Tribune Co. files for Chapter 11 and other woes
News broke yesterday that the Tribune Company, owner of eight major dailies, 23 television stations, baseball team and Tribune Media…
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Mort Walker talks about International Museum of Cartoon Art
Mort and Greg Walker talk about the history of the International Museum of Cartoon Art, the inception, growth, and many…
Steve Breen uninvited to speak to students after anti-teacher union cartoon
© Steve Breen A recent cartoon depicting California’s teachers unions as pirates by Steve Breen of the San Diego Union-Tribune,…
Brian Duffy was fired, escorted out of building
Former Des Moines Register editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy was escorted out of the newspaper’s building after learning that his job…
Rall bullish on political cartooning industry
Ted Rall, this year’s president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, has written a bullish account of why he…
Christmas cartoon collections popping up
Rich Diesslin, an active TDC participant has launched his sixth annual Carton Days of Christmas (TCDC) on Monday of this…
News Briefs for December 4, 2008
» Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles will be playing with his band “Suspicious Package” next Monday and Tuesday. The…
Nickelodeon creates first Comic Awards
Nickelodeon Magazine is recognizing their readers favorite comics by creating a Comics award to honor the best comic book, strips…
Mutts storyline to discuss Obama’s puppy adoption
Next week’s Mutts will delve into politics – or at least the topic of President-Elect Barack Obama’s choice for first…
Eric Devericks lands on feet – not in cartooning
An Associated Press article on Seattle Times cartoonist Eric Devericks indicates that Eric has an exit plan lined up when…
Des Moines Register axes Brian Duffy
I finally have a second source confirming an earlier Editor and Publisher article that mentioned that editorial cartoonist Brian Duffy…
Universal Press launches editor’s blog
Universal Press Syndicate has started a new blog authored by comics editor John Glynn. From the email that I received…
Ed Hall loses another client
Ed Hall, who I reported last week as losing one of his client newspapers due to a cartoon that criticized…
Pibgorn, Basic Instructions on iPhone, iPod Touch
Uclick has announced that Brooke McEldowney’s Pibgorn and Scott Meyer’s webcomic Basic Instructions have been released for the iPhone and…
Moudakis ‘toon evokes backlash from auto industry
A recent editorial cartoon by Theo Moudakis, cartoonist for the Toronto Star, has created stir from those whose livelihoods (one…