Yesterday I posted that Vaughn Larson, editor and cartoonist for “The Review” (WI) had been called up and will serve an 18 month tour in Iraq. Editor and Publisher has a much longer and detailed story. “We were put on alert back in January, so it wasn’t much of a surprise,” the Wisconsin Army National […]

Before I report on the survey that ran last week on this site to gauge its performance, I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all those who took the time to answer the questions. Perhaps, like cartooning itself, this is a solitary effort and sometimes it’s difficult to know just how […]

According to the AAEC website, Vaughn R. Larson, news editor and editorial cartoonist for The Review (Plymouth WI) has been called up for a 18 month tour in Iraq. Vaughn is a vetran of the first Gulf War. He reports April 19th. God speed Vaughn.

Universal Press Syndicate has issued a press release to commenmorate the 5th anniversary of Lalo Alcaraz’s debut as a syndicated editorial cartoonist with UPS. Lalo also created “La Cucaracha” in 2002 which is also distributed by UPS.“Lalo brings a young, fearless Latino sensibility to political and cultural critiques, and that’s saying something when you consider […]

The Detroit Free Press announced over the weekend that they were launching a new and improved features section called “Life.” In passing they mention…You’ll find some other changes in Monday’s paper, including a new comics lineup, a new page with more puzzles and a fresh new focus for The List! — metro Detroit’s best local […]

Recently I posted a story how the Sacramento Bee was cutting their Sunday funnies from 8 pages to 6. This story (which is a week old), talks about the community reaction:In a nutshell: only 250 responded. 250. That’s it.

E&P reports that a new book, edited by Ted Rall, featuring 21 online cartoonists will be published in June. The book is entitled: “Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists.”

Among many editorial page changes at the Dayton Daily News, Mike Peter’s editorial cartoons will now be in color. Mike’s cartoon has also been moved away from the house editorial to the opposite facing page – which probably has more to do with getting it on a page that runs color – than with the […]

Sunday seems to be the day newspapers announce that they’re messing with the funnies. This time, The Repository (Canton OH) will debut Tony Carrillo’s new feature “F Minus” next week on the 17th. Interestingly, the editor does mention the internal polling that took place before making the decision to put “F Minus” in the line-up. […]

Last January, I told you that Pat Oliphant was going to be part of a fund-raiser for the Harry Truman Presidential Library. Here now is a write up about the event that occured last Thursday. The event set a record for total money raised.Notice: The story doesn’t go into much detail of what Pat did […]

For all those who complain that comic features never die – even after their original creator does will be happy to read that The Clarion-Ledger has dropped Peanuts. The Peanuts gang is being replaced with Sudoku. Another change is a trial run of Housebroken Steve Watkins. Stevens’ feature will run through the Boondocks hiatus.And if […]

Houston Chronicle editor admits, dropping Bruce Tinsley’s Mallard Fillmore created quite a stir in Houston. I hit the trifecta of reader discontent last week (lucky me) with the ongoing immigration debate, the cessation of the comic strip Mallard Fillmore and the announcement by U.S. Rep Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, that he will resign from his […]

Drew Litton writes in to announce that he is now one of the growing number of professional cartoonists that have joined the blogosphere.Drew draws the “Win, Lose & Drew” sports editorial cartoons for the Rocky Mountain News – where you’ll find his blog. Win Lose & Drew is also syndicated through United Media.

Here’s a bizarre, jaw dropping story out of the New York Times (free registration) about Don Trachte – a cartoonist for the Saturday Evening Post back in the 1940’s – bought an original Norman Rockwell painting (Trachte knew Rockwell), but to keep his beloved Rockwell painting away from his wife during their divorce – he […]

Arlo and Janis creator Jimmy Johnson posted on his website that he exerienced a mild heart attack earlier this week.I used to vaguely be amused when I’d miss a day here on the Web, and readers would write to enquire nervously about my health. I am no longer amused. Early Monday morning, I had a […]