Dan Thompson writes in to inform me that his comic strip Lost Sheep is moving from Universal Press’ GoComics.com to the humorousmaximus.com web site at the end of this month. Dan is one of the founders of Humorous Maximus along with other notables such as Jerry King.
Charles Boyce, creator of Compu-toon, will have a two month exhibit of his comic panel at the Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery in Barrington, IL. The exhibit begins January 8th and runs through February 28th.
Charles Brubaker writes in to share news that he is creating what he hopes to be an exhaustive list of syndicated comic strips complete with their start and end dates, artists, writers, syndicator, and genre. It’s quite the project. Head on over and check out the features you’re familiar with. I’m sure he’d appreciate feedback, […]
It looks like Bill Amend is using his last week of the daily version of FoxTrot to make a few statements of cartooning. Yesterday he poked fun at why a cartoonist would want to do fewer cartoons (punchline: “Whoa! Some guy in World of Warquest went from level 1 to 60 in two days!”). Today […]
According to E&P, Roy Schneider, creator of The Humble Stumble has recorded a 12 track CD which was inspired by his comic strip. Roy has been a singer/songwriter for years. The CD will be available on Amazon in January.
The Lawrence Journal has a good interview with Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine. He talks about his artistic ability, poking fun at other comics among other things. Also provided is segments of the interview in audio where he talks about how the internet has helped and hurt comic strips and how he comes […]