Between Friends tackles domestic abuse topic
Starting last week and into this week, Sandra Bell-Lundy’s Between Friends is tackling the sensitive topic of domestic abuse. The…
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Ces Marciuliano to fill in for Bizarro
Francesco “Ces” Marciuliano who writes for King Feature’s Sally feature will be filling in on Dan Piraro’s Bizarro during the…
New Perry Bible Fellowship book announced
A new Perry Bible Fellowship collection is due out in November. The new book is entitled The Perry Bible Fellowship…
What the Duck is renamed; to launch September 8
Aaron Johnson’s What the Duck has been renamed to W.T. Duck and has a launch date of September 8. W.T….
Garry Trudeau on the state of satire
The newly launched Comics Riff blog talks to Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau about the state of satire in America today….
News Briefs for July 14, 2008
» NPR reviews Willie & Joe collection. » E&P reports that a new “Luann’ comic collection is coming next month…
Harry Bliss to release comics collection
Harry Bliss, a frequent New Yorker cartoonist, is releasing a collection of his one-panel cartoons in a book entitled “Death…
Washington Post launches Comic Riffs blog
The Washington Post has launched a new blog called “Comics Riff” which will be maintained by former Warped cartoonist Michael…
New Yorker cover cartoon condemned as tasteless
The July 21st New Yorker cover is a raising eyebrows and both the Obama and McCain campaigns have called it…
Beeler to produce caricatures for Examiner chain
The Washington Examiner editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler has announced on his blog that he has a new duty each week…
TMS ComicsPage.com to return
Tribune Media Syndicate has responded to questions posted by E&P’s Dave Astor about their online comics service’s apparent closure. A…
WP: Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist
The Washington Post has an excellent article on the challenges of free speech, religion and cartooning that is expanding out…
Concerned Scientists contests announces fnalists
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has announced the 12 finalists in their third annual Science Idol: Scientific Integrity Editorial…
Second Stay Tooned! coming in about a month
Just received word that the second Stay Tooned! magazine is coming together and should be out in about a month….
Brian Crane’s Pickles hits 500-client mark
The Washington Post Writers Group has announced that Brian Crane’s Pickles comic strip has surpassed the 500-client mark with the…