A press release on Universal Syndicate’s web site gives us a peak at a story line in the newly launched “Ink Pen” where one of the characters has to change it’s name because it infringes on the trademark of another creation. The strips reflect the real-life issue Ink Pen creator Phil Dunlap became aware of […]
Editorial cartoonist Dave Fitzsimmons will be a keynote speaker at the National Association of Realtors annual conference on April 2, 2006. Don?t miss this special event featuring keynote speaker Dave Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons is a Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist for the Arizona Sun newspaper. As a political commentator, Fitzsimmons might appear cynical and irreverent. But […]
E&P is reporting that Joe Martin is starting his own syndicate to distribute his features. Longtime comic creator Joe Martin has left the world of established syndicates to launch his own company. Neatly Chiseled Features (NCF) is distributing Martin’s “Willy ‘n Ethel” (which began in 1981), “Mr. Boffo” (1986), and “Cats With Hands” (1999). Those […]
Cartoonist Jim Whiting has penned a book “Analecta: Selected Reflections of a Cartoonist’s Life”. Jim Whiting has written the autobiographical “Analecta: Selected Reflections of a Cartoonist’s Life.” Whiting, 79, worked on the syndicated “Ad Libs,” “Wee Women,” and “Li’l Ones” features. The last two were created by Mell Lazarus, who does “Momma” and “Miss Peach” […]
Newsweek Education Program has posted a “2005: The Year in Political Cartoons” teacher’s guide. 2005 arrived on the waves of a late-December tsunami in southern Asia, a catastrophic event that augured a year marked by natural disaster. A record number of hurricanes in the United States, including the devastating Katrina and Rita, was followed by […]