New-runs, re-runs, half truths and market speak
Universal Press is apparently working hard to get the word out to editors regarding the For Better or For Worse…
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News Briefs for August 19, 2008
» Editorial cartoon Yahtzees are embarrassing when we navel gazers spot them, but when the general public can point them…
Cartooning in the footsteps of Bill Watterson
Comics Riff blogger Mike Cavna interviewed Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson on the topic of doing a kids strip…
Book on Trudeau paints him as modern Twain, Nast
Kerry Soper has written a book entitled “Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire” which argues that social satire…
John Rose to host art show
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith cartoonist John Rose will host an art show on September 5 in Bristol VA during…
Few shining lights amidst grim newspaper reports
Last week Gannett announced that it would lay off 1000 employees across its chain of papers (the announcement sent their…
Kurt Westergaard will not go to Jordan
New reports regarding Kurt Westergaard, who faces trail in Jordan for drawing the infamous Mohammed cartoon, state that he is…
How-to seminar on (self) syndication proposed
Bill Kellogg, the Marketing Director behind the self-syndication success of Chad Carpenter’s Tundra emailed me asking if I’d spread the…
Chatfield vows to take Ginger Meggs through 100th birthday
The Sun Herald has a review of the history of the Ginger Meggs feature that started in 1921. Jason Chatfield…
Baltimore Sun drops full page of comics
A cartoonist forwarded me an email he received from a fan reporting that the Baltimore Sun had dropped a full…
Pat McCarthy Dies at 76
E&P is reporting that former Amarillo (Texas) Globe-News cartoonist Pat McCarthy died last Tuesday at the age of 76. Pat…
Westergaard says he’s ready for trial
Kurt Westergaard, the man who drew the no infamous Mohammed carton that incited Muslims from around the world says he’s…
Schulz and Schroeder’s muse exhibit now open
The Press Democrat has an excellent write up about the new exhibit entitled “Schulz’s Beethoven: Schroeder’s Muse” that opened at…
For Better or For Worse to begin ‘new-runs’
In an interview with For Better or For Worse, Lynn Johnston outlines what to expect after the “end” of the…
News Briefs for August 12, 2008
» Dennis the Menace cartoonist Marcus Hamilton will be a featured speaker at the Cartoonist and Illustrator’s Shop Talk at…