Harvey Awards Nominees announced
The 2014 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced. Final winners will be annouced at the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore…
July 2014
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Conan, Letterman make fun of Archie’s death
The late night comedians took up the announced death of Archie. David Letterman used the announced (“What’s next? Dagwood Bumstead…
Newsday hires Matt Davies
Fabulous news from Newsday. The paper has hired Pulitzer Prize-winning Matt Davies as their new staff editorial cartoonist. He’ll begin…
Archie circulation numbers heading into ground, but how unusual is that?
Yesterday, I joked that the new Life With Archie comic in which the title character is killed was a desperate…
50 year illustrated history of Australian cartoonists
Great presentation by The Australian of a “tour our gallery of The Australian?s best cartoons and illustrations through the decades.”…
Pastis, Watterson original art now available for bidding
Break out the credit cards and take out a second mortgage. The Stephan Pastis and Bill Watterson original Pearls Before…
Archie set to die saving gay friend’s life
Back in April, it was announced that Archie was going to die heroically in a futuristic story-line “Life With Archie”….
Trudeau: Doonesbury was great proving ground for Alpha House
The LA Times has a story on how decades of creating Doonesbury has helped Garry Trudeau write and produce the…
Lum and Abner characters to appear in Dick Tracy on Sunday
From the Longview News-Journal (Longview, TX): Carthage cartoonist Donnie Pitchford?s characters Lum and Abner will guest-star in the award-winning “Dick…
Molly Crabapple paints murals for displaced Syrian children
From Molly Crabapple’s blog: In June, Molly Crabapple was invited by the Karam Foundation to the Salam School in Turkey,…
Aussie cartoonists invade France
Four members of The Australian Cartoonists Association will be attending this years 2014 International Cartoon Festival of Saint Just le…
Rina Piccolo adds audio commentary to Tina’s Groove
Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo is experimenting with audio with her comic strip this week. Each day this week her…
Sorensen, Tomorrow, Rogers win Association of Alternative Newsmedia awards
The Association of Alternative Newsmedia has announced this year’s awards for best in alternative journalism. In the category for cartooning,…
ISIL calls for death of creator of comic book “The 99”
From Kuwaiti Times: The creator of an Islam inspired popular comic series said that he takes death threats made by…
Randy Glasbergen illustrates book on keeping couples together
Randy Glasbergen who must draw 20 or 90 cartoons a day to keep up with his syndicated panels The Better…