Mike Lynch is reporting that DBR Media is closing it’s doors. DBR is a smaller syndicate that distributes a few comics and editorial cartoons. Cartoonists associated with DBR include: Guy Gilchrist, Randy Glasbergen and editorial cartoonist Ed Hall. From an email sent to DBR contributers, executives wrote: “As you know, DBR Media has been experiencing […]
The Daily Universe, the campus newspaper of Brigham Young University, pulled Scott Adam’s Hay-Soos series and offers this explanation: Some recent letters to the editor have decried The Daily Universe’s decision to not print recent Dilbert cartoons because of inappropriate references to Jesus Christ. To be upfront about the issue, we make no apologies for […]
Mike Rhode has an excellent write up after attending the award ceremony honoring John Sherffius as this year’s Herblock Award winner. His introduction noted that his portfolio was overwhelmingly critical of the Bush administration and when John spoke, he explained why. “I am angry…” at the Bush administration for a litany of failures and malfeasance […]
Daryl Cagle coined the phrase Yahtzee! when speaking of a number of editorial cartoonists using the same metaphor in their cartoons. He’s posted three different Yahtzees relating to recent news: The Olympic logo used as wheels of tanks; Pills coming out of the faucet; and a cuban cigar labeled “Castro” being nearly burned up.
Bitstrips launched earlier this month as the latest new social web social 2.0 social web application to make webcomics easy. Did I mention that it was social? I was curious about the site both from a technical perspective and how it would treat comics. It was a big hit at this year’s South by South […]