Doonesbury turns 40 today
Today marks the 40th anniversary of Garry Trudeau’s Doonsbury strip. Here is the first strip: The Guardian reports that Garry’s…
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Bill Hinds to hang up Cleats this Sunday
Bill Hinds, the creator of Cleats, has decided to bring his comic strip to a close citing the need to…
Miami cartoonist beaten and arrested
You might recall news stories back in 2006 of Jose Varela, a freelanced editorial cartoonist of 13 years for El…
Rocky and Bullwinkle creator Alexander Anderson dies
Alexander Anderson, best known for his creation of the 1959 animated program Rocky and His Friends and its 1961 spin-off…
Cartoons and Cocktails this Thursday
This year’s “Cartoons and Cocktails” will be held this Thursday. The annual event auctions off editorial cartoons donated by the…
Mike Peterson takes on the comic poll
Frequent Daily Cartoonist commentator Mike Peterson looks at the reasons why comic polls are so popular. It’s also important to…
Mike Smith interviewed in alumi magazine
Las Vegas Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith was recently interviewed in the alumni magazine of his alma mater Loyola Marymount…
Millionaire cartoonist by age 19
Interesting story over on Yahoo finance which reports on six people who had made their first million before they turned…
More college cartoon controversies
And yet another college campus cartoon controversy. This time at the University of Connecticut where two cartoons have been deemed…
Is C-Kennel copying Pooch Cafe?
The question of plagiarism in comics is always a tricky one especially in strips working in a similar space. A…
New Pearls Before Swine animations
Not sure how long the RingTales people have been producing Pearls Before Swine animations, but since I haven’t mentioned it…
Learn to draw with Gammill, Groening
It’s been awhile since Tom Gammill has released a “Learn to Draw” video, so I was pleasantly surprised to see…
Man dies after comic book collection stolen
A 77 year old man died of heart failure after being roughed up by burglars who entered his home to…
Which comics benefited most from Cathy retirement?
After more than a week of gathering, analyzing, confirming data on which comic strips have benefited most from Cathy Guisewite’s…
Fox to produce Napoleon Dynamite animated pilot
The Fox Network has approved a six episode pilot for an animated “Napoleon Dynamite” for their 2011-2012 season. The show…