Jef Mallett, creator of “Frazz“, recently visited a local elementary school to talk about his profession and to promote reading. Since Frazz is about a school janitor – this trip also serves as a field trip. “What I get coming into a school like this is background,” said Mallett, whose comic strip centers on a […]
University of Saskatchewan’s campus cartoonist Jeff MacDonald is not sorry that he drew a cartoon depicting Jesus having sex with a pig. The editor, who was fired, has apologized numerous times. MacDonald said his cartoon was intended to expose the double standard of Christians who were not offended by the recent European cartoon of the […]
Just noticed this on the Schulz Museum web site that there is an exhibit coming up called “Face-Off: Charles M. Schulz and Hockey” (scroll down a bit) and runs from June 28 through October 2, 2006. Growing up in Minnesota, Charles Schulz developed a love for ice hockey?a sport that he continued to play for […]
Scott Adams, on his blog yesterday, explains how he is getting his voice back. If you weren’t aware of his condition, he explains that to. The treatment involves Botox? injections to the vocal cords several times a year. Botox temporarily deadens the muscles that cause the spasms that choke off the voice. Apparently those muscles […]
Another off-topic but interesting story from the Detroit News about an exhibit of Dr. Suess’ art work. There appears to be much more to Dr. Suess than I knew before. Read the full article. Before he was Dr. Seuss, Theodor Seuss Geisel began his career as an editorial cartoonist in the 1920s. He moved into […]
Slightly off topic, but interesting that a Chinese college is opening a three-year course for artist to learn cartooning. Full story below. BEIJING, March 10(Xinhuanet)– A Beijing-based college is to open a three-year course for budding artists interested in cartoon drawing, the first undergraduate course of its kind in China. Applicants are not required to […]
Scripps Howard Foundation has tapped Michael Ramirez as the best editorial cartoonist for 2006. He gets $10,000 and a trophy. Runners up are Mike Luckovich (who won this years Headliner’s award) and Kevin Kallagher (KAL). Interesting that two of the three best cartoonists this year were let go from their papers. Ramirez? work reflects his […]
Scripps Howard Foundation has announced it’s National Journalism awards including the Charles M. Schulz award for best college cartoonist. This years honor goes to Russell Gottwaldt. Russell Gottwaldt, F Newsmagazine, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, receives $10,000 and the Charles M. Schulz award. Gottwaldt is experimenting with writing and drawing a multi-paged […]
The National Headliners Award for editorial cartooning has been announced. In first place is Mike Luckovich of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Second place goes to Nick Anderson for cartoons he did while still at The Courier-Journal and lastly, Mike Peters of the Dayton Daily News. Congratulations to theml all. I’ll post follow stories as they become […]
I’ve let the story simmer for a while until something more certain has emerged, but it does look like the McClatchy Company is in the lead to buy Knight Ridder. The bid is in the area of $4.8 Billion! If McClatchy wins the bidding, it would be buying a company twice its size. While McClatchy […]