Pat Brady, creator of Rose is Rose is one of the judges for the Scripps Howard Fundation’s annual journalism awards. The Scripps Howard Foundation has announced the names of 43 journalists, media professionals and educators who will judge this year’s National Journalism Awards competition. The awards program honors excellence in 17 print, electronic and journalism […]
Efforts are underway to create an exhibit to honor Hal Foster, creator of Prince Valient. Harold R. Foster was a native of Nova Scotia. According to his obituary in 1982, written by the Associated Press, he rode a bicycle to Chicago–1,670 miles over 14 days–around 1919 to attend the Art Institute and the Chicago Academy […]
The Lexington Art League has a yearly exhibit of international artists drawing the nude figure. Nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant was a judge and will be speaker. For the Nude International 2006 exhibit, Patrick Oliphant, Pulitzer-prize winning editorial cartoonist, anonymously juried 832 entries. Mr. Oliphant selected the 106 displayed artworks. From the classics to […]
There are two stories out of Editor and Publisher about Michael Ramirez’s move the the Investor’s Business Daily. The first explains why Michael decided to go to a niche publication rather than a general daily. “Bill O’Neil, IBD’s founder and chairman, was very convincing,” replied Ramirez, when interviewed Tuesday by E&P. “And he offered me […]
I saw this post on several sites yesterday. If you’ve ever wondered about studying at the “Center for Cartoon Studies” (or even wondered what goes on there), this is a great post one individuals visit to their open house. Lots of photos. I recently had the opportunity to attend an Open House at the Center […]