Heart Corp has announced today that it will begin making short term cuts to both union and non-union staff in order shore up the paper that lost $50 million last year. If the company cannot get its spending under control, Hearst said it will put the paper up for sale and if no buyer is […]
» Brian Duffy made news this morning with news that he is considering suing his employer for copyright ownership of his cartoons. The Telegraph Herald has announced that they are picking up his freelance cartoons. » uClick announced that you can now get Garfield Minus Garfield iPhone/iPod app. » Editorial Cartoonist Donna Barstow has been […]
The Oregonian has announced that it will be dropping 10 comics to cut back on costs. The remaining 23 comics will be printed in color. Of the 23 slots that are now subject to change, Executive Editor Peter Bhatia announced that eight features are safe: Adams’ Apples, Dilbert, Doonesbury, Get Fuzzy, Mother Goose and Grimm, […]
The Blade (Toledo, OH) editorial cartoonist Kirk Walters has started a new weekly comic called Frogtown which debuted in his paper on Sunday. The comic is the latest local comics that he’s done. Previously he also produced Maumee Dearest which has had a 20 year run. Frogtown is described as a “a slice-of-life cartoon about […]
Brian Duffy, recently fired by the Des Moines Register, is considering legal action to retain the rights to his cartoons, which the Register says they will donate to the University of Iowa. Apparently, according to a sketchy report by KCCI-TV, mirrored by E&P, the newspaper considers the cartoons “work for hire,” which would give the […]