Editor and Publisher has a story about an editorial cartoon by Mike Luckovich that includes the names of all 2000 servicemen and women who have died in Iraq. “I was trying to think of a way to make the point that this whole war is such a waste,” said Luckovich, of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and […]
With the recent death of Rosa Parks, The Boondocks television show had to make some last minute changes. But Parks won’t be referred to in the Cartoon Network’s “The Boondocks,” which will be part of the “Adult Swim” block. In light of her passing, humorous references to Parks have been deleted from the TV version […]
According to Mort Crim, columnist for Detroit Free Press, Lee Mendelson, the producer of famed Christmas special “It’s a Charlie Brown Christmas,” pitched the story to CBS before it was written and CBS signed off on it. That left Charles Schulz four days to write it.
The Mercury News is reporting that Michael Kilian, the writer behind “Dick Tracy,” died yesterday at age 66. He led an impressive life having been a reporter, columnist, author, and of course the collaborator with Dick Locher on “Dick Tracy.” Chicago Tribune managing editor James O’Shea called Kilian “a consummate journalist and author, prolific, professional […]