Patrick McDonnell pays tribute to Schulz, Peanuts
Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell is paying tribute to Charles Schulz and Peanuts in a story-line that runs this week. Sparky…
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Richard Thompson takes Harvey Award for syndicated strip
Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson has won a Harvey Award in the Best Syndicated Strip category. It was a…
Aseem Trivedi: If telling the truth makes me a traitor, the I am one
The surrender and arrest of Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi on charges of sedition has become a big story in many…
Check out early Cul de Sac strips
Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson notes that the strip is five years old and he’s posted early – pre-syndication,…
KAL on the changing presidential appearances at conventions
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist for The Economist, attended the Democratic National Convention and posted this video on the changes…
9 Chickweed Lane gets a bit racy?
LA Times comic page readers got a bit of leggy Edda and Amos in a clothed missionary position with their…
Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe celebrates 35 years in newspapers
Next week Jeff MacNelly?s Shoe will turn 35. Jeff?s wife Susie, Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins, who are producing the…
Gary McCoy attacks Fluke. Again. Outraged by the outrage
A recent Gary McCoy editorial cartoon featuring Georgetown Law School graduate Sandra Fluke has sparked outrage among readers. And in…
Feds wants Shepard Fairey to serve time
Shepard Fairey, the artist who gained notoriety for creating the infamous Barack Obama ?Hope? poster using an image from the…
Webcomic raises $700k+ in 32 hours
Another webcomic is raising a mass amount of money through Kickstarter. Homestruck is a webcomic in the format of a…
Aseem Trivedi to surrender to police; charged with sedition
This year’s Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award winner (awarded by Cartoonists Rights Network International) Aseem Trivedi has agreed to surrender…
There’s a lot less “Beetle” in international versions of Beetle Bailey
King Feature’s The Archivist has a interesting post on the internationalization of Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey: Ever since the 1950’s,…
Kickstarter project to help fund StoryCorp animated special
A couple of years ago I reported that StoryCorp had begun creating animating some of their stories. They’ve continued to…
Profiled: Daryl Cagle lecturing in India
Daryl Cagle is out and about, this time lecturing in Mumbai India: “Cartoons are a great barometer of freedom. If…
Alex Hallatt’s Arctic Circle goes to eBooks
Mentioned in the news that Alex Hallatt’s Arctic Circle comic strip had hit the 5 year milestone mark was news…