Rob Tornoe has a piece over at Editor & Publisher entitled “Staff Cartoonists Make a Comeback.” The column isn’t so much as newspapers are hiring staff cartoonists again, but focuses on the changing role of the staff cartoonist. Rob cites Scott Stantis (Chicago Tribune) for his role in expanding the avenues for “readers to communicate […]
The long overdue Pogo: The Complete Daily & Sunday Comic Strips is now at the printers according to The Beat Each volume contains two years of Walt Kelly’s magnum opus. Since the first year started in mid-year, there’s room in the book to also include the pre-syndication Pogo strips he did for The New York […]
Here’s the news: Stan Lee is suing the producers of the new Conan the Barbarian movie alleging that he bought the rights to the character in 2000 and during the 2001 bankruptcy his attorney made an illegal deal giving away the rights. According to Craveonline.com, the company that bought the rights has been using the […]
I swear I posted this before, but can’t find it in the archives. Interesting collection of film featuring the cartoonist who worked for the Chicago Tribune. Here’s the description of the film as posted by Hugo. An edited excerpt from the silent 1931 promotional documentary, “From Trees to Tribunes,” focusing on the Tribune company’s stable […]