Jim Davis’ Garfield added one more collection book to his list of, well, collection books. “Garfield Pigs Out” hit the shelves back in February.

Rina Piccolo, the creator of “Tina’s Groove” and one of the “Six Chix” contributors, will be at the Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon as well as host a segment about “Women of Comics.”If you’re in Toronto on the weekend of April 28th -30th be sure to check out the PARADISE COMICS TORONTO COMICON. Along with featured […]

The Great Lakes chapter of the NCS will meet the 25th of this month for their spring meeting. Details and locations on their web site.Alien though the notion of fresh air may be to pasty-skinned cartoonists, the spring meeting of the NCS Great Lakes Chapter will be held in the convention center of scenic Salt […]

Jim Morin, editorial cartoonist for the Miami Herald has been crowned “Journalist of the Year” by the South Florida International Press Club.The South Florida International Press Club announced that it has selected Miami Herald editorial cartoonist Jim Morin as Journalist of the Year. He will be honored along with nine recipients of Community Recognition Awards […]

According to Jim Borgman’s blog, he is up for two Reubens this year. Got some good news from the National Cartoonists Society yesterday. The Awards Chairman, Dave Coverly (Speedbump) called to tell me I’m one of three finalists for the NCS’s Editorial Cartooning award for 2006. The other two are Mike Ramirez (late of the […]

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.