Students Gather to Protest Comic, Demand Editor Be Fired
In continuation of an earlier story I reported on a couple of weeks ago regarding a controversial cartoon depicting a…
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Amy Lago Responds to Dropped Opus Flap
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has posted an interview Tom Spurgeon coducted with Amy Lago, editor of the Washington…
Rob Rogers Pens His Farewell Letter As Outgoing AAEC President
Rob Rogers, editorial cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, has passed the mantle of President of the Association of American Editorial…
An Evening With Richard Thompson
Mike Rhode reports that Richard Thompson, creator of Cul-de-Sac and Richard’s Poor Almanac, will be hte featured speaker at the…
Swedish Cartoonist: It’s good to know how much one is worth
Despite having a $100,000 bounty on his head (an additional $50k if he’s beheaded), Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who…
Universal and Lulu Press Release Stone Soup Collection
In continuation of the partnership between Universal Press and Lulu.com, a new comic collection for Stone Soup has been released….
Tom Batiuk to Make Appearances to Promote “Lisa’s Story”
E&P has the story that Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk will be making at least 15 scheduled appearances across the…
Michael Ramirez ticks off Iranians
Investors Business Daily editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez has managed to offend a few Iranians after a cartoon he drew depicting…
Swedish Cartoon in Hiding for Insulting Prophet Mohammed (UPDATED)
In what appears to be a sequel to last year’s Dutch Mohammed cartoon, al-Qaida groups inside Iraq are offering rewards…
Funky Winkerbean Cancer Story Still Creating Heart Ache for Some Readers (UPDATED)
Bobby Bryant, a reporter for The State (SC), has been tracking some of the anger that Funky Winkerbean readers have…
Ted Rall marries Masheka Wood and Mikhaela Reid
I told you about it last year and now it’s happened. Ted Rall officiated and married cartoonists Masheka Wood and…
Modernized Steve Canyon coming on Monday
E&P reports that a modernized Steve Canyon will be released – at least limitedly – on Monday. The new version…
Bad timing: Candorville’s Trial Run in Conservative Paper Coincides With Topic of Gay Republicans
Darrin Bell’s Candorville is in trial mode at the Raleigh News & Observer – a conservative southern paper, and as…
David Wallis to Talk About Killed Cartoons in Virginia
From the ComicsDC blog, Mike Rhode informs us that David Willis, author of “Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot to Print…
Washington Post Welcomes Cul De Sac Back to the Paper
Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac started out in the Washington Post Magazine 3 years ago as a weekly feature in…