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…
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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…
Cafe con Leche character to lose job
Cafe Con Leche creator Charlos Gary is writing a story-line that is quite close to his own home. The story-line…
For Better or For Worse ending details
As reported yesterday, August 31 will be the last new story-line For Better or For Worse before it lapses into…
Global Media Awards competition taking entries
The annual Population Institute’s Global Media Awards competition is now open. The special interest award is designed to encourage greater…
Superman themed story-line begins in Winkerbean
Yesterday’s Funky Winkerbean kicks off a three week Superman-themed story-line to salute the Man of Steel. The series takes a…
PreTeena to live on in graphic novel form
Alison Burrows has announced that her feature PreTeena may not end after all. In the gocomics comments of the announcement…