Clay Jones laid off from The Free Lance-Star
Clay Jones, who has been the staff cartoonist for the The Free Lance-Star, has been laid off. His last day…
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Richard Thompson to retire Cul de Sac
Richard Thompson, the creator of Cul de Sac, has decided to retire the strip next month. In a letter to…
Sherman?s Lagoon on Shark Week
Last week I mentioned Jim Toomey was a Shark Week story arc in his Sherman?s Lagoon strip. I failed to…
Cartoonist Studio releases first three ebooks
The Cartoonist Studio has announced that its publishing arm Crazy Goat Publishing is three ebook graphic novels by Kory Merritt….
Joe Kubert passes at age 85
Comic legend Joe Kubert has passed away at age 85. Tom Spurgeon, as usual, has the obit of record. Like…
More details on MoCCA-Illustrators merge
The Comics Journal’s Michael Dean writes a more in-depth piece on the recent announcement that MoCCA is merging with Society…
Sherman Lagoon was made for “Shark Week”
Jim Toomey’s Sherman’s Lagoon is taking on “Shark Week”. From King Features PR: Just when you thought it was safe…
Oregonian to end daily run?
The Willamette Weekly reported yesterday that The Oregonian may cease to be a daily based on actions by Advance Publications,…
Help OSU Cartoon Library identify classic characters
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum has a blanket or quilt with 120 classic cartoon characters stitched into it….
Bronies – Grown men watching My Little Ponies
Recently I had dinner with friends whose son asked if I was a “Browny.” A Browny is an adult man…
Margulies controversial Chick-fil-A cartoon
Daryl Cagle reports that a recent Chick-fil-A cartoon by Jimmy Margulies received quite a bit of reaction. The cartoon depicts…
Crowd funding compared: Kickstarter vs. Indiegogo
Anne Hambrock has an informative comparison of crowd funding solutions Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Each have their pros and cons that…
Profiled: Ray Billingsley on 25 years of Curtis
Ray Billingsley is profiled in The Stamford Advocate. Walker, 88, passed the moniker on, and still refers to Billingsley, 55,…
Spot The Cartoonist ending?
Sad news from Anne Hambrock about her blog Spot the Cartoonist: Also, since launching this site, I started the Kenosha…
The Comics Journal bashes Doonesbury
Tucker Stone takes an ignorant review of Doonesbury over at The Comics Journal: At this point you?re probably thinking one…