News Briefs for May 8, 2008
» Scott Adams’ blog has been moved to his newly redesigned web site. Check it out at dilbert.com/blog/
» Bleeker creator Jonathan Mahood is featured on the Sunday Funnies podcast.
» TDC regular, InkSwig founder, Dawn Douglass has set up a new forum to discuss new and upcoming comics, or as she writes, “Wet Ink is an [...]
Posted on: May 8, 2008, Section: Blogs, Comic strips, Podcasts, Comments: 0 Comments
The Daily Cartoonist version 3.0 is now in beta!
The Daily Cartoonist will be going through some major changes over the next year and I’d like to invite you to check out the first change: a significant redesign and function of the blog. From my initial efforts in 2005, I’ve tried to maintain a professional level of reporting and I haven’t felt that the [...]
Posted on: Apr 28, 2008, Section: Blogs, Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 9 Comments
Challenges of creating an online comic business model
Many of you know that TDC regular Dawn Douglass has spent years and a small fortune on creating a viable business model for cartoonists to make money on the web. She’s asking for feedback to a recent blog post about how cartoonists feel about her latest plan.
For some months now, I’ve been trying to [...]
Posted on: Mar 12, 2008, Section: Blogs, web comics, Comments: 10 Comments
Nick Anderson appears on CNN, NPR regarding Texas Primary
Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson was on CNN last Friday (you can see video over on CNN). He was also on NPR last week.
He’ll also be live-blogging the primary results tomorrow night.
Posted on: Mar 3, 2008, Section: Blogs, Editorial cartooning, Interviews, Comments: 2 Comments
Who is the Bad Cartoonist and does he matter?
The editorial cartooning community has been going through a season of discontent for many years and it seems that the pitch is only getting louder. If it’s not discussion of the gloom and doom of the newspaper industry, it’s the complaints about the book collections, who’s copying who and who’s pulling down the profession with [...]
Posted on: Feb 28, 2008, Section: Blogs, Controversies, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 149 Comments
News Briefs for February 26, 2008
» Former Times of Northwest Indiana editorial cartoonist Stacy Curtis has made a new career in illustration and according to the Three Men in a Tub blog (which Stacy contributes) Stacy has recently won an illustration contest sponsored by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators! You can see his drawing here.
» A couple [...]
Posted on: Feb 25, 2008, Section: Blogs, Comic strips, Museums, Comments: 3 Comments
David Horesy gets a new web site
David Horsey, editorial cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, has a new web site and blog with a discussion forum.
After years and years of doing things the old fashioned way with India ink, drawing paper, brush and pens, I am taking the leap into the brave new world of interactive, multi-media journalism. Like Barry Bonds [...]
Posted on: Jan 21, 2008, Section: Blogs, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 0 Comments
Dan Piraro to do stand up; moves blog
Dan Piraro, creator of Bizarro, will be doing standup comedy on February 22 along with Johnny Steele at San Francisco’s Purple Onion. Their performance is called “Two Guys With Hats.”
In other Piraro news, he’s evacuated his myspace blog and opened up a new over on blogger/blogspot.
Posted on: Jan 9, 2008, Section: Blogs, Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
New Yorker creates blog for cartoonists
The New Yorker has launched a blog for its cartoonists. I don’t know how many of its cartoonists will be writing for it. It has two posts so far by Mick Stevens.
The inaugural post:
When The New Yorker asked me to launch its new cartoonists’ blog, I was at first reluctant. I already have a heavy [...]
Posted on: Jan 9, 2008, Section: Blogs, Magazine cartoons, Comments: 1 Comment
Paul Gilligan starts blog for Pooch Cafe
Pooch Cafe creator Paul Gilligan has started a blog. Blog entries go back to November and the blog features a message forum, contest news, and links to Pooch Cafe merchandise.
Posted on: Jan 9, 2008, Section: Blogs, Comic strips, Comments: 0 Comments
Jim Borgman’s blog hits 2nd anniversary; what’s next?
The Borgblog, Jim Borgman’s blog, has passed the 2 year mark with 526 posts and nearing 20-30 comments a day. He has posted a review of the evolution of his blog which started out as a means of posting his sketches and rough drafts and then turned to posting his final cartoons and writing longer [...]
Posted on: Dec 18, 2007, Section: Blogs, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 3 Comments
Scott Adams to blog less
Scott Adams announced on his blog that he intends to blog less (as in no longer daily) as the return on investment for his blogging has been disappointing.
His original intent with the blog was to generate ad revenue, compile blog posts into a book, grow Dilbert audience, and create an outlet for non-Dilbert “artistic [...]
Posted on: Nov 27, 2007, Section: Blogs, Comments: 25 Comments
Who’s live blogging the election tonight?
I’ve read on Marshall Ramsey’s blog that he’s going to be live blogging the election today with “commentary, cartoons and caffiene.” Any other editorial cartoonists planning on blogging the election?
Posted on: Nov 6, 2007, Section: Blogs, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 1 Comment
2 Halloween cartoon round-ups being posted
Clay Jones, editorial cartoonist for the Free Lance-Star, is putting together what he is calling the “Great Halloween Theme Editorial Cartoon Research Project.” For the last couple of weeks he’s been rounding up all the editorial cartoons over on the AAEC web site that are Halloweened themed. His list is now up to 63 cartoons. [...]
Posted on: Oct 30, 2007, Section: Blogs, Cartoons, Comments: 3 Comments
Festival of Cartoon Art wrap up (UPDATED)
Mark Anderson attended the Festival of Cartoon Art and blogged the experience. Head over to Mark’s blog for his report on day 1 (day one photos), day 2.
Mike Rhode has written up a short review as well as posting photos over on Flickr.
UPDATE #1: Mark posts a final Q&A about his thoughts of the festival.
Posted on: Oct 29, 2007, Section: Blogs, Festival of Cartoon Art, Gatherings, Comments: 6 Comments
