Tony Auth condemned as “blatantly anti-Catholic”
Tony Auth has come under fire for a recent cartoon depicting members of the U.S. Supreme Court wearing a Catholic…
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Garry Trudeau will receive book award for The War Within
Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury, will be honored tomorrow at the ninth annual Ken Book Awards breakfast for his book,…
Brendan Burford answers questions about his new role at King Features
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has posted an interview with Brendan Burford, King Feature’s new comics editor. At age 28, Brendan…
To the Editor: hands off the comics or you’ll be on the shmuck list
Not a big news item, but this brought a smile to my face. One disgruntled reader of The Capital, (Annapolis,…
New B.C. book coming out this fall
I received an email from Greg Hatfield of Checker Book Publishing who is announcing that they will be releasing a…
B.C. is getting dropped – who’s picking up the spots
Even with B.C. being carried on by family, some papers (not a lot, mind you) are dropping the late Johnny…
Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 ships early
The Aaugh blog reports that The Complete Peanuts 1963-1964 is already shipping.
Lynn Johnston to appear at two book signings
For Better of For Worse creator, Lynn Johnston, will be on hand on Saturday May 5th at North Bay Ontario…
Walker, Grace, Van Amerongen to speak at Reuben Weekend
E&P has reported that Mort Walker (Beetle Bailey), Bud Grace (The Piranha Club), and Jerry Van Amerongen (Ballard Street) will…
Signe Wilkinson is latest editorial animator; thoughts on judging animation
With all three of the Pulitzer Prize nominees having submitted animated editorial cartoons, I was beginning to wonder if that…
AAEC convention plans becoming more defined
Rob Rogers, AAEC president has posted an update on the AAEC convention schedule in Washington D.C. this year. Here are…
AAEC creates new membership director position
AAEC president Rob Rogers has appointed Clay Bennett to a new position called “membership director.” On the AAEC web site,…
Garry Trudeau to speak at Muhlenberg College; receive honorary degree
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau is scheduled to speak at the Muhlenberg College commencement on May 20th where he will also…
Philadelphia Cartoonists Society celebrates 10 years
Jeff Kilpatrick writes in to announce that the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society, which he co-founded, will be celebrating their 10 year…
Boy on a Stick and Slither debut today on comics.com
I received an email from Steven Cloud announcing that his web comic Boy on a Stick and Slither has been…