Correction: Keith visited the University of Arizona in Tuscon, AZ, not Arizona State University as described above and in the headline.

» Salt Lake Tribune’s Pat Bagley will be giving a presentation at Idaho State University on November 7 on the topic of intellectual freedom.

» Lexington Herald-Leader’s Joel Pett spoke at Eastern Kentucky University. The campus paper has an excellent write-up.

» Austin American-Statesman’s Ben Sargent was profiled in a local television story.

» Mike Rhode notes that the BBC interviewed Mikhaela Reid, Brian McFadden, Jen Sorensen and Masheka Wood last week. Listen online.

» News Arama interviews Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson.

The BBC recently interviewed him and posted the audio interview online.

A recent Sunday strip has caught the ire of conservatives who felt like he was hitting below the belt by going after the GOP’s suppressed family values with the nomination of Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice President.

On a Hilary-related-note, she’ll be at the The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco tonight between 7-9 p.m. to talk about her feature and sign copies of her latest book, “Pithy Seedy Pulpy Juicy”

» Greeting card cartoonist Mike Scovel was named 2008 Cartoonist of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists.

» Frazz creator Jef Mallett is profiled in the San Antonio Express News.

» Berkeley Breathed is scheduled to be at the Charles M. Schulz museum to talk comics, sign his latest book “Pete and Pickles.”

» Tall Tale Features’ Tom Racine talks with Brian Anderson, Francesco Marciuliano and Mike Witmer about the Opus ending announcement.

» John Hart Studios has released two desktop wallpapers featuring the characters of B.C. and The Wizard of Id.

» Michael Jantze’s studio has won three Silver awards for his short animation “Mr. Lux - At Your Service” and one for a promotional short “The Norm Short.”

» Marshall Ramsey gave a motivational talk to a group attending the opening of his exhibit of editorial cartoons at the Mississippi Museum of Art.

» R.J. Matson has an exhibit of work featured at the Susan Calloway Fine Arts in Washington D.C. The exhibit is entitled “Cartoons You Can Believe In and The Cartoons You Deserve.” The exhibit runs from October 17 through 31st.

» Hope College will exhibit Pat Oliphant’s cartoons and sculptures of President Bush. The exhibit opens October 17 and runs through November 22.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch takes a look at comics that don’t freeze their character’s age including For Better or For Worse and Funky Winkerbean

» This weekend, Tak will be a guest on the Weekend America radio program. The program discusses various topics’ newsworthiness. Tak will be on air with two other guests: Esquire magazine’s sex columnist Stacy Grenrock Woods and author of American crime novels Robert Ferrigno.

» Mike Baldwin, cartoonist for the daily comic panel, Cornered, has launched his web site under a new design.

» The Boston Globe has posted a transcript of a recent web chat interview with Bill Griffith about his comic Zippy the Pinhead.

» Daryl Cagle will be speaking at the University of Virginia on October 22, on the topic of “irreverent and provocative role of editorial cartoonists in capturing and dissecting issues and events in politics.”

» The News and Observer has written a Q&A about the most oft asked questions regarding its line-up and comics in general.

» Comic Book Resources continues to look at historical editorial cartooning. Today’s featured cartoonist: Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Suess.

» MAD Cartoonist, Tom Richmond has posted photos and a write up regarding his recent trip to Germany to cheer up the troops.

» Joel Pett, editorial cartoonist for the Herald-Leader, will lecture at Eastern Kentucky University on October 16. His talk is entitled: “Stop, You’re Killing Me: Humor as a Weapon against Oppression”

» Mike Rhode has posted photos of his trip down to the Small Press Expo.

» The News Observer reports that after the latest comic poll, Bruce Tinsley’s Mallard Fillmore will continue to run in their paper.

» John Hambrock has posted another in his series of his journey to syndication. This latest one talks about his feature “Bill.”

» Daryl Cagle has published “The Big Book of Campaign 2008 Political Cartoons” - a collection of editorial cartoons covering this year’s presidential election. He told E&P that he was able to include some cartoons about Sarah Palin before it went to press.

» Express Night Out interviews Tom Tomorrow.

» Ray Billingsley’s Curtis comic is now 20 years old.

» Kevin Kallaugher will be at the Newseum on October 25th.

» Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price will be at the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum on October 23rd.

» The Swann Foundation is now accepting fellowship applications.

» Comic Book Resources takes a look at French cartoonist Honore Daumier.

» Family Circus creator Bil Keane is featured in an article in The Bulletin. Story takes Bil back to his days in Philadelphia where he got his start in cartooning.

» In early voting, Pickles and Rose is Rose is ahead to replace FBOFW in the Appeal Democrat.