The Daily Cartoonist

Welcome to the new Daily Cartoonist

Welcome to the blog’s new look. It has been an off and on again project for over a year with several reworks during that time. About a month ago, I settled into this design and made a concerted effort to get it out the door before I got the urge to scrap it and start [...]

Posted on: May 1, 2008,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 51 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

Anyone else attending the Reuben Weekend?

I’ll be attending/covering this year’s NCS Reuben Weekend next month. From all that I hear, it’s a fun experience and I’m looking forward to it.
If anyone is attending and would like to share the cost of the hotel room, I’m looking for a room-mate. Please contact me if you’re interested.

Posted on: Apr 25, 2008,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 5 Comments

Closed today (UPDATED)

I’ve been working on a major redesign of this blog for the last month with a goal to post it live before May 1. I’m very close to doing that, but it’s taking a good chunk of my time. As such, I won’t be posting any news today. Sometime over the weekend, I’ll post a [...]

Posted on: Apr 25, 2008,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 2 Comments

Patience if you’re comments aren’t coming through

In the last week since I upgraded my blogging software and related plugins, a few of you have emailed me saying that your comments weren’t being posted. All comments run through a filter to weed out spam and some of you have been blacklisted by Akismet (a central internet database that logs known spammers). I [...]

Posted on: Apr 1, 2008,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 1 Comment

Please take this readership survey

I am running the following survey for the next week or so to learn a bit about my readers and why they come here, and how I might improve my coverage of the news that matters most to you.
Please take a moment to fill out this 13 question survey. The results are important as [...]

Posted on: Mar 26, 2008,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 12 Comments

Death in family; updates to be minimal

Blogging will be minimal at best on Friday and into next week as I attend to family matters.
–Alan

Posted on: Mar 13, 2008,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 57 Comments

Get the Daily Cartoonist on Twitter

If you’re hip to the Twitter scene, I’ve set up an account (dailycartoonist) that you can follow. Each day you’ll get the headlines from this blog as they’re posted as well as any cartoon related thoughts or activities that I’m having/doing. Think of it as this blog’s back channel. As with all Daily Cartoonist endeavors, [...]

Posted on: Jan 28, 2008,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 0 Comments

Daily Cartoonist closed for Holidays

With the exception of the year-end-review I plan to post later this week, I’m closing the Daily Cartoonist for regular updates until January 2.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas (or holiday). See you all next year!
–Alan

Posted on: Dec 24, 2007,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 4 Comments

Off line for a while (UPDATED)

Apologies for not posting yesterday and today (unless you count this notice). I am deeply involved in multiple projects at work that are requiring most of my waking hours. I hope to be back again sometime next week. If you have been a guest contributor to this blog this year, I’ve restored your access rights [...]

Posted on: Dec 14, 2007,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 0 Comments

I’m in DC this week; blogging to be intermittent

I’m in Washington D.C. this week on business. While I intend to update the site everyday, my schedule may vary from day to day. Please check back throughout the day for updates.

Posted on: Dec 2, 2007,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 0 Comments

New feature to appear tomorrow

Last week Jim Borgman wrote a list of cartoonists that he admires over on his blog. It was an enjoyable read and time well spent as I chased down the names and artwork of some of the artists whose work I didn’t readily know. Beginning tomorrow I’m introducing a new feature on The Daily Cartoonist [...]

Posted on: Nov 5, 2007,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 2 Comments

A big thanks to those purchasing Leopard through this blog

I want to take a moment and thank those individuals who purchased their Mac OS X Leopard upgrade through this blog. As of last night, four individuals have purchased either the family pack or the single license netting me a 6% commission on each purchase.
Thank you.

Posted on: Oct 31, 2007,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 0 Comments

Daily Cartoonist at 2 Years; Status Report

Today marks The Daily Cartoonist’s 2nd years of operation. Last year’s announcement of it’s first “birthday” was all of two sentences. This year, I thought I’d take a moment and report on the blog’s status, kind of a “state of the blog” type report.

On October 2, 2005, I signed up for a blogger.com account (called [...]

Posted on: Oct 5, 2007,  Section: Blogs, Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 28 Comments

Back from Seattle; Big Hearty Thanks to Brubaker, Slampyak and Spurgeon

I’m back from a wonderful time in Seattle. The highlight was a two day trip to the San Juan Islands (without the kids!) and an incredible up close encounter with Orca whales (AKA Killer Whales) during a sea kayaking excursion. That area of Washington state is incredible.
A couple of cartoon related side items. [...]

Posted on: Jul 19, 2007,  Section: Daily Cartoonist, Comments: 11 Comments