According to the TalkAboutComics blog, Modern Tales, one of the oldest and most popular webcomics sites, is now seeking new submissions. Shaenon Garrity, Modern Tales editor, says: “With IW [Irregular Webcomic] leaving, Inannaâ??s Tears at the end of its run, and my first anniversary as MT editor fast approaching, I think itâ??s time to put […]
The new Indie Spinner Rack, #88, was released on Wednesday. The latest issue of the audio magazine features part one of an overview of the MoCCA Art Festival and post-show events, including some of the notable book premieres that sold out, post-show parties and plenty more.
E&P reports that Daryl Cagle has added more cartoonists to his web site, including Mike Luckovich, who is returning after a 4-year hiatus. Others new to Cagle’s site are Jeff Darcy of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, the conservative team of Allen Forkum and John Cox, and alternative cartoonist Tim Eagan.
Leigh Rubin’s collection of Rubes cartoons, entitled The Wild Life of Love, has received the bronze medal for humor in Foreward Magazine’s 2006 Book of the Year Awards, according to the Creators Syndicate website, where you can get all the details. The single-panel Rubes, originally self-syndicated, now runs in more than 400 newspapers nationwide.
Rex Babin, of the Sacramento Bee, and Mikhaela Reid, an alternative weekly cartoonist, were interviewed by NPR’s “Morning Edition,” discussing their favorite cartoons on George W. Bush and on cartooning the next president. You can listen to it here.
Matt Bors, who does Idiot Box for altweeklies, writes about his meeting with Dennis Kucinich at AAEC on his blog. Another altweekly cartoonist, Jen Sorensen of Slowpoke, also talks about her meeting with Kucinich on her blog as well.
July 9th entry of Mallard Fillmore by Bruce Tinsley features an tribute to Johnny Hart, who died in April. Why it took 3 months to do this strip, no one knows.