Bok, Horsey, Kelley, Luckovich, Ohman up for ‘The Week’ Award
E&P reports that finalists for the annual “The Week” awards have been announced. Those included for Editorial Cartoonist of the…
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Moderately Confused replaces The Phantom
The Baraboo News Republic (WI) is replacing The Phantom with Jeff Stahler’s Moderately Confused. No reasons were cited. The one-panel…
Professional cartooning isn’t for ‘wimps’
There is a great piece in the Sacramento Bee about the challenges of being a professional cartoonist. It covers some…
Drew Sheneman: Are editorial cartoonist too hard on Bush?
In an opinion piece that was reprinted in the San Jose Mercury News, Star-Ledger editorial cartoonist Drew Sheneman opines about…
Funny pages shrink in Sacramento Bee
In a cost cutting move, the ‘Sacramento Bee is reducing the number of pages in it’s Sunday funnies from 8…
David Catrow working on ‘Horton Hears a Who’ movie
From Cagle’s blog comes news that David Catrow is moving into animation and is working as a character designer for…
Editorial cartoonist symposium planned at Hamilton College
Hamilton College editorial cartoonist Thomas Booth has helped organize a symposium on the topic of Editorial cartooning and Illustration. Participating…
Boondock loses two-thirds of client list during hiatus
E&P is reporting that only about 1/3 of Aaron McGruder’s client list is running the re-runs for Boondock. “Boondocks” clients…
Dallas Morning News trying out several news strips
The Dallas Morning News has posted a story (registration required) to inform it’s readers that while Boondocks is away, they…
Spot the Frog first collection book due in May
From a press release from United Media, Mark Heath’s feature “Spot the Frog” will get it’s first collection book this…
Phil Frank talks about “Farley”
Phil Frank, creator of Farley was recently invited to speak at a local librar in Napa County (CA). There’s a…
Who created Felix the cat?
For those interested in comic history, there is an article over on the Hudson Reporter about the history of Felix…
NCS nominees posted
The National Cartoonists Society has posted the nominees for each of the Reuben award categories. Here is what has been…
Non Sequitur takes Boondock’s place in AK
Wiley Miller’s “Non Sequitur” picks up a the Northwest Arkansas Times while Aaron McGruder is on hiatus. The Times did…
Real Life Adventures celebrates 15 years in the funnies
Lance Aldrich and Gary Wise’s feature “Real Life Adventures” is celebrating 15 years. Aldrich and Wise, after working with each…