Dear AAEC members I didn’t get a chance to respond to one of Dave Astor’s stories about the blogging session at this month’s AAEC convention. The discussion apparently didn’t go well and was received luke warmly. The most egregious comment, in my opinion, came from David Horsey of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, who Astor reported as […]
According to E&P editorial cartoonist Ted Rall and conservative Michelle Malkin got into a bit of a tiff on their blogs as Malkin called a recent Ted cartoon a “troop-bashing tantrum.” See the cartoon here. In her blog post she writes: Unhinged cartoonist Ted Rall is throwing another troop-bashing tantrum. Normally, I would not feed […]
Last May I blogged about Universal Press teaming up with Lulu.com, an on-demand printing company, to allow comic fans the ability to create their own books and calendars from their favorite comic features. The first two features are now ready for order: Clear Blue Water, by Karen Montague-Reyes, and Come Here Often?’ Bad Pickup Lines […]
Matt Groening is interviewed by Jon Stewart on the Daily Show about his upcoming movie – The Simpson’s Movie
King Features has announced that Anne Gibbons, a well known cartoonist in magazine gag cartooning and greeting cards, has replaced Carla Ventresca as the Thursday Six Chix. According to the King press release Carla has moved on to “pursue other interests” (she and her husband, Henry Beckett, launched a new feature called On a Claire […]
Walt Handelsman, editorial cartoonist for Newsday, will be co-chair of this year’s “Cartoons & Cocktails” – a fund-raising event of the National Press Club to support “Young D.C.” (a teen newspaper), the Cartoonists Rights Network International, and the National Press Club scholarship program.
According to E&P, Paige Braddock, creator of Jane’s World, will be the cartoonistâ??in-residence on August 18 at the Carton Art Museum in San Francisco. While there, she’ll talk to visitors as well as work on her cartooning.