Dan Piraro’s presentation on veganism on youTube
Dan Piraro’s presentation that he did at Healthy Lifestyle Expo 2006 has been YouTubed. It’s entertaining. Not quite enough to…
November 2006
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Luckovich challenged in NCS get together
Mike Luckovich was one of three speakers at the National Cartooning Society’s Southeaster Chapter annual meting in Gainsville over the…
Nevada politician infringing on Peanuts copyright
Charlie Brown is running for congress. No, this isn’t a story about a silly write-in campaign, but a real life…
Hy Eisman to conduct workshop
Hy Eisman, the current cartoonist behind Popeye and the Katzenjammer Kids will be conducting a workshop at the Newark Museum…
Preview of Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee © John Hambrock. Used by permission of King Features. All Rights Reserved. I received…
Nick Anderson launches new blog feature
Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson has announced a new feature on his blog. He has solicited his readers to…
Breeden admits to only one case of plagiarism
Kathleen Breeden, the cartoonist at the center of case of plagiarism at Harvard, has come out saying that only one…
Cartoon America exhibit opens at Library of Congress
Last September Aaron posted a notice that a new exhibit was opening at the Library of Congress called Cartoon America….
Jeff Parker joins Blogosphere
Jeff Parker, editorial cartoonist for Florida Today, has launched his blog. He writes in to say that he’s been maintaining…
Dilbert Weasel Awards posted
The 2006 Dilbert Weasel Awards have been posted. Over 40,000 people voted and the results are a hint of what…
Cartoonists respond to the copying Crimson cartoonist (UPDATED)
The story that I covered yesterday regarding the Harvard Crimson editorial cartoonist Kathleen Breeden that was fired for alleged plagiarism…
King Feature launches new comic
King features is launching a new comic strip on November 12 called The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee by John Hambrock. The feature centers around a 10-year old genius named Edison, his family (mom and dad, grandfather) and a talking rat. The strip is described as “An intelligent left-leaning comic strip that masterfully mixes social commentary and humor.”
LA Daily News lays off publisher, 20 others – Patrick O’Connor not one of them
From the LA Times comes a story that the LA Daily News has laid off the paper’s publisher and 20 others. The Daily News is home to editorial cartoonist Patrick O’Connor who reports that his job has not been directly affected. Patrick does mention that the ousted publisher has been a great advocate of his work and as he puts it: “championed my work and stuck up for me when I was under fire.”Â
More book signings for Dinette Set creator Julie Larson
Last week I mentioned that Dinette Set creator Julie Larson had a new book and was out and about doing book signings and speaking events in conjunction with the release of her book. Julie has written in to give me links to photos of the book signing taken the Peoria Journal-Star. Additionally there are other book signings planned. See below.
Jeff Millar and Bill Hinds win award for visual journalism
Tank McNamara creators Jeff Millar (writer) and Bill Hinds (artist) will be awarded a special recognition for visual journalism by The Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University and the Northeastern University School of Journalism on December 4th.