Jack Ohman wins Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award
Jack Ohman, editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian has been honored as this year’s recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism…
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News Briefs for April 13, 2009
Editorial Cartooning » Marshall Ramsey, editorial cartoonist for the Clarion-Ledger will be on the campus of the University of Tennessee’s…
Japan hoping Manga comics will end recession
Expect more Manga in the coming years. The UK’s Guardian is reporting that one of the strategies for economic correction…
News Briefs for April 9, 2009
Editorial Cartooning » Mike Beckom is now freelancing for The Palmetto Scoop (SC). » Recently laid off editorial cartoonist Robert…
News Briefs for April 8, 2009
» The BBC talks to Ed Stein about his career and state of the industry. » Arkansas News Bureau’s Vic…
King Features Launches Zits Audio Comics
King Features has unveiled their official Zits Motion Comics. From Comics Kingdom: Comics Kingdom™ now showcases the hilarious, first-of-its-kind Zits…
Comic changes for the week (UPDATED)
The Chicago Tribune has moved its Sunday comics to a broadsheet format and in the transition lost five Sunday strips:…
Reader recommendations for best graphic novels
After the talk of the growth and acceptance of graphic novels as literature, I stopped into the local, independently owned…
Ben Wicks’ collection donated to Toronto University
The cartoon custody battle over Ben Wicks’ cartoons was resolved in 2007 and the family has decided to donate the…
Lucas Turnbloom’s IMAGINE THIS featured on GoComics
Daily Cartoonist poster and Tall Tale Features member Lucas Turnbloom’s comic strip IMAGINE THIS will be featured on GoComics.com starting…
More information on Gene Weingarten’s comic strip
Last week I mentioned a mention that Pulitzer Prize humor columnist Gene Weingarten was working on a comic with his…
SNL on how to save newspapers
I finally found a clip of Saturday Night Lives skit with various comic strip characters sitting around trying to save…
Webcomic creators to discuss online publishing in Toronto
From Publshers Weekly is a notice that webcomic creators Kate Beaton, Willow Dawson, Emily Horne, Brian Mclachlan, and Ryan North…
Wall Street worried about Pixar’s UP
Wall Street investors are worried that Pixar’s upcoming movie “UP” doesn’t have enough retail merchandising appeal according to a recent…