Patreon growing as crowd-funding platform of choice for creators
Over at Robot6, Corey Blake crunches numbers of crowd-funding platforms. Of interest is the rapid rise of Patreon for comic…
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Tunisian cartoonist pardoned, but remains in jail
I know I’ve mentioned this case before. Here’s the back story again: Jabeur Mejri was sentenced to seven and a…
NCS announces speakers for 2014 Reuben Awards weekend
The National Cartoonist Society has announced the line-up of speakers for the upcoming Reuben Awards weekend. Also announced is a…
Lego Simpsons to air May 4
On May 4 an entire Simpson’s episode will be in the form of Legos. The article from The Guardian suggests…
Profiled: Mike Lester and Mike Du Jour
Mike Lester’s comic Mike Du Jour will start running in the Florida Times-Union in March – which is also his…
Profiled: Brian Anderson and Dog Eat Doug
There’s been some changes in the comic line-up at the Charlotte Observer. They picked up Brian Anderson’s Dog Eat Doug…
Video: Al Jaffee’s MAD magazine Fold-in celebrates 50 years
ABC News interviews 92 year-old Al Jaffee who is still drawing the iconic MAD Magazine fold-in feature which is celebrating…
SpongeBob headstones restored after tussle
I saw this story last year, but doesn’t look like I linked to it. Background: Army Sgt. Kimberly Walker, a…
Happy 56th birthday, B.C.
Johnny Hart’s B.C. turns 56 today. I’m surprised that this is the first time I’ve seen the first strip.
Check out Keith Brown’s Wages of Sin
My thanks to Keith Brown for sponsoring The Daily Cartoonist this week. Keith is the creator of the webcomic Wages…
Exclusive: See Bill Watterson’s high school cartoons
When one reads most online bios of Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson, most start with a birth date and…
Update on progress for Daily Cartoonist make over
As many of you know, last November I ran a successful Indiegogo fundraiser to support my efforts with the blog…
Calvin and Hobbes bring order in the court
Twenty fracking protesters were found guilty of trespassing, but not before the judge used a Calvin and Hobbes strip to…
Stan Lee Media sues Disney over Spider-Man
Stan Lee Media is going back into court to assert ownership to the Spider-Man character. It’s a bit confusing how…
Garry Trudeau announces another hiatus to concentrate on Alpha House
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau has announced that he’s taking another hiatus from his daily comic strip to work on the…