Peanuts used as model for visual language pattern study
Neil Cohn is a psychology student at Tufts University researching about visual language patterns and grammar. His current project is…
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Second annual “Science Idol” contest now open
Tom Toles, Garry Trudeau, Dave Coverly have been tapped to judge the second annual “Science Idol” cartoon contest to draw…
Time Magazine touts the coming age of Web comics
Girls & Sports co-creator Andrew Feinstein writes in to point me to a recent article in Time magazine about how…
Marshall Rogers passes at age 57
The LA Times is reporting that Marshall Rogers, best know of his work on the Batman comic book, passed away…
16th Mutts collection book coming in May
According to E&P, Patrick McDonnell has a new Mutts collection (208 pages) that is due out in May. This is…
Comic cross-overs abound this week
Character cross-overs aren’t too unusual, but there seemed to be a spike in the number this week. In Sunday’s Lio,…
Mutts takes the The Times slot
Patrick McDonnell’s Mutts has won a slot in The Times (Gainesville, AL) beating out Brian Crane’s Pickles narrowly with only…
Peanuts classic box set book coming in September
From the Aaugh blog comes news that a collectible Peanuts Classic Box Set will be released this September. The box…
Keith Knight speaks on racism and cartooning
Keith Knight, creator of (th)ink and the K-Chronicles, recently spoke at the University of Florida about his cartooning career, racism,…
Little Orphan Annie classic collection planned
For those who love the classic comics, IDW’s announcement that they are going to print a hard-bound collection of Harold…
Wrap up on the great Ohio road trip
If you’ve been following the blog the last couple of weeks, you know I was invited to speak at the…
Pat Bagley still dishing it out in Utah
For those outside of Utah, the name Pat Bagley probably won’t mean much, but for us in Utah, Pat is…
Humorous Maximus launches Latigo classic comic strip
Dan Thompson, co-creator of the Humorous Maximums web site has announced the launch of the classic comic strip, “Latigo”. Latigo…
More stuff from Ohio on the way as well as today’s news
I’m running a bit behind after spending three days in Ohio. I’ve got some more stuff to post regarding the…
Visiting the OSU Cartoon Research Library
While visiting the Buckeye state, I was able to visit the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library in Columbus Ohio….