Dan Piraro: Use your brain. Itâ??s the only thing that separates you from a hamster
Dan Piraro was the special guest during an assembly recently at Lee Elementary School to urge kids to read and don’t eat meat (Dan is a vegetarian).
Posted on: September 15, 2006
Gil Thorp cartoon features likeness of devoted fan
Earlier this week, I told you that a Baldo creators Carlos Castellanos and Hector Cantu inserted the likeness of one of their fans into their feature as part of a fund raising effort. In a very familiar story out of the Toledo Blade – Neal Rubin, a Detroit News columnist who writes Gil Thorp, was contacted by an individual asking him to use the likeness of an area high school coach Chris Hardman.
Editorial cartoonists create popular local football accessories
Two editorial cartoonist are getting into football fever this year. Mike Lester, editorial cartoonist for the Rome News-Tribune is designing t-shrits for the Auburn University Tigers football team and Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette editorial cartoonist is drawing placards for the Green Bay Packers.
National Cartoon Museum bumped from Empire State Building
The National Cartoon Musuem will not be opening next spring in the Empire State Building in downtown Manhattan according to Comic Reporter Tom Spurgeon.
Keith Knight to make several stops in Ohio (UPDATED)
Keith Knight, who does the K Chronicles, will give a special presentation to the Great Lakes Chapter of the NCS on October 7th. Visit the GLC web site for more info on the chapter meeting.
Little Nemo book collection to expand
Coming next summer will be a second installment of Winsor McCay’s classic Little Nemo. The popular “Little Nemo in Slumberland: So Many Splendid Sundays” did so well that a second volume will be created that will include Winsor’s work from 1910 to 1914 and 1924-1926. The volume will be 120-130 pages.