MAD magazine going bimonthly
Tom Richmond reports that MAD magazine will go from a quarterly mag to bimonthly.
No further details, but as John says this will mean not only a lot more MAD to be had but also a return to more topical material. MAD has been hampered by being completely unable to riff on timely subjects due to [...]
Posted on: Mar 12, 2010, Section: Magazines, Comments: 15 Comments
Review: Stayed Tooned! issue 5
Just finished reading the latest issue of John Read’s Stay Tooned! magazine. Once again, John does an excellent job. This issue covers Roz Chast, Jack and Carole Bender (Alley Oop), John Hambrock (The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee), Joe Bluhm, Justin Thompson (MythTickle), Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois), Jeff Koterba and Don Hagist. [...]
Posted on: Mar 10, 2010, Section: Cartoons, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Magazines, Comments: 6 Comments
Stay Tooned! issue 5 off the press
Just received word from John Read about issue five of Stay Tooned!. The cover has been kept under wraps, but he’s allowing me to post it here today. This issue features profiles of Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey), Jack & Carole Bender (Alley Oop), editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba, caricature artist Joe Bluhm, New Yorker cartoonist Roz [...]
Posted on: Feb 23, 2010, Section: Magazines, Comments: 7 Comments
Editor & Publisher back in business
Editor & Publisher has been sold to Duncan McIntosh Co. Inc. paving the way to resume the publication of the newspaper industry bible as of today. The details of the purchase are not released. According to an article posted on E&P’s website, Greg Mitchell, Joe Strupp and a number of other staffers are not being [...]
Posted on: Jan 14, 2010, Section: Magazines, Comments: 4 Comments
Editor & Publisher closing round-up
Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher since 2002 writes of receiving the news of the publication’s closing and the outpouring of attention the announcement has received. He also hints that there is a small chance the publication will continue in some form.
In any case, the outpouring of support — staggering, really — has [...]
Posted on: Dec 16, 2009, Section: Magazines, Newspaper industry, Comments: 0 Comments
Comics Journal expands online, consolidates print
The Comics Journal will be expanding its online offerings and consolidating its print publication to expanded semi-annual editions.
From their press release:
The expanded, full-service TCJ.com will deliver everything readers love — in-depth interviews, smart columns, sharp criticism, real journalism — on a daily basis. And not only will readers get the traditional Comics Journal content [...]
Posted on: Oct 29, 2009, Section: Cartoons, Magazines, Comments: 1 Comment
Malaysian government seizes cartoon magazine
Rob Tornoe spotted this story regarding the Malaysian government seizing the premiere issue of “Gedung Kartun” (translated: Cartoon Store) :
Officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs seized over 400 copies of the inaugural issues of “Gedung Kartun” (Cartoon Store) from the publisher’s office in Kuala Lumpur. Zainal Abidin Othman, the home ministry’s chief enforcement officer [...]
Posted on: Aug 26, 2009, Section: Cartoons, Editorial cartooning, International, Magazines, Comments: 3 Comments
News Briefs for June 8, 2009
Editorial Cartooning
» Daryl Cagle will moderate a panel of editorial cartoonists again this year at the San Diego ComicCon. Pat Oliphant will be there.
» Mike Lynch as an excellent review of Draper Hill’s career. Draper passed away two weeks ago. He was the editorial cartoonist for the Detroit News.
Interviews
» Todd Dolce interviews Molly and the [...]
Posted on: Jun 9, 2009, Section: Editorial cartooning, Interviews, Magazines, Comments: 7 Comments
Get a free issue of Hogan’s Alley
Once again Tom Heintjes is giving away a free issue of Hogan’s Alley this Saturday on Free Comic Book Day. To receive your free issue, email Tom ON MAY 2ND with your name, mailing address. The condition he reports is that the email must be sent on Free Comic Book day (May 2) not a [...]
Posted on: Apr 27, 2009, Section: Comic history, Magazines, Comments: 4 Comments
MAD magazine publishes 500th edition
This week MAD magazine publishes its 500th edition after 57 years. MAD magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond tells us what to expect this week:
The editors and staff wanted to have issue 500 contain as many of the artists and writers who helped MAD get to issue 500 as possible, so MAD took a sort of [...]
Posted on: Apr 23, 2009, Section: Magazine cartoons, Magazines, Comments: 13 Comments
Review: Stay Tooned Magazine #3
John Read’s third Stay Tooned! magazine is now shipping. I received mine a week ago and am continuously amazed at all of the hard work John puts into it. This issue has a great line up featuring Chad Carpenter (Tundra), magazine gag cartoonist Benita Epstein, freelance Nebraska cartoonist Paul Fell, character designer Cedric Hohnstadt, editorial [...]
Posted on: Mar 3, 2009, Section: Cartoons, Magazines, Comments: 4 Comments
Tom Richmond opines on MAD’s new quarterly status
As promised, MAD Magazine artist Tom Richmond has posted a lengthy and insightful article on the recent announcement that MAD Magazine was dropping to a quarterly after this April.
MAD’s real problem is one they cannot avoid… they are a magazine. Name me a single magazine, outside tabloid trash peddlers, that isn’t struggling badly right now. [...]
Posted on: Jan 26, 2009, Section: Magazine Cartoonist Bloggers, Magazines, Comments: 4 Comments
