Open Discussion: DC’s Wednesday Comics
Yesterday DC Comics launched their weekly Wednesday Comics – a 12-issue weekly anthology series that is printed in broadsheet format…
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Creators launches iPhone, iPod comic apps
Creators Syndicate is the second major syndicate to enter into the iPhone/iPod Touch app space. Creators has teamed up with…
News Briefs for July 8, 2009
Alternative Comics Ruben Bolling, creator of Tom the Dancing Bug, was named Association of Alternative Newsweekliesâ?? 2009 award for Best…
Round up of podcast interviews
While I try to keep up with this stuff, a few audio interviews have passed me by unnoticed. Bob Andelman,…
Will Eisner: A Spirit Life now on Audible.com
Bob Andelman’s 2005 biography on Will Eisner (“Will Eisner: A Spirit Life”) is now available for download through Audible.com narrated…
Universal Press Syndicate and Uclick merge
Andrews McMeel Universal, the parent company of Universal Press Syndicate and Uclick has merged the two companies to create Universal…
Get free chapter of Looking for Calvin and Hobbes
I received an email from Nevin Martell the author of the upcoming book, “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional…
Daily Cartoonist closed until July 8
The kids are at their grandma’s house for a week, so the Mrs. and I are off to play. I’ll…
Reports from the AAEC conference in Seattle
Editorial cartoonists from around the country (and Canada) are in Seattle of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists annual conference…
News Briefs for July 1, 2009
Books » Newsarama reviews Fantagraphics’ collection of Sam’s Strip, a short run comic strip by Mort Walker and Jerry Dumas…
Stephen Silver to host self-publishing seminar
Character designer, illustrator Stephen Silver will present a three-hour seminar on the topic of self-publishing for children’s books, art books…
Comic strip changes for the week
» The Press Republican has dropped Mutts in favor of Zits in an effort to attract younger readers. » Polling…
Comic book museum opens in France
The Musée de la bande dessinée in Angoulème, a museum dedicated entirely to comic books, has opened in south-west France….
Daryl Cagle: AAEC should date, not marry NCS
Among the discussion items at this year’s Association of American Editorial Cartoonists gathering in Seattle this week, is an item…
Pajama Diaries begin flashback series
Starting next Monday, The Pajama Diaries will start a five-week flashback story-line that tells the story of Jill’s first pregnancy…