This was an interesting post from E&P. Newspapers like to turn a profit. At a Virginia daily, an editorial cartoonist turned into a prophet. This past Sunday, Clay Jones of The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg did a cartoon showing a Virginia Tech football player running down the field holding a gun. On Monday, former Tech […]
From E&P: Ed Hall has compiled “Diversions and Other Political Observations,” the second collection of his editorial cartoons. The award-winning Hall is with The Baker County Press of Macclenny, Fla., the DBR Media syndicate, and Artizans Syndicate. Hall’s upcoming 150-page book — which features a foreword by Universal Press Syndicate editorial cartoonist Ted Rall — […]
A couple items in the Peanuts universe: Two Peanuts movies are going to DVD. Both A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) and Snoopy Come Home (1972), each released in theaters a few years after A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown aired on television, will be available in digital versatile style […]
With the shake up at the Kansas City Star, a few features have been dropped. One of the features being dropped is “Spot the Frog” by Mark Heath. On his blog he says, Having the Spot sunday in The Star was a pleasure. They were printed with fidelity — not a given when it comes […]
The Kansas City Star will drop two pages from their Sunday comic section to cut expenses. Several changes in FYI and the Sunday comics take effect Sunday and Monday. We like some, and hope you do, too, and regret others. Beginning Sunday, the comics section will lose two pages. Paper is a major cost at […]
Aaron McGruder, creator of “Boondocks“, has desires to expand his empire. According to this little tidbit on EURWeb, Aaron is aiming for a full feature film as well as video games. Aaron McGruder has revealed plans to expand his ?Boondocks? comic strip and Cartoon Network television series into a feature film and video game, reports […]
Patrick McDonnell, creator of “Mutts” announced on his web site that his book “Gift of Nothing” has made it to #8 on the New York Times Best Seller List for Children’s Picture Books. Back in December, his book made it to #8 on the NYT Best Seller List.