News Briefs for April 1, 2009

Alan Gardner April 1, 2009 1 minute 2 comments

» Michael Cavna talks to Scott Kurtz and Darrin Bell about Twitter and cartooning.

» Garfield creator Jim Davis has a nice write-up in the Daily Record about his 30+ year career doing Garfield.

» The Nevada Appeal writes about Pickles creator Brian Crane after picking up his strip received 80% of the vote in a recent reader poll beating out Tundra, Sherman’s Lagoon and Baby Blues.

» Retail creator Norm Feuti has created a new social network for Retail Fans over at Ning.

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Jeff Pert

The Davis article states he still writes and draws “Garfield” himself. I thought it was done by staff these days?

Apr 02,2009
Jason Nocera

I was shocked to read that he still draws it himself, too.

Can’t get enough Garfield news? Here’s a little bit more:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/5099241/Garfields-Fun-Fest-Jim-Davis-interview.html

I didn’t know Schulz was the first to draw Garfield standing. And that last line of the interview is classic. I almost heard the collective web comic community make a snide remark all at once!

Apr 03,2009

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