Fantagraphics teams up with Diamond
Tom Spurgeon has an extensive write up and analysis on the announcement that Fantagraphics has signed a deal with Diamond…
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Keith Knight among 2008 Glyph Awards winners
This year’s Glyph Comics Award winners have been announced, and Keith Knight, creator of the newly launched Knight Life comic…
Jantze’s animation accepted into Cannes Festival
The Norm creator Michael Jantze‘s animation short “Mr. Lux: At Your Service” has been accepted into the Short Film Corner…
Will Elder passes at age 86
Will Elder, one of the pioneering MAD Magazine cartoonists has passed away at the age of 86. Tom Richmond, a…
Dutch cartoonist arrested for Muslim cartoons
A Dutch cartoonist was arrested and released this week for “suspicion of publishing work that is discriminatory against Muslims and…
Signe Wilkinson honored with RFK Memorial Award
The Daily News (Philadelphia, PA) editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson has been awarded this year’s Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Award for…
Dave Granlund laid off from MetroWest Daily News
After 31 years of service, MetroWest Daily News editorial cartoonist Dave Granlund was laid off yesterday due to the paper’s…
News Briefs for May 15, 2008
» A college editorial cartoonist writes “How to be a political cartoonist“ » Diesel Sweeties creator Rich Stevens is interviewed…
New exhibit features St. Louis linked cartoonists
Post-Dispatch designer and illustrator Dan Martin has curated an exhibit of cartoon art by cartoonists associated with St. Louis Missouri….
Mort Walker talks about IMCA, OSU CRL merger
` Dave Astor has interviewed Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker about the announcement yesterday that his International Museum of Cartoon…
Discussion: Which cartoonists belong on Rushmore
Over on the Washington Post, columnist Gene Weingarten and his readers discuss which four cartoonists deserve placement on a Mt….
Cho wins Eagle Award for favorite comic artist
After over 12,000 votes cast, this year’s Eagles Award winners have been announced. Frank Cho, creator of Liberty Meadows was…
King Features launches comic web application
King Features has released a new embed-able comic application called Comics Kingdom that allows any newspaper to deploy a comic…
Cagle tells of cartooning culture divide in China
Daryl Cagle is in China as part of a US State Department cultural exchange program. Yesterday he met with university…
Anderson draws attention to Orphan Works Act
© Nick Anderson. Used by permission Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist, has written a blog post on the personal…