Lincoln Peirce sets Guinness World Record for largest cartoon strip by a team
Missed this, but nonetheless very cool. Big Nate creator Lincoln Peirce was on the Today show as the Guinness Book…
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The Boondocks returns to TV but without Aaron McGruder
The Daily Beast is reporting that Aaron McGruder’s The Boondocks will be returning to television after a four year hiatus…
Jen Sorensen, Angelo Lopez win SPJ awards for editorial cartooning
The Society of Professional Journalists has announced the winners of this year’s Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism….
Kevin Siers wins 2014 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning
Kevin Siers of The Charlotte Observe has been named the winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning “for…
AAEC announces dates for 2014 convention in San Francisco
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced the date for this year’s convention/festival in San Francisco, CA. AAEC President…
Online ad revenue surpasses broadcast revenue for first time
Interactive Advertising Bureau reports that for the first time ever, online advertising has surpassed broadcast advertising. Also of import: for…
Amazon to buy comiXology for undisclosed sum
Big news from the Verge: Amazon has just announced that it’s acquiring Comixology, the highly successful digital comics platform. “We’ve…
East Coast Black Age of Comics announces nominees for Glyph Award
This year’s nominees for the Glyph Award have been announced. The award is given out during the 13th annual East…
Comics Kingdom adds promised features
King Feature Syndicate’s Comic portal Comics Kingdom launched last December with several new features and some planned features set to…
Archie set to die heroically in July (updated)
Archie will die a hero’s death in July – at least in one of the many comic book series bearing…
Profiled: Jerry Scott and his fine art exhibit
You may not know that Zits and Baby Blues writer Jerry Scott also does oil painting. He has an exhibit…
Cavna talks to Schulz family about new Peanuts movie
Michael Cavna talks to Craig Schulz about the new Peanuts movie. The result is a very long and in-depth story…
Brian Fies launches “The Last Mechanical Monster” webcomic
While publishing my last post about Brian Fies’s discovery of a Kids say the Darndest Thing book illustrated by Charles…
Schulz, Linkletter, Disney say the darndest things
Interesting find by Brian Fies who came across a book entitled Kids Say the Darndest Things by TV and radio…
Video: Li’l Abner unaired live-action TV pilot
Below are two excerpts from an unsold pilot for a 1966 live-action Li’l Abner television show. The show was produced…