From the New York Times: (free registration required) Lou Myers, a satiric artist and graphic essayist whose expressive style helped modernize cartoons in advertisements and major American magazines, died yesterday at his home in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y. He was 90. He is a sample of his work. (Be warned the NYT article mentions that a […]
As first reported by the Comics Reporter, Zits and Baby Blues will be included in the family-friendly newsletters it publishes. ArcaMax Publishing ( www.arcamax.com ), a leading publisher of family-friendly newsletters, has become the first company to send by e-mail Baby Blues and Zits — comic strips that generated large followings in major newspapers.
E&P: United Media gets a new editor The former King Features Syndicate executive succeeds Neil Gladstone, who went to AOL after more than five years with United.
I always wondered what cartooning would be like in a nation where your family or yourself could found dead because of a cartoon. According to this article, Iranian cartoonist Majid Amini is doing well (though he says it could be better). TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) — Iranian cartoonist Majid Amini won third prize at the […]