A reminder that tonight’s PBS American Masters program is featuring Charles M. Schulz. Program begins at 9 p.m. EST. Meet back here tomorrow to discuss. Updated: I’m still watching the program (Mountain Standard Time) while I’m watching those on the East coast beginning to write in. Keep the comments coming. I’ll post my thoughts when […]
Mike Witmer’s feature Pinkerton has been picked up on GoComics and will begin its daily run on November 5th. Mike also does the feature 44th Union Avenue that also appears on GoComics. You can see Pinkerton over on his web site, which will also continue to post the feature.
The Oshkosh Northwestern quietly dropped last week’s Crankshaft rape cartoon opting to run a replacement without notifying readers of the reasons behind the decision. It is not generally known but I have a gentleman’s agreement with Crankshaft. If he leaves me alone and behaves himself, I’ll leave him alone. I heard a lifetime of complaints […]
E&P reports that Justin Bilicki will be doing a weekly local cartoon for The New York Press. You can see his lastest cartoon here.
Mark Anderson attended the Festival of Cartoon Art and blogged the experience. Head over to Mark’s blog for his report on day 1 (day one photos), day 2. Mike Rhode has written up a short review as well as posting photos over on Flickr. UPDATE #1: Mark posts a final Q&A about his thoughts of […]
Over on RACS, D.D.Degg reports that yesterday’s Parade magazine didn’t feature Bunny Hoest’s Howard Huge, a cartoon staple of the magazine since 1980. Earlier this month I reported that the magazine had begun running other cartoonists including cartoons by Dave Coverly, Carla Ventresca, Dan Piraro, Donna Barstow and Gary McCoy.
The Winston-Salem Journal is running Secret Asian Man in demo mode for the next month. They’ve posted a short interview with Tak Toyoshima, the feature’s creator. Questions asked: Where did you grow up, and were you drawing from a young age? What led you into a career as a newspaper cartoonist? What inspired you to […]