There have been several For Better Or For Worse stories published across the country since it first became news that its creator Lynn Johnston was not going to retire her strip this fall. I bring this one to your attention, not because it has a great deal of new information, but it does confirm from […]
Bob Oksner, who created the comic strip Miss Cairo Jones in 1945 and a couple other minor strips (I Love Lucy, Soozi) in the 50s and 60s passed away on Sunday at the age of 90. Bob was mostly known for his work in the comic book field working on titles such as Green Lantern, […]
Kansas City Star editorial cartoonist Lee Judge has launched a blog to post his unpublished and killed cartoons. The blog is actually a sanctioned blog hosted on the Star’s web site and has the full backing and support of the publisher and editors though it does contain the following warning at the top of the […]
Mike Lynch points out that May 5th is traditionally been Cartoonists Day but that it really hasn’t been publicized for the last several years. He also points us to a new web site set up dedicated to the day. I’m not sure who’s behind the web site but the press release says to contact Ken […]
From the Aaugh blog comes news about a new biographical work on Charles Schulz that will be available in October. The book, coming in at 688 pages, is entitled “Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography” and is penned by David Michaelis. Amazon is offering a pre-order price guarantee that if you pre-order the book now, you’ll […]
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau was one of the featured speakers for a tribute to film director Robert Altman who past away last November according to E&P. Garry worked with Altman on two “Tanner” HBO series in 1998 and 2004. Other speakers included: Harry Belafonte, E.L. Doctorow, Kevin Kline, Julianne Moore, Tim Robbins, and Lily Tomlin.
Kevin Kallaugher, or KAL, was featured in the January/February edition of the Harvard Magazine. The article mostly featured his work on the Digital Dubya – the 3-D bust of President Bush. One interesting factoid on how KAL landed his Economist gig: Kallaugher went to England for a bicycle tour after college, took a job as […]