Coverly ‘toon material for Parade caption contest
Parade magazine is using holding a caption contest using a Dave Coverly cartoon. Dave is a regular contributor to the…
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Top Shelf Productions to launch webcomics site
Indie comics publisher Top Shelf Productions will launch a new webcomics site this Friday. The site’s initial offerings will include…
International Museum of Cartoon Art moves to OSU Cartoon Research Library
Mort Walker’s International Museum of Cartoon Art (IMCA) will be moving its estimated 200,000 piece collection to the Ohio State…
AAEC convention speakers posted
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has released more information about the speaker line up and schedule of their upcoming…
Matt Wuerker reviews Pat Oliphant exhibit
Politico editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker has written a review of Pat Oliphant’s traveling exhibit entitled “Leadership: Oliphant Cartoons and Sculpture…
“Bone” panel discussion notes
Caleb Mozzocco attended the recent opening of Jeff Smith’s Bone exhibit at the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library and…
Wall-E “Eve” character inspired by iPod
Fortune reports that Wall-E character “Eve” was inspired by Apple’s iPod and in fact, Pixar brought in Apple design guru…
New York Times profiles Lynda Barry
The New York Times has an interesting profile of alternative newspaper and author cartoonist Lynda Berry and the ups-and-downs of…
Serge Chapleau wins 6th National Newspaper Award
Serge Chapleau, editorial cartoonist for the La Presse, has been awarded his sixth National Newspaper Award for editorial cartooning. You…
NPR talks about Charlie Brown character
NPR ran an interesting piece on the resilience and lovability of Charles Schulz’ character Charlie Brown yesterday They explain how…
News Briefs for May 12, 2008
» Jack Bender, current cartoonist on Alley Oop will be attending this year’s national Tarzan convention in Waterloo, IA this…
This week’s comic page changes
Here are the comic pages that I’ve found this last week. The Detroit News has added Keith Knight’s The Knight…
New CG Star Wars movie due in August
While reporting last week on new animated movies that were due out this summer, I missed the new “Star Wars:…
Caswell, Filipi talk about new ‘Bone’ exhibit
Jeff Smith’s joint exhibit his Bone comic opened up last weekend at the Ohio State University Cartoon Research Library and…
AAEC joins NCS in opposition to Orphan Works Act
The AAEC has issued an open letter to the U.S. House Subcommittee on the Courts opposing the current Orphan Works…