Mark Anderson’s blog reports that the Masters of American Comics exhibit will be traveling to Milwaukee between April 29 and August 13, 2006. You can read more about the exhibit and get more details (tickets and contact information) at Milwaukee Art Musuem’s web site.
The Boondocks television series has been nominated for “Outstanding Comedy Series” by the NAACP. Other shows nominated for that category include: “The Bernie Mac Show,” “Everybody Hates Chris,” “Girlfriends,” “Half & Half.” The winner will be announced when the awards show is broadcast on March 3rd.
American cartoonists will join up with their counterparts from across the pond for a cartoon event called “Drawing Inspiration: The Art of the Editorial Cartoon” sponsored by the French Institute Alliance Francaise. With eye-catching imagery and clever wordplay, an editorial cartoon says far more than a thousand-word article, inspiring us to look at a topic […]
According to this New York Post story(free registration required), the New York Times is losing 20% of it’s local market in the boroughs between 2001 and 2004. Since the mid-1990s, the Times has embarked on a strategy to expand nationally to reduce its dependence on the New York ad market while going head-to-head with other […]
Emerald Nuts’ advertising blitz leading up to the Super Bowl will feature the artwork of two New Yorker cartoonists J.C. Duffy and Jack Ziegler. I wish I had more information, but the quote below is the only thing mentioned in the story. I’ll keep my eyes open for more information as we get closer to […]
Comic book legend Stan Lee will speak in Springfield Ohio on the 24th of January. You can get details at the Springfield News-Sun, including a audio slide show and directions to the event. While he still holds the title of chairman emeritus at Marvel, and continues to write the same syndicated ?Amazing Spider-Man? newspaper strip […]
According to E&P, two comic strip artists will appear at the upcoming WonderCon, a comic book convention held in the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Frank Cho, whose feature “Liberty Meadows” is syndicated by Creators and Romona Fradon, the former artist for “Brenda Starr” will appear. WonderCon runs February 10 through 12. If I’m not […]
Back in December, I posted a story about Camp Snoopy losing the right to use the Peanut character’s name. According to this story, negotiations between the supermall and United Media have failed and Camp Snoopy will have to change it’s name. The Bloomington supermall has been unable to come to terms with United Media, which […]