GoComics adds Love Is…, Bliss, and Free Range
GoComics has announced that they have added Kim Casali and Bill Asprey’s classic Love Is, Harry Bliss’ Bliss comic panel…
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National Caricaturist convention set for Raleigh
The National Caricature Network is set to hold their 17th annual convention next week in Raleigh, NC. The convention attracts…
Webcomics Weekly News Roundup – October 29, 2008
» webcomics.com is now owned and operated by Halfpixel. They’re pushing for it to become a community resource. » Webcomic…
News Briefs for October 29, 2008
» The Christian Science Monitor has announced that it’s cutting all of its daily editions and focusing on a weekend…
Nate Beeler’s cartoons now run at index card size
Mike Rhode notes that The Washington Examiner editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler’s cartoons have been reduced to the size of an…
Newspaper apologizes for Keith Knight cartoon
The Montclair State University (NJ) college newspaper has issued an apology for running The K Chronicles strip that used a…
Will an Obama presidency challenge cartoonists?
A couple of news items in the last two days raises the question of how an Obama presidency – the…
Why the Journal Sentinel laid off Stuart Carlson
Milwaukee magazine has tried to explain why the Journal Sentinel let go of its cartoonist Stuart Carlson who took a…
Political cartooning during an election year
ComicsDC blogger Mike Rhode has a wrap-up of last week’s presentation of cartoonists at the Writer’s Center in D.C. Presenting…
Comic page changes for last two weeks
With Opus heading into the sunset, some papers are starting to announce their replacement choices. You can see my earlier…
News Briefs for October 24, 2008
» Comic Book Resources continues highlighting historical editorial cartoonists: Homer Davenport and John “HB” Doyle » Salt Lake Tribune’s Pat…
MAD About Movies collection to be released
Tom Richmond, a MAD magazine cartoonist, has announced on his blog that MAD magazine will issue a new collection of…
Crowds protest John Cole cartoon
A John Cole editorial cartoon that ran on October 4th depicting a local Scranton, Pa. Catholic Bishop as part-elephant (symbol…
News Briefs for October 23, 2008
» La Prensa, an Ohio latino publication, writes about Hector D. Cantu and Carlos Castellanos efforts to use their comic…
Bill Leak recovering from head injury
Award winning Australian cartoonist Bill Leak, who had to have two brain surgeries after a fall, has reportedly awaken from…