Industry news for the professional cartoonist
AOL News has an article regarding the current decline in newspaper circulations across the country. In the last six months (ending in March) the industry has seen a 2.6% drop in subscribers as more and more people turn to the internet for news and information.
Lalo Alcaraz, creator of “La Cucaracha” also has a radio show in California which is getting national attention when Lalo advocated a contest for illegal immigrants called “Name Your Baby Lou Dobbs Challenge.”According to the Universal Press Syndicate press release, the challenge is:The challenge is simple enough?the first undocumented immigrant to name their U.S. born child “Lou Dobbs,” before Sept. 16, 2006, will win $500 worth of baby nursery items from participating East Los Angeles merchants supporting the Name Your Baby Lou Dobbs Challenge.
With the launch of “Garfield 2” later this summer, The Game Factory will be releasing the video game, based on the movie, for the PS2, Nintendo DC and the PC.