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» The Valley Independent has dropped Monty, Herman, Alley Oop and Cow and Boy and replaced them with Blondie, The…
January 2009
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Popeye is now public domain – at least in Europe
At the first of this year, the Popeye character entered into the public domain in Europe. In the US, the…
Mike Peters sued for $20M over coffee cartoon
Mother Goose and Grimm creator Mike Peters has been sued by the The Federation of Colombian Coffee Growers over a…
News Briefs for January 6, 2009
» Magazine cartoonist Mark Anderson has relaunched his site with new features. » Jason Killingsworth writes in Paste Magazine the…
Jay Kennedy Scholarship deadline: February 6
This year’s Jay Kennedy Scholarship deadline for college students is February 6th. Applicants must be students in the US, Canada…
NCS division awards entries due January 30
Mike Lynch has posted the deadlines and requirements for submitting your entry for the National Cartoonist Society’s division awards. The…
Comic strip finalists announced for Weblogs Award
The 2008 Weblog Award finalists have been announced. In the category of best comic strip, the final 10 include: Day…
Rall picks another fight, this one with Newsweek
After writing a plucky letter to Time Magazine for their selection of Top 10 editorial cartoons for 2008, AAEC President…
Barkeater Lake turns 10; go read anniversary blog
Corey Pandolph’s Barkeater Lake turns 10 years old this year. It was first called Social Order and ran in the…