I know of some cartoonists who qualify for $20,000
The Knight Foundation paid Jonah Lehrer $20,000 to speak at a Knight Foundation luncheon wherein he talked about his plagiarism…
February 2013
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How fast can Apple’s rumored iWatch be compared to Dick Tracy’s watch?
From Business Insider: There’s a team of 100 product designers, marketers, and hardware and software engineers working on a smartwatch…
First Snuffy Smith collection hits press after 18 years
The first Snuffy Smith collection by John Rose is now available. The book is entitled The Bodacious Best of Snuffy…
Schulz put *sigh* in American print vernacular
John Gruber, of Mac blog Daringfireball fame, noted the increasing number of times he sees people use (*cough*) as a…
Editorial cartoonists – you win some; you lose some
A couple of unrelated editorial cartooning news. John Carey, editorial cartoonist for Greater Media Newspapers in Central New Jersey was…
Profiled: Guy Gilchrist inspired by Nashville scene
USA Today profiles Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist and how his new hometown of Nashville TN is energizing him. But while…
Gerald Scarfe cartoon called anti-Semitic
A Gerald Scarfe cartoon that ran in the Sunday Times is being called anti-Semitic by Jewish groups. Even Rupert Murdoch,…
14 Editorial cartoonists make the NRA blacklist
An NRA blacklist of individuals and associations that “have officially endorsed anti-gun positions” is making the rounds across the internet….
AAEC Convention details emerging
Last December the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists announced they’d hold their 2013 convention in Salt Lake City, UT. In…
Garry Trudeau urges ‘stick with print’; webcartoonists react
Saturday’s Doonesbury attempted at humor at the current state of newspapers by asking “what happens to comics if newspapers go…
Dan Wasserman leaves the Boston Globe. Kind of
Boston area media critic Dan Kennedy is reporting that Boston Globe cartoonist Dan Wasserman has left the paper, but will…
Another Calvin and Hobbes original hits auction
Just a couple of months after an original Bill Watterson watercolor Sunday of Calvin & Hobbes went for an outstanding…
Lance Armstrong is Sports Jerk of the Year
Universal Uclick, GoComics and Bill Hinds have announced that this year’s the 2012 Sports Jerk of the Year Award in…
Duluth plays chicken with Blondie and King Features
I don’t run blog posts about who’s getting picked up or dropped anymore, but this story has some interest into…