Andrews McMeel Universal is donating ten signed and framed portraits of Doonesbury characters to the Fisher House Foundation. Fisher House is ?a home away from home? for families of patients receiving medical care at major military and VA hospitals. An international not-for-profit organization, Fisher House Foundation coordinates private and public support for service members and […]
As reported in Ad Jab, The St. Paul Pioneer Press has dropped Peanuts. This may not seem like a big deal, but Schulz grew up in St. Paul, and the Pioneer Press bought Schulz’s first comic. It was also one of the first papers to run the very first Peanuts strip back in 1950. The […]
Hundreds of New York City high school teens will learn about World War II by visiting the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. The “Cartoonists Against the Holocaust: Art in the Service of Humanity” exhibit runs through February 6 2006. link
E&P has a write up about the newest comic to launch – “Ink Pen.” The strip was created by Phil Dunlap.
The 4th annual Weasel awards, part of Dilbert.com, have been posted and the “Weaseliest Individual” is George W.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is getting into the new Japanese logic puzzle Sudoku. To make room for the new feature, they’re dropping Agnes by Tony Cochran.
According to Editor and Publisher, Ted Rall will have a weekly radio program in the San Francisco Bay area. Show airs starting on the 13th.
Two Manga comic strips will be syndicated though Universal Press. Manga is a Japanese story-telling/drawing style that is becoming more and more popular in the United States. “We thought if teens and young kids are reading manga, then why don’t we get something in the paper that teens want to read?” said John Glynn, vice […]
The University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is celebrating and examining the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution and will include speeches, discussions and presentations – including a speech by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Marlette. Link Update: The Norman Transcript has a write up on the speech.
Pat Bagley, editorial cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune, is an institution in the state of Utah. He’ll be speaking at U?s Women?s Club (University of Utah) on November 14th. Join them for a fun-filled afternoon with Utah cartoonist, Pat Bagley, the Salt Lake Tribune?s award-winning editorial cartoonist, author and humorist, specializing in all things […]