Jack Shafer of Slate has written a commentary in Business Spectator about the demise of the print newspaper. In essence he maintains that the social web (Facebook, etc.) has replaced the newspaper’s traditional role of social currency. Not that long ago, the daily newspaper was an indispensable coiner of social currency, and it gave its […]
» Scott Hiburn, creator of The Argyle Sweater gets a call from Dear Abby. » Brad Veley, gag cartoonist, is profiled by WLUC. » Clarion Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey will be on MPB Radio’s Mississippi Edition tomorrow morning at around 8:30 a.m. » French cartoonist Maurice Sinet (AKA “Siné”) wrote a scathing (and some […]
The Times Union marks that 40 years ago last Thursday was the first time the Peanut character Franklin appeared in print and its significance in race relations in America during that time of U.S. history. Franklin was never as big a star as Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, Schroeder or Pigpen. He didn’t have a last name […]
I believe we’ve discussed this topic on this blog before, but Mike Lynch ran a poll among his readers asking which 20th century cartoonist was the most influential. According to his readers, Charles Schulz, Jack Kirby, Bill Watterson, Gary Larson, and Milton Caniff were the top five. He discusses the results on his blog.
Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star, is having an art show at the JCC (Jewish Community Center) in Indianapolis on Thursday night at 6:00 p.m. The show, called “Varvelous” will include around 30 of his original political cartoons, caricature paintings of Tony Dungy and Peyton Manning and a few sketches and prints. His […]