Guardian’s Steve Bell commemorates Tony Blair’s decade in office
Across the pond, the Guradian’s editorial cartoonist, Steve Bell, has posted a slide show of his cartoons depicting outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair over the years in office.
Posted on: June 27, 2007
Andy Capp Statue to be unveiled (UPDATED)
Comic Reporter Tom Spurgeon reports that the Andy Capp statue that was proposed last fall will be unveiled later this week. I haven’t been able to get to the Hartlepool Mail’s web site to actually read the details. Once the site is serving out pages again, I’ll see what new developments have been made. UPDATED: […]
PreTeena characters ‘join’ tween social web site
PreTeena creator Allison Barrows and some of her characters have joined a kids-safe networking site (AllyKatzz.com) for tween age girls (9-15) in efforts to “hear comments from the girls, gain suggestions, and really get into this age-group’s head.” The partnership offers Alison the opportunity to become engaged with her sample audience. It doesn’t appear that […]
Andrews McMeel Universal Nominiated As Top 10 Kansas City Companies
Andrews McMeel Universal (the parent company of Universal Press Syndicate) has been nominated as a Top Company in Kansas City. The distinction is shared by 9 other companies and a single Top Company will be announced on August 24th. The criteria for this award include: “company’s contributions, innovations, work culture, customer service, transactions, challenges, community […]
Cartoonists in the news: Tom Stern
Forbes.com has a write up about Tom Stern’s CEO Dad book entitled How To Avoid Getting Fired By Your Family. Mentioned are Tom’s efforts to get his strip into television.
Reader takes Lynn Johnston to task on age disparities in FBOFW
Over on the For Better or For Worse web site, the blog that was maintained by fictional character April is now being maintained by fictional character Elly and non-fictional character Lynn (just roll with it – it’s all in fun). I laughed at one of the first new blog posts under this new arrangement as […]
Interviewed: Dan Piraro on his cartooning
Over at Cecil Vortex’s blog, he has an interesting interview with Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro. CV: I understand that to syndicate a cartoon, you first need to stockpile a large number of comics. Was that a challenge for you? DP: Early on it was very hard. See, on the one hand, I really love starting […]
More Live Blogging Scheduled
MJ writes in to announce that this Friday he’ll be live blogging while he creates his editorial cartoon. Check it out this Friday at 12:00 pm (CST).