» The Jamestown Sun (ND) has picked up Chad Carpenter’s self-syndicated Tundra.

» Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich will speak at North Georgia College & State University on October 14 to talk about his work.

» Comic Book Resources profiles Graham Nolan’s career in comic books and as the artist for the Rex Morgan, M.D. serial comic strip.

» Comic Book Resources continues its daily look at historical editorial cartoonist. Latest cartoonist: John Mccutcheon

» Webcomic PhD (Piled Higher and Deeper) has partnered with the AfterCollege network to post career and job information to its comic subscribers.

» Tom Richmond reviews Axiotron’s Modbook vs. Cintiq 12 WX for those who draw directly into the computer.

» E&P mentions that Ticonderoga Cartoon Museum in upstate New York is 4 years old and is run by Stan Burdick, a cartoonist himself.

» The Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder was on the campus of Ohio State University doing his usual outspoken stuff.

» Keith Knight will be at the Schulz Museum on May 18.

An excerpt:

So Mr. Jaffee became a writer-artist. And in 1964 he had an idea. Playboy, Life and other magazines had their lavish color fold-outs, so Mad, he thought, should parody them with a cheap black-and-white fold-in.

“That was the one-time gag,” he said. But he was sure Al Feldstein, the editor, and William M. Gaines, the publisher, wouldn’t go for it. “I said: ‘I have this idea, I think it’s a funny idea, but I know you’re not going to buy it. But I’m going to show it to you anyway. And you’re not going to buy it because it mutilates the magazine.’ “

They bought it, and then they asked for another. And today you could teach a pretty good course in modern American history just using Mr. Jaffee’s fold-ins. June 1970: “Who is fast becoming our all-time top comic character?” A collage of every cartoon figure you can think of folds into one big Spiro Agnew. July 1968: “What is the one thing most school dropouts are sure to become?” A picture of teenagers at an employment center folds into a piece of artillery with a kid stuffed in it, and the answer: “Cannon fodder.”

» Check out Cafe Con Leche creator Charlos Gary on TV.

» Ted Rall reacts to “Bad Cartoonist” in a very “modern, post-MacNelly style.” (See the March 9th blog post.)

» Mike Lynch has video of an interview with MAD Magazine great Jack Davis.