This was an interesting post from E&P.Newspapers like to turn a profit. At a Virginia daily, an editorial cartoonist turned into a prophet. This past Sunday, Clay Jones of The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg did a cartoon showing a Virginia Tech football player running down the field holding a gun. On Monday, former Tech quarterback […]

From E&P:Ed Hall has compiled “Diversions and Other Political Observations,” the second collection of his editorial cartoons. The award-winning Hall is with The Baker County Press of Macclenny, Fla., the DBR Media syndicate, and Artizans Syndicate. Hall’s upcoming 150-page book — which features a foreword by Universal Press Syndicate editorial cartoonist Ted Rall — will […]

A couple items in the Peanuts universe:Two Peanuts movies are going to DVD.Both A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) and Snoopy Come Home (1972), each released in theaters a few years after A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown aired on television, will be available in digital versatile style on March […]

With the shake up at the Kansas City Star, a few features have been dropped. One of the features being dropped is “Spot the Frog” by Mark Heath. On his blog he says, Having the Spot sunday in The Star was a pleasure. They were printed with fidelity — not a given when it comes […]

The Kansas City Star will drop two pages from their Sunday comic section to cut expenses.Several changes in FYI and the Sunday comics take effect Sunday and Monday. We like some, and hope you do, too, and regret others. Beginning Sunday, the comics section will lose two pages. Paper is a major cost at any […]

Aaron McGruder, creator of “Boondocks“, has desires to expand his empire. According to this little tidbit on EURWeb, Aaron is aiming for a full feature film as well as video games.Aaron McGruder has revealed plans to expand his ?Boondocks? comic strip and Cartoon Network television series into a feature film and video game, reports Karu […]

Patrick McDonnell, creator of “Mutts” announced on his web site that his book “Gift of Nothing” has made it to #8 on the New York Times Best Seller List for Children’s Picture Books.Back in December, his book made it to #8 on the NYT Best Seller List.

Big Nate, created by Lincoln Peirce, is celebrating 15 years on the comic pages. From a United Media press release:“When I started Big Nate, one of my goals was to create a comic character who seemed authentic — not a miniature adult, but a believable eleven year-old boy,” creator Lincoln Peirce said. After fifteen years […]

The Cartoon Research Library at Ohio State will have 30 rare political prints from 1830-1840. This exhibition features thirty lithographed political prints from the 1830s and 1840s, which are recent acquisitions of the Cartoon Research Library, purchased with support from the William J. Studer endowment. Twenty-seven of the prints were issued by H.R. Robinson, the […]

Good news for employees at the Charlotte Observer, their editor Rick Thames has decided to cut the number of pages in the paper rather than jobs.“Given a choice of where to reduce costs, I?m going to do my best to keep the great staff that we have,” Thames said, citing myriad studies that show readers […]

Mark Anderson’s blog reports that the Masters of American Comics exhibit will be traveling to Milwaukee between April 29 and August 13, 2006.You can read more about the exhibit and get more details (tickets and contact information) at Milwaukee Art Musuem’s web site.

The Boondocks television series has been nominated for “Outstanding Comedy Series” by the NAACP. Other shows nominated for that category include: “The Bernie Mac Show,” “Everybody Hates Chris,” “Girlfriends,” “Half & Half.” The winner will be announced when the awards show is broadcast on March 3rd.

American cartoonists will join up with their counterparts from across the pond for a cartoon event called “Drawing Inspiration: The Art of the Editorial Cartoon” sponsored by the French Institute Alliance Francaise.With eye-catching imagery and clever wordplay, an editorial cartoon says far more than a thousand-word article, inspiring us to look at a topic from […]

According to this New York Post story(free registration required), the New York Times is losing 20% of it’s local market in the boroughs between 2001 and 2004. Since the mid-1990s, the Times has embarked on a strategy to expand nationally to reduce its dependence on the New York ad market while going head-to-head with other […]

Emerald Nuts’ advertising blitz leading up to the Super Bowl will feature the artwork of two New Yorker cartoonists J.C. Duffy and Jack Ziegler. I wish I had more information, but the quote below is the only thing mentioned in the story. I’ll keep my eyes open for more information as we get closer to […]