McGruder denies report regarding Obama’s race
Aaron McGruder, creator of the Boondocks comic strip and television show, has issued a statement regarding the flare up in…
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Webcomic News Briefs for January 21, 2009
» Webcomicker pro Dave Kellets, creator of Sheldon, will be at the Miami Books and Books talking about building a…
Doozies meet Zits
Tom Gammill does a comic called The Doozies that runs on GoComics.com. Over the last couple of months, he’s created…
Aaron McGruder’s MLK speech lands flat
Via ¡Journalista! comes a news report of a speech given by Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder to Earlham College to mark…
Cartoonists marks Bush’s last day with unique art
JP Trostle is marking the final day of George W. Bush’s presidency with a unique piece of art that is…
Boris Drucker passes at age 88
Boris Drucker was a popular cartoonist in The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post, Punch, Playboy and Family Circle. He passed…
Atlanta Journal-Constitution restores two comics
After 18,000 votes, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has brought back two comics that were dropped last week. The two features returning…
Cartoonists covering the Obama Inauguration
Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s Dave Horsey is in D.C. for the Barack Obama Inauguration as is Rob Tornoe, a freelancer for Editor…
Lost Jeff MacNelly painting found
A Jeff MacNelly painting of a local Inn in North Carolina that he created in the late 1960’s, while Jeff…
News Briefs for January 16, 2009
» Mike Cavna continues talking to editorial cartoonists and what they’ll miss about President George Bush. » Speaking of missing…
Dan Piraro paneling discussion on Western and Native portrayals in comics
Bizarro creator Dan Piraro will be featured along with writer John Ostrander (Batman, Star Wars, Wolverine, The Kents, Apache Skies)…
Star Tribune files for bankruptcy
The second major paper to file bankruptcy is Minneapolis Star Tribune which made the filing to “reduce our operating costs,…
Atlanta Journal-Constitution cuts one full page of comics
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution announced earlier this week that they were cutting one full page of comics. I haven’t been able…
Peanuts Beethoven exhibit getting national attention
The New York Times ran a very interesting piece on the “Schulz’s Beethoven: Schroeder’s Muse” that opened earlier this fall….
Thompson talks about his new Rip Haywire strip
Tom Mason over at Comix 411 has an interview with Dan Thompson about his newly launched comic strip, Rip Haywire….