Brian Anderson, creator of Dog Eat Doug writes in to announce that he’s signed a two-book book deal with Roaring Brook Press to produce two books. The first book is entitled, “Nighty Night, Sleepy Sleep” and will based on his comic strip and will be available in the fall of 2008. The second book hasn’t […]
Scott Kurtz is hoping to save comics and is openly soliciting help from Bill Amend to make a 1989 statement made by Bill Watterson come true – that comics can be improved with (and without) the syndicate’s cooperation. In essence, Scott is proposing that someone from the established cartooning industry (Bill Amend) can get together […]
Stacy Curtis, the ousted editorial cartoonist – now children’s book illustrator has started up a blog with Wes Hargis (artist for the former Franklin Fibbs/Little Fibbs feature) and Ted Dawson, (creator of former Spooner feature). The blog, entitled “Three Men in a Tub,” showcases sketches and other projects that the three are involved in.
From E&P comes news that Hector Cantu, the writer for the comic feature Baldo, will speak at Purdue University on January 15th, Martin Luther King Day. His speach is entitled “Lowriders, Abuelitas, and Chica Power! Fighting for a Voice on the Funny Pages.”