Peanuts character Franklin marks 40th birthday
The Times Union marks that 40 years ago last Thursday was the first time the Peanut character Franklin appeared in…
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The most influential cartoonists of 20th century
I believe we’ve discussed this topic on this blog before, but Mike Lynch ran a poll among his readers asking…
Art show planned for Gary Varvel
Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist for The Indianapolis Star, is having an art show at the JCC (Jewish Community Center) in…
Jerry Beck crowns Worst comic strip ever made
Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew has crowned Uncle Funny Bunny and Chumpy by Jack Pierce the worst comic strip ever….
Breen, Luckovich, Wilkinson discuss caricatures
The Washington Post has cobbled together interviews with Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonists Steve Breen, Mike Luckovich, and Signe Wilkinson on…
AAEC responds to the recent newspaper job losses
Nick Anderson, President of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists and cartoonist for the Houston Chronicle, has released the following…
Newspaper purge continues
What is becoming known as “he Midsummer Massacre” may not be over. A couple of news reports indicate that more…
Stuart Carlson forced to take buyout
Dave Astor at E&P is reporting that Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial cartoonist Stuart Carlson has been “forced” to take a…
Norm Feuti posts syndication submission online
Last month, I told you that Retail creator Norm Feuti was working on a second strip entitled Gill. He has…
Hosting issues; TDC affected
The company that I host with has notified me that they applied an update last night to the server that…
Garfield minus Garfield book announced
The Beat is reporting that Ballantine books will be printing a collection of the Garfield Minus Garfield strips by Dan…
Wash. Post gets special Candorville change
Last Friday’s Candorville contained language that the Washington Post objected to (the word “nuts” in the context of male anatomy)….
Ted Rall offers 3 cures for newspaper conundrum
Ted Rall writes in his column this week that newspapers could save themselves if they “take three audacious but absolutely…
Tunisian nationals appeal to Supreme Court
The two tunisian nations that were arrested for allegedly planning to kill Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard will appeal their case…
News Briefs for July 29, 2008
» Dan Reynold’s Reynolds Unwrapped is now back on gocomics.com after a year or so hiatus. » You’ll Have That…