Everything is being released on DVD and Garfield is releasing it’s 5th and final DVD collection. Two-dozen episodes from the 1993-4 season appear on the three-disc set. The Saturday-morning CBS series was based on the “Garfield” comic by Jim Davis, who is now with Universal Press Syndicate.
I reported this earlier, and the results are in on the amount of money raised by auctioning off Doonsbury artwork. NEW YORK Eight original portraits of “Doonesbury” characters sold for a combined $3,503 in an 11-day eBay auction that ended Saturday. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau donated the signed and framed portraits to Fisher House, which provides […]
After a depressing week last week with the news of Simpson, KAL and Ramirez, it’s nice to read a very lengthy feature on a Chris Britt. It’s worth the read. The brush Chris Britt uses to draw editorial cartoons is so fancy, it can?t be bought in Springfield. It?s a Winsor & Newton Series 7, […]
According to E&P who got the tip from the Comics Reporter, The Standard-Times in Massachusetts has officially apologized for running the ‘Get Fuzzy’ strip that implied that a local sportscaster was a drunk. NEW YORK The Standard-Times of New Bedford, Mass., has apologized to a Boston sportscaster for running a “Get Fuzzy” comic that implied […]
Need a good book to snuggle up with at night? Scott Adams’ book “God’s Debris” is now available for free. Why is the book being offered for free? “While it has been a solid financial success, it hasn’t reached its potential,” said Adams, whose “Dilbert” strip is syndicated by United Media. “I attribute that to […]
The Washington Examiner has an opinion article written by Michael Taube about how political leanings sneak into the comics page. Interesting read. Many modern comic strips and one-panel or multi-panel editorial cartoons are also politically charged. In some cases, the direct content of a strip is political, including conservative (Bruce Tinsley?s ?Mallard Fillmore?), liberal (Garry […]
This sounds like fun. More than 20 renowned cartoonists gathered yesterday at a Midtown bar to draw a cartoon mural inspired by a 1976 wall painting across the room that narrowly escaped destruction last year when the bar changed ownership.
It’s always interesting to read how certain comics are fairing in other newspapers. The DesMoines Register prints the results of their latest survey. Opinions ran the gamut. Many of you think our comics page is poor and needs major changes (or needs to run more comics, over two pages). But several said they like the […]