Beetle Bailey Collection to be released
Checker Book Publishing has teamed up with King Features to publish an early Beetle Bailey collection. The first book is…
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News Briefs for March 26, 2008
» Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for the Tribune-Star, Indianapolis Star visited middle school children to tell them about his job…
Early gag panels by legendary comic strip creators posted
Mike Lynch has dug up and posted a few early magazine gag panels that were published by B.C. creator Johnny…
Wes Alexander passes at age 42
Wes Alexander, who’s comic strip Stormfield was syndicated through DBR Media, has passed away at the age of 42 of…
Nancy daily comic strip to be produced in color
Guy Gilchrist writes in to tell me that starting next week, the Nancy comic strip will be provided to subscribing…
Ted Rall, Rich Stevens, others debate webcomic impact on cartooning
Editorial cartoonist and United Media’s Acquisition and Development Editor Ted Rall, Rich Stevens, creator of online and print comic Diesel…
Stu Rees to receive Silver T-Square Award
E&P is reporting that the National Cartoonists Society will honor Stu Rees with the Silver T-Square Award this year. Stu…
Garry Trudeau to be honored by Yale School of Medicine
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau will be awarded the Mental Health Advocacy Award from Yale School of Medicine for his portrayal…
Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury is off on hiatus, papers begin replacements
Garry Trudeau, creator of Doonesbury announced earlier this month that he was taking a three month vacation. Subscribing papers could…
Pooch Cafe hits 3000 milestone
Paul Gilligan, creator of Pooch Cafe has mentioned that the 3000th Pooch Cafe comic ran last Thursday. The feature was…
Matt Bors creates new bi-weekly strip for ACLU
Syndicated editorial cartoonist Matt Bors launches a bi-weekly comic for the ACLU today. The feature is part of the ACLU’s…
Richard Thompson nominated for Best Newspaper Comics Strip
Mike Rhode is reporting on his blog that Cul De Sac creator Richard Thompson has been nominated for a NCS…
Gordon Campbell to run on Cagle.com
Gordon Campbell, who was laid off last week from his editorial cartooning gig with the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, will…
News briefs for March 21, 2008
» Steve Greenberg, editorial cartoonist for the Ventura County Star, will be the guest speaker at the Congregation B’nai Emet’s…
DBR Media closes
Mike Lynch is reporting that DBR Media is closing it’s doors. DBR is a smaller syndicate that distributes a few…