New Yorker cartoonist Al Ross passes at age 100
From the New York Times: Al Ross, whose droll cartoons featuring married couples, bar habitués, anthropomorphic animals, philosophizing prisoners, art…
March 2012
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MAD Magazine exhibit planned for Cartoon Art Museum
The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco will soon be hosting a rare exhibit of MAD Magazine art according to…
Steve Roper artist, Fran Matera, passes at age 87
Fran Matera who drew the Steve Roper adventure comic between 1984 and 2004 has passed away at the age of…
Bleeker is official mascot of National Robotics Week
Jonathan Mahood’s Bleeker the Rechargeable Dog is the official mascot for the 3rd annual National Robotics Week April 7-15. Jonathan…
Venezuelan cartoonist threated after state-run program called her work racist
Venezuelan cartoonist Rayma Suprani has filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s office after receiving threatening emails and tweats after…
RC Harvey examines Johnny Hart’s faith and BC
RC Harvey examines Johnny Hart’s Christianity and how it found a way in the Johnny’s B.C.. A ?re-committed? fundamentalist Christian…
Video: Ayers talks about the Funky, Crankshaft mural at Kent State
Chuck Ayer talks about the new mural of Funky Winkerbean and Crankshaft characters on a new mural in the student…
All Itchy and Scratchy segments in one video
Got 48 minutes with nothing to do? Me neither. But for those that do, it’s nice that someone took the…
2011 National Newspaper Awards Finalists announced
From the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists comes news of the finalists for the 2011 National Newspaper Awards Finalists. This…
Profiled: Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat
Great profile of Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat by Reuters: That was until a few months before the uprising against Assad…
Marshall Ramsey honored for “Volunteer Excellence”
Clarion-Ledger editorial cartoonist Marshall Ramsey has been awarded the Governor’s Initiative for Volunteer Excellence (GIVE) for Outstanding Service by a…
Auchter picks up MLive Media Group papers
John Auchter, who draws editorial cartoons for the Grand Rapids Press (MI), has picked up a chain of papers to…
Lordy, Lordy Funky turns 40!
Lordy, Lordy, next week Funky Winkerbean turns 40! A few events are planned to mark the milestone. Up first is…
Interviewed: Darrin Bell on Candorville, Rudy Park
Tom Racine’s guest this week was Darrin Bell who does Candorville and Rudy Park (with Theron Heir). Darrin Bell, of…
Kliban returns on GoComics.com
Kliban is back! Universal Uclick has announced they’re running Bernard “Hap” Kliban classic cartoons on GoComics. Starting this week they’ll…