News Briefs for April 14, 2009

Alan Gardner April 14, 2009 1 minute 8 comments

» Lynn Johnston has been working on a children’s book entitled, “Farley Follows His Nose.” They’ve posted the front cover on her blog.

» Gay comics pioneer Jeff Krell, creator of the groundbreaking comic strip Jayson and longtime translator for famed German cartoonist Ralf KÃ¶nig, will appear at Pittsburgh’s Steel City Con on Saturday, April 25

» Daryl Cagle opines that with the newspaper industry retraction, we’re going to see a “McDonaldization” of editorial cartooning. Good, but limited choices.

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Craig Kenworthy

She killed the dog and now she wants to exploit him? That’s cold.

Apr 14,2009
Mike Cope

Killed him??? He’s alive and well in today’s papers 🙂

Apr 14,2009
Wiley Miller

She took a lesson from Stephan Pastis and undied him.

Apr 15,2009
Larry Levine

Farley is like Mr Spock, his demise was only temporary.

Apr 15,2009
Ted Dawson

McCagle doth protest too much, methinks.

Apr 15,2009
Josh McDonald

One problem with Daryl’s analogy; shouldn’t the definition of “McDonaldization” be, “a limited selection of bland and vaguely nauseating fare”?

Apr 15,2009
Daryl Cagle

Re: shouldnâ??t the definition of â??McDonaldizationâ? be, â??a limited selection of bland and vaguely nauseating fareâ??

Yes, seems to be a requirement that an editorial cartoon be bland to be widely reprinted.

Apr 15,2009
Josh McDonald

I wasn’t speaking specifically about editorial cartoons — though as you say, in general mass-consumption does tend to favor the bland.

But I was merely observing that calling anything on the McDonalds menu “pretty good” is like calling the latest issue of Maxim “good sex”.

Apr 17,2009

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