Nate Beeler talks about his Golden Spike
This year’s Golden Spike Award went to Nate Beeler, editorial cartoonist for the Washington Examiner. The Golden Spike is an…
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Norm Feuti launches own blog
Norm Feuti, the creator of Retail, has launched a web site and blog of his own. A while back he…
Jeff Smith’s Bone coming to mobile phones
uClick has announced that Jeff Smith’s Bone character is going to be available on mobile phones. Launched on July 26th,…
Cartoon Mocking Paper’s Management Style Creates Havoc in Nursing Home
In a confusing story on that does little to explain who’s who, the Times-Republican has written about a cartoon that…
Marshall Ramsey live blogging election results update
Received an email from Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey who reported in on his live blogging experiment of last nights…
News Free Comics ends subscription drive and dreams
Back in June, I wrote about Randall Vanfossen’s efforts to establish a monthly mailing of comics strips through a subscription…
Slylock Fox turns 20; picked up by L.A. Times
Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids creator Bob Weber Jr. writes in to tell us that his feature is turning…
Scott Adams mentoring new cartoonist and blogging about it
Over on Dilbert creator Scott Adam’s blog, he’s revealed that he’s helping an unknown cartoonist, Scott Meyer, take his creation…
12 Memorable Comic Strip Deaths
With all the attention now on Funky Winkerbean’s Lisa Moore’s impending death, the A.V. Club looks back at the 12…
5 papers making funny page changes this week (UPDATED)
With Kudzu ending at the end of this month, papers are focusing on the funnies. Here’s a round up of…
Zits and Close to Home Book Collections Announced
E&P is reporting two new book collections to hit the book stores next month. Alternative Zits is the latest Zits…
Cartoon Contest to Promote PBS Satire Show
According to E&P, Drew Rougier-Chapman has announced a cartooning contest to promote “Party Toons” – a weekly satire show he’s…
First of many “How I’ll draw the next president” written
In what often seems to be a story to check off of the to-do list every 4 to 8 years…
Ed Hall Posts a Watch-Me-Draw Video on Youtube
Editorial cartoonist Ed Hall has posted a video on YouTube demonstrating how he develops a drawing for an editorial cartoon.
Mark Fiore signs with Universal
Mark Fiore – one of the first editorial cartoonists to go completely into editorial cartoon animation