Industry news for the professional cartoonist
According to their new blog (authored by Derek, Dir. of Web Operations) the site is the combination of Universal’s uComics.com and GoComics.com web sites. Aside from the obvious visual changes, the new site uses a Flash-based comic reader to thwart would be copyright violators.
Cartoonist to Address Vegetarian Society:NEW YORK “Mutts” cartoonist Patrick McDonnell is scheduled to speak at the Vegetarian Society of Hawaii on June 5 (Maui) and June 7 (Oahu).The New Jersey-based McDonnell does his comic strip for King Features Syndicate.
‘FoxTrot’ Collection Is ‘Jam-Packed’:NEW YORK “Jam-Packed FoxTrot,” a 192-page collection of Bill Amend’s “FoxTrot” comic, will be released in August by Andrews McMeel Publishing.Universal Press Syndicate distributes “FoxTrot” to more than 1,000 newspapers.
Universal Offering New Manga Comic Next Month:NEW YORK “Van Von Hunter,” the latest Japanese-styled manga comic from Tokyopop and Universal Press Syndicate, will be distributed by Universal starting July 9.The strip is a fantasy-adventure parody that stars a vampire hunter…. Also, a series of “Van Von Hunter” graphic novels is being released by Tokyopop.Tokyopop and Universal previously released the “Peach Fuzz” manga comic, which focuses on the adventures of a girl and her precocious pet ferret.