E&P notes that The International Comic Arts will be at the Library of Congress this year (Oct. 18-20). Scheduled speakers include Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher and Robert Russell, founder of the Cartoonists Rights Network International.
Matt Janz’ Single and Looking is in trial mode over at the Winston-Salem Journal. The announcement comes with an article explaining Matt’s recent decision to change the title of his feature, which used be called “Out of the Gene Pool.”
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) have published a special limited-edition book celebrating the organization and its cartoonists. The book contains: The complete history of the worldâ??s oldest and largest organization for professional editorial cartoonists, from its founding to the rise of the internet. Reports on major speakers, panels, controversies and practical jokes at […]
Jimmy Margulies won this year’s “Party Toons” – an editorial cartoonist contest sponsored by Drew Rougier-Chapman, the producer of Party Toons. Party Toons is a half-hour weekly political show built around editorial cartoons and political comedy. Mike Keefe of the Denver Post took second place, with a three-way tie between Justin Bilicki, Sage Stossel and […]
Sylvia creator Nicole Hollander was on NPR yesterday talking about her new book called “Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial.” The book is a humorous look at getting older. The book was published by Broadway book. From the description of the book: Nicole Hollander grew up in the nineteen-fifties, when women of a […]
La Cucaracha creator Lalo Alcaraz will be speaking and signing books at the 5th Annual Houston Latino Book & Family Festival in Houston on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday he’ll field questions from other attendees regarding his comic feature and then on Sunday he’ll panel a discussion entitled, “How to Be a World-Famous Cartoonist” where […]
Richard Thompson, creator of Cul de Sac and Richard’s Poor Almanac has started blogging. The blog features sketches and an interesting story of a dinner with syndicate executives. It was only started Monday, so we’ll see where it goes.