Gannett announces 700 job reduction across chain (UPDATED)
Sad news for Gannett employees. Gannett said it would eliminate 700 jobs in its Community Publishing division, laying off 3…
June 2011
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Danish court upholds guilty verdict for Westergaard attacker
A Danish appeals court has upheld the guilty verdict of Mohamed Geele who allegedly attempted to murder Kurt Westergaard in…
New York Post denies access to site for iPad users
The New York Post has implemented a new way of boost downloads to their new iPad app. All iPad traffic…
The NCS Reuben weekend in photos
Hogan’s Magazine has posted its annual photo roundup of the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben award weekend. Photos were taken by…
State Department rejects anti-Semitic cartoonist
The US State Department has rescinded the invitation to Majed Badra to participate in its International Visitor Leadership Program because…
Wes Hargis posts When I Grow Up app art
Franklin Fibbs co-creator Wes Hargis is another cartoonist with art in the iTunes App Store. Wes illustrated Weird Al’s When…
Reviewed: Wille & Joe: Back Home
The Comics Journal reviews Fantagraphics’ soon to be release of “Willie & Joe: Back Home” – the follow up book…
NYT replaces editorial cartoons with comics
The New York Times has sent an email to earlier contributors to their Week in Review section that they will…
Peanutweeter ordered to be taken down
Earlier I linked to another mashup-up site taking Peanuts characters and matching them with tweets. Tumblr, the hosting company for…
Steve Breen releases children’s iPhone App
Steve Breen, the Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist for The San Diego Union-Tribune, has released an iPhone app for little…
Survey results: News and comic sources
Here are the results of the survey that ran last Thursday. Here in 2011 – nearly a decade and a…
Brian Fies reports on Comics & Medicine 2011
Brian Fies was one the organizers for the second annual Comics & Medicine 2011 conference in Chicago. He’s posted a…
Garry Trudeau receives honorary doctorate
The Irish Times reports that Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau was given an honorary doctorate for his cartooning career by the…
Scott Adams: Males are natural born rapists?
Dilbert creator Scott Adams must be bored again. His latest blog post is causing a stir after he lists “tweeting,…
MAD Magazine launches blog
\MAD Magazine has launched a blog called “The Idiotical.” It has the same line of humor as the magazine but…