Comics pages make room for manga
USA Today has an write up about the growing popularity of Manga and the two newspapers (LA Times and Seattle…
December 2005
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Disgruntled reader claims his mother is the original Ooola
John C. Shaw, a reader of Alley Oop was recently disgruntled over whether Carol and Jack Bender who now do…
Des Moines Register picks up ‘Brevity’
In the one year since the launch of Brevity, the creators, Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry have picked up 150…
Cartoonists try to save a dying art
Another ‘save the editorial cartoonist’ story – this time in the Buffalo News. “Television and radio can’t do this,” said…
Museum of Modern Art features Pixar
Slightly off topic, but the Museum of Modern Art has a exhibit called “Pixar: 20 Years of Animation.” The exhibit…
Steve Kelley bringing humor back to the Big Easy
This is one of the better write-ups about the adventures of Steve Kelley, editorial cartoonist for the Times-Picayune of New…
Cartoons of the Year: 2005
Time Magazine has posted their recap of 2005 in editorial cartoons.
Over The Hedge movie trailer posted
I noticed that the Madagascar DVD had a work in progress teaser for the “Over The Hedge” movie coming out…
Half page Spider-Man insert coming in 2006
According to this report, Spider-Man is coming back to newspapers in a big way. News America Marketing and Marvel Entertainment…
Trib readers give Dog Eat Doug a thumbs-up
Brian Anderson’s Dog Eat Doug continues to pick up papers and the occassional headline. The Pittsburg Tribune-Review has picked up…
Sun-Times posts 21% decline in circulation
The Sun-Times’s new paid circulation numbers are down 100,000 papers. “That’s dramatic,” said John Morton, an industry analyst based in…
‘Mutts’ creator makes NYT Best seller list top 10
Patrick McDonnell’s first story book “The Gift of Nothing” has made it to #8 on the NYT Beset Seller list…
White House uses ‘Family Circus’ cartoon
From editor and publisher: NEW YORK “The Family Circus” creator Bil Keane drew a cartoon for a 2006 calendar distributed…
Daily Cartoonist closed for Christmas holiday
In observance of the Christmas holiday, I will not be updating the Daily Cartoonist over the Christmas weekend. I’ll resume…
More cartoons go mobile
I noticed gocomics.com when I was visiting Gardfield‘s web site a couple of days ago, so I assumed that GoComics…