Darrin Bell is getting letters from Candorville fans asking why his feature has been dropped from the LA Times without notice. It’s not just his feature, but also La Cucaracha and Mallard Fillmore that have disappeared. The blog, LA Observed, also mentions that Mr. Boffo is also a casualty in this decision. Both Darrin and […]
Mary Worth’s continued success despite often coming low in the popularity polls is not lost on Barry Alfonso, a journalist, who wrote an indepth analysis/tribute to the remarkable staying power of Mary Worth. The slightly doughy but innately elegant Mary embodies a civility that is fading out of real life. Moreover, the very pace of […]
Modeled somewhat after Joel Pett’s Toon-op that runs in the LA Times, Daryl Cagle has started a similar feature reviewing the current events with cartoons. The new feature will be written by his daughter Susie. From his blog: I’ve never seen anything like this in syndication, probably because cartoons and the written word are very […]
This week’s Toon-op was done by Jim Morin who won this year’s Herblock Prize. Jim’s selection of cartoons for the LA Times came from his own portfolio and included his commentary on the impact of Herblock on his own cartooning. Joel Pett, who usually does the feature, is off this week.
Clay Jones writes in to alert me that Chuck Asay, editorial cartoonist for the Colorado Springs daily is retiring after the paper announced that it was reducing its staff. Chuck has been cartooning in Colorado Springs for the last 28 years. The Gazette’s editorial page editor gives Chuck a pretty good send off on their […]
From this article from the Post-Star comes confirmation to what I had suspected – that it was the syndicate that had convinced Lynn Johnston to keep For Better or For Worse going in what is being called a “hybrid” format. Q: How did this hybrid idea come about? A: It was suggested to me by […]