News briefs for May 14, 2009

Alan Gardner May 14, 2009 1 minute 5 comments

» Gerald Scarfe, cartoonist and illustrator who directed animation for Walt Disney’s Hercules, will host this year’s annual Dundee Literary Festival in Dundee England. Festival runs June 25 to 28.

» Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot on cartooning and blogging: “Being online doesn’t give me ideas. Daydreaming does.”

» Washington state has passed a law giving newspapers a 40% tax reduction on their business tax. The law seeks to help struggling newspapers. The tax cut is similar to previous industry specific cuts for Boeing and the timber companies.

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Wiley Miller

There may some folks out there who’ll be interested in this:
http://www.mainecomicsfestival.com/

Corey Pandolph and Lincoln Pierce will be conducting a panel on web comics, among other things.

May 15,2009
Lucas Turnbloom

I’d go in a heartbeat. Wanna fly me from San Diego, Wiley?

May 15,2009
Wiley Miller

Naw, you can stay right there, Lucas. I understand there’s a little comics convention being held in San Diego soon, but I’m sure it won’t anywhere near as big as the one in Maine.

May 15,2009
Corey Pandolph

Norm Feuti will be on that panel, too. And I’m Fake Rockstar. Who the Hell is Corey Pandolph?

Oh, all is lost…

May 15,2009
Lucas Turnbloom

That’s just a rumor, Wiley. I don’t know if there’s a market for something like that here in San Diego.

May 15,2009

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