Angry Birds signs with Diamond for book distribution
From Comics Beat: Diamond has signed with Rovio, maker of the game sensation Angry Birds, to distribute their growing line…
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Susie Cagle arrested in Occupy Oakland crackdown
Susie Cagle, the only embedded comic journalists covering the Occupy Wall Street movement, was arrested early this morning in Oakland…
French satirical paper petrol bombed
Charlie Hebdo, The French satirical magazine, was petro bombed last night. The BBC reports that the offices were destroyed a…
The Urban Tulsa responds; Simpson retires from cartooning
As promised by the Urban Tulsa publisher, Keith Skrzypczak, today’s edition contains the formal response from the paper regarding the…
Susie MacNelly responds to David Simpson’s plagiarism
Susie MacNelly, Jeff’s widow, has written the following which I’m sharing with her permission: Mike Peters so accurately described David…
Read the letter: David Simpson apologizes to Susie MacNelly
Jeff MacNelly’s widow, Susie MacNelly, received an apology letter from the now former Urban Tulsa editorial cartoonist David Simpson admitting…
Profiled: Team Cul de Sac’s Chris Sparks
ABTech profiles one of their alum, Chris Sparks, who is leading the Team Cul de Sac project to raise money…
David Simpson resigns from Urban Tulsa (UPDATED)
According to Poynter David Simpson has resigned from his contract position at the Urban Tulsa. According to the paper’s creative…
John Sherffius retires from editorial cartooning
John Sherffius, the editorial cartoonist for the Boulder Camera, has announced that he’s retiring from editorial cartooning. In an email…
Robert Crumb and the Australian interview that didn’t happen
If you’ll remember Robert Crumb was supposed to be the headlining appearance at the Graphic arts festival in Sydney Australia…
David Simpson loses OKlahoma Cartoonist Hall of Fame honor
In light of the recent cases of David Simpson’s plagiarism in the Urban Tulsa, the Toy & Action Figure Museum…
Simpson plagiarizes another MacNelly (UPDATED)
This morning I asked jokingly if today’s new David Simpson cartoon was an original. Turns out it’s not. A Daily…
Puss in Boots takes weekend box office
From MSNBC: Competing against Halloween parties and contending with an unseasonal blizzard in the Northeast, DreamWorks Animation?s “Puss in Boots,”…
Caricature Artist convention set for November
The annual International Society of Caricature Artist’s convention is set for November 13-18 i Clearwater FL. From MAD Magazine cartoonist…
Tom Richmond on why he did self-publishing
NCS President and MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond recently released his new book The Mad Art of Caricature!. It’s a…