Gemma Arterton, the “Bond girl” in Quantum of Solace will star in a new film premiering at Cannes film festival entitled Tamara Drewe – based on “the cartoons of Posy Simmonds that originally appeared in Britain’s Guardian newspaper.” Arterton, who appeared in the 2008 James Bond film “Quantum of Solace”, plays the title role of […]
From the News Time comes news that South African cartoonist Weyni Deysel allegedly fataly shot himself Saturday night – a day after his 59th birthday. The editor of The Citizen, Martin Williams, told the SABC that his death was a sad loss for the paper, he had great input and on a personal level, Williams […]
With the announcement of the end of Little Orphan Annie, Time Magazine is looking at the best long-running comics. They also allow you to order them in your order of preference. Here’s their original list: B.C. Dennis the Menace Beetle Bailey Annie The Katzenjammer Kids Gasoline Alley Blondie Dick Tracy Prince Valiant Brenda Starr
The Grand Rapids Press has announced its decision on which comic strip to drop in order to pick up Frazz. Last week I reported they dropped Luann, but received overwhelming complaints from fans causing them to reconsider. They asked their readers if they could drop Peanuts instead. According to the announcement written by Paul Keep, […]
Two Canadian national awards were announced. The National Newspaper Awards recongnized Brian Gable of The Globe and Mail for best cartooning. The 2009 Atlantic Journalism Awards honored Michael de Adder of the Times & Transcript with their Gold Winner winner. Silver finalists included Bruce MacKinnon of The Chronicle Herald and Wayne Wright of the Journal […]
Vars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who was head-butted at a university lecture last week and the target of an alleged murder plot hatched here in the U.S., has gone into hiding. Two men, ages 21 and 19, were arrested Sunday attempting to set his home on fire Friday night. Lars was not home at the […]