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Happy 20th Birthday to FoxTrot
Bill Amend’s FoxTrot turns 20 years old today.
From Universal Press we learn that despite having retired the daily version at the end of 2006, the classic version still runs in about 50 papers internationally and the Sunday-only strips appear in more than 700 newspapers (print and online).
Congratulations Bill on the milestone!
Posted on: Apr 10, 2008, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
Liberty Meadows 10th Anniversary collection released this week
Last January I told you Frank Cho would be releasing a 10-year anniversary collection of his Liberty Meadows strip. Wednesday “Liberty Meadows 10th Anniversary Edition” will hit book shelves. It’s 176 pages and contains all the strips from the first nine collections plus a special introduction by Erik Larsen and never-before-seen college strips than [...]
Posted on: Mar 18, 2008, Section: Anniversaries, Books, Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
News Briefs for March 3, 2008
» The Northwest Florida Daily News is running a poll. Candidates being considered include: Baby Blues, Between Friends, Bizarro, Cul de Sac, Daddy’s Home, Dog Eat Doug, Get Fuzzy, Mutts, Ollie and Quentin, The Pajama Diaries, Pearls Before Swine, Pickles and Pooch Cafe.
» Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for the Indianapolis Star, will be the keynote [...]
Posted on: Mar 3, 2008, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Interviews, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 0 Comments
News briefs for February 20, 2008
Sean Hoy will be releasing his fifth book, Out of the Cup, a collection of coffee cartoons soon. Sean is an editorial cartoonist, illustrator out of Arizona and produces topical cartoon collections for golfers, dog lovers, cowboy/westerners, and office dwellers. You can check out his stuff at Off Kilter Cartoons
Lio, and Heart of the City [...]
Posted on: Feb 20, 2008, Section: Anniversaries, Books, Comic strips, Exhibits, Interviews, Comments: 2 Comments
Frank Cho releases 10 year anniversary collection of Liberty Meadows
Fans of Frank Cho’s Liberty Meadows will be excited to know that a hardcover 10 year anniversary collection of the strip will be released on February 27th.
See how it all began from the very beginning in this all-new hardcover collection of the first issues of Frank Cho’s fan-favorite humor series! Collects Liberty Meadows #1-9.
Right now, [...]
Posted on: Jan 24, 2008, Section: Anniversaries, Books, Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
Prince Valiant reaches 3,700 episodes
E&P reports that Sunday’s Prince Valiant was the 3,700th installment. The feature is currently being created by Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz. Prince Valiant debuted in 1937 by Hal Foster and then was taken over by John Cullen Murphy.
Posted on: Jan 8, 2008, Section: Anniversaries, Comic history, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
La Cucaracha celebrates 5 years
Lalo Alcaraz’s Cucaracha hit the 5 year mark last month and appears in 60 newspapers nationwide. Lalo has drawn editorial cartoons for the LA Weekly since 1992 and also draws English and Spish editorial cartoons for Universal Press. If that didn’t keep him busy, he’s also co-editor of the satirical magazine Pocho, a co-founder to [...]
Posted on: Dec 4, 2007, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Off the Mark hits 20th anniversary
E&P reports that Mark Parisi’s Off the Mark has turned 20 years old. Congratulations, Mark.
Posted on: Nov 21, 2007, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
Mike Baldwin’s Cornered turns 10
On Friday, Mike Baldwin’s comic feature Cornered will celebrate 10 years of syndication with Universal Press. Mike was one of the first cartoonists to color his daily cartoons by himself.
Posted on: Oct 17, 2007, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Tom Toles celebrates 25 years of syndication
Universal Press has announced that Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles will celebrate 25 years of syndication at the end of this month. He started his career at the Buffalo Courier-Express in 1973, then moved to the Buffalo News in 1982 when the Courier-Express closed. He’s been at the Washington Post since 2002.
Posted on: Oct 17, 2007, Section: Anniversaries, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
5Th Wave Celebrates 10 Years in Syndication
Richard Tennant, creator of The 5Th Wave, will celebrate 10 years in syndication this Friday.
Posted on: Jul 3, 2007, Section: Anniversaries, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
Stuart Carlson Celebrates 15 Years in Syndication
This Thursday will mark Stuart Carlson’s 15th year as a syndicated editorial cartoonist. He’s been with the Milwaukee Sentinel since 1983.
Posted on: Jul 3, 2007, Section: Anniversaries, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
Scott Adams on turning 50
Dilbert creator Scott Adams turns 50 today. A somewhat retrospective post on his blog to commemorate the passing:
When I was 20, I wondered what it would be like to be 50. None of my guesses were close. I assumed that “aging” was automatically bad, so I didn’t look forward to it. No one told me [...]
Posted on: Jun 8, 2007, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 4 Comments
Tom the Dancing Bug celebrates 10 years of syndication
Ruben Bolling, creator of Tom the Dancing Bug will celebrate 10 years of syndication with Universal Press this month. In the last 10 years, the feature has won many awards including: “Hot Comic Strip of the Year,” as named by Rolling Stone magazine; and, second place two years in a row for Best [...]
Posted on: Jun 6, 2007, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Philadelphia Cartoonists Society celebrates 10 years
Jeff Kilpatrick writes in to announce that the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society, which he co-founded, will be celebrating their 10 year anniversary on May 4th with a large art show that will include the artwork for over 20 of their members. The organization has over 80 members with 30 who are active participants including Andrew Hart [...]
Posted on: Apr 25, 2007, Section: Anniversaries, Cartoons, Exhibits, Gatherings, Comments: 0 Comments
