold for the immediate future. As I wrote on Toontalk.org, the frat-like location I’d planned on holding the seminar in apparently sustained some fire damage a short while ago, something I only recently discovered.He also writes that he is working to find another suitable location.

E&P is reporting that the first Comic-Con in New York will feature Patrick McDonnell, creator of ‘Mutts’.Among the Comic-Con’s “special guests” will be “Mutts” creator Patrick McDonnell of King Features Syndicate. Also, King will be among hundreds of exhibitors at the event (www.nycomiccon.com). The convention will be held Feb. 24-26 at Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Center.

Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist syndicated through New York Times Syndicate, has been awarded the National Population Cartoon Contest. Telnaes “Washington Fashion Week” drawing — chosen over 155 other cartoons — shows three runway models wearing dresses with anti-condom, anti-abortion, and “stop sex ed” logos. A woman observing the dresses says: “I hear disturbing patterns are […]

Rina Piccolo, cartoonist of Tina’s Groove, has launched a new web site to showcase her strip. She also has a new book called “Tina’s Groove : A Cartoon Collection by Rina Piccolo”.