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“
There’s a nice article in the Sun-Sentinel about Jean Schulz, Charles Schulz’s widow, and how she’s taking over the Peanuts empire. She was not his business partner, nor his creative “other half.” In the world of “Peanuts,” she had no title ? and that was fine with her. Over the years, though, the cartoonist whom […]
If you didn’t check out the new upcoming feature Lio by Mark Tatulli yesterday, they’ve (UPS) has posted some additional information about the feature and repackaged the interview that went along with the announcement. From that Q and A:Q: Why did you decide to draw in the style of old pen-and-ink drawings? What?s distinctive about […]
The Washington Post Writers Group has launched a new Spanish only feature called “S.O.S. SOMOS PRIMERIZOS.” The cartoonist is Emilio Ferrero from Argentina. You can see the original site (in spanish), or I’ve created a Google translated page link that does the job (mostly).Here’s the translated version of the introductionary paragraph.S.O.S. WE ARE PRIMERIZOS tells […]
Heart of the City creator Mark Tatulli has joined a select few to try to double dip – two features at one time. On May 15, his new feature “Lio” will be available through Universal Press.UPS’ web site, posted the following description of the feature: LIO is an unusual kind of comic strip and we […]