Interesting survey on the popularity of certain comics
I don’t report much on the weekly ups and downs of which comics are getting picked up and dropped, but…
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Signe Wilkinson named in defamation suit against newspaper
Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson were among several individuals connected to the Philadelphia newspapers named in…
Please support Kenosha Festival of Cartooning
We’re close to the last week of fundraising for the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. I’ve mentioned the campaign before. It’s…
Andy Donato honored in Italian Walk of Fame
Toronto Sun’s editorial cartoonist Andy Donato will be inducted into the Italian Walk of Fame on May 28 with a…
Charles Schulz’s Peanuts: Artist’s Edition on Sale at Amazon
At the end of this month, Charles Schulz’s Peanuts: Artist’s Edition will hit bookshelves. Retail is $150. Amazon is currently…
Ohman, Smith, Pritchett win Best of West
We’re in full awards season now. The latest announcement is the results of the Best of the West contest. The…
Rall: The New Yorker is bad for cartooning
Ted Rall: The New Yorker is terrible for cartooning because it prints a lot of awful cartoons, and uses its…
Cartoonists remember Mike Ritter
The news of Mike Ritter has hit the AAEC community hard. Watching the outpouring on personal blogs, Twitter and Facebook…
Daddy Warbucks hires Dick Tracy to find missing Annie
When the comic strip Annie was retired from the comics page in 2010, the story-line left readers with a cliffhanger…
Thompson, Beeler, Carlson take 2014 National Headliner Award
Congratulations are in order to Detroit Free Press editorial cartoonist Mike Thompson who took first place in the 80th National…
Frozen becomes highest grossing animated film of all time
From Cartoonbrew: This weekend, Disney?s Frozen became the highest grossing animated film of all time. Its $1.072 billion worldwide gross…
Former AAEC president Mike Ritter passes at age 48
GA Voice Art Director, former Association of American Editorial Cartoonists president and former East Valley Tribune and Scottsdale Tribune editorial…
Harry Bliss becomes Sendak Fellow
New Yorker cartoonist and Bliss creator Harry Bliss has been named as a 2014 Sendak Fellow. The Fellowship is a…
Kyle Webster release Photoshop brush ‘MegaPack’
For you digital inkers out there, I’ve come across a post by Kyle T. Webster who has created several Photoshop…
New trailer: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie
The summer when I was 15 years old, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became a really big thing. I purchased a…