Library of Congress opens Fredric Werthams files
From Boing Boing comes this little nugget of comic book history: The Library of Congress has just opened up 222…
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2010 Harvey Award winners
The 2010 Harvey Award winners were announced over the weekend. Here are the winners: Best Writer – Robert Kirkman, “THE…
Toy Story 3 hits $1 billion milestone
Box Office Mojo is reporting that Toy Story 3 has become the seventh movie to gross over $1 billion in…
Belated happy 3rd anniversary to Arctic Circle
Alex Hallatt’s Arctic Circle turned three last week. Alex has posted a recap of her syndication experience so far and…
Looking for Calvin goes to paperback
Nevin Martell’s book Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip is…
Randy Wicks collection to leave Santa Clarita
Randy Wicks, the cartoonist for “The Signal” (Santa Clarita, CA), until his untimely death in 1996, has had his life’s…
Next Great Cartoonist contest winner begins 4 week run
The winner of the Washingtonpost.com’s Next Great Cartoonist contest began its four-week run in the Style section. You can also…
Boston Globe tailors newspaper for 3 remaining readers
Funny, but ouch! From the Onion: Boston Globe Tailors Print Edition For Three Remaining Subscribers
One Fine Sunday exhibit to end in Toonseum
Just got word from John Read, curator of the One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages exhibit and not to…
Mr. Media interviews Denis Kitchen
Bob Andelman, AKA Mr. Media has an excellent interview with Denis Kitchen. Denis is an underground cartoonist, publisher, and founder…
Beetle Bailey turns 60 this Saturday
The AP has story about Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey turning 60 this Saturday. Mort Walker, who conjured up Beetle and…
Piccolo temporarily takes over Rhymes with Orange
Hilary Price took a vacation in August and left two weeks of her strip in the hands of Tina’s Groove…
3D movie attendance is trending downward
The Wrap reports that 3D movies are not doing well in theaters anymore citing higher ticket costs and lesser quality…
Lex Luthor, Joker parody of Calvin & Hobbes
The latest issue of Superman/Batman contains an awesome parody of Calvin and Hobbes featuring Lex Luther and the Joker as…
Norris under FBI protection, reaches out to Muslims
Pete Jackson has interviewed Molly Norris, the accidental creator of “Everyone Draw Mohammed Day.” He reports that she is under…