Universal Uclick editor John Glynn reports that Universal Press Syndicate is celebrating 40 years in business. Money was tight in the beginning, and Andrews and McMeel didn’t have the funds to compete with the fancy New York and Chicago offices of the big syndicates. They initially worked in a makeshift office over O’Briens bar near […]
The 2010 Glyph Comics Awards nominees have been announced. The Glyph Award recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. Story of the Year Luke Cage Noir; Mike Benson & Adam Glass, writers; Shawn Martinbrough, artist The Original Johnson; Trevor von Eeden, writer and artist […]
Yesterday, Evil Inc. creator Brad Guigar celebrated 10 years of doing webcomics. His first foray was a strip called Greystone Inn which ran for five-and-a-half years between 2000 and 2005. In addition to his current strip, Evil Inc. he also produces Courting Disaster. He was nominated for an Eisner in 2007 for a comic entitled […]
Last month while Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price was in Cuba on a cultural and art exchange, she had Mo Willems take over the strip for the week. Mo’s work appears starting today. Mo is best known for his children’s book writing and illustrating for which he won the 2004 Caldecott for “Don’t Let […]
Yesterday, Meet the Press host David Gregory displayed a Mike Keefe cartoon without citing the creator. According to Rob Tornoe, this isn’t the first time. “Too many mainstream media folks treat cartoons like they’re shells found on a beach or forwarded e-mail attachments,” said John Cole, the staff cartoonist at the Scranton Times-Tribune. “They wouldn’t […]