Percy Crosby’s ‘Skippy Volume 4: Complete Dailies 1934-1936’ to be Released May 22
From the Skippy Web Site: This fourth volume collects the complete daily strips from 1934-1936, at the height of…
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Garry Trudeau and Son Construct New York Times Crossword
From the New York Times: Today’s crossword is a collaboration between the New York Times constructor Ross Trudeau and his…
Ken Carlson 1950 – 2018
Editorial cartoonist Ken Carlson has passed away. Kenneth John (Ken) Carlson, Jr. October 2, 1950 – May 12, 2018 cartoonist,…
AAEC Calls for John Locher Award Entries
From the Awards site: The John Locher Memorial Award is a contest for aspiring cartoonists, ages 18-25, whose work demonstrates…
Terri Libenson’s ‘Positively Izzy’ at No. 98 on BookScan Weekly (May 6) Overall Top 100
Pajama Diaries‘ cartoonist Terri Libenson continues her book publishing success with her second middle-school book “Positively Izzy.” Interesting,…
John Cuneo Interviewed by The New Yorker on His Process
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2018-05-21/amp Cuneo on drawing nature: Nothing comes easily. My address is in the Catskills, but I live in a small room with…
Olivia Jaimes (re)introduces Fritzi Ritz
Olivia Jaimes, entering her sixth week as cartoonist, finally lets the readers of the Nancy comic strip get a look…
Sony Buys Stake in Peanuts
DHX sells portion of Peanuts equity to Japanese corporation. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sony-take-185-million-stake-snoopy-ip-holder-1111503
Al Goodwyn returns to the Aiken Standard
After more than a decade cartoonist and illustrator Al Goodwyn‘s editorial cartoons are returning to the Aiken (S.C.) Standard. Goodwyn,…
Scott Adams is Having a Spirited Twitter Discussion on the Nature of Comedy
With input from such notable folks as “Better Call Saul’s” Michael McKean and “Conan’s” Andy Richter. https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/with_replies
Glenn McCoy No Longer Working at the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat
According to Glenn’s Facebook his last day as editorial cartoonist at the Belleville (Ill.) News-Democrat was yesterday. We’ll update as we…
Possible ‘B.C.’ Animated Feature for 2021
As reported by Animation Magazine: Parallax Media Ventures is developing a new animated feature based on John Hart’s classic comic…
New Startup looking for Editorial Cartoonist
As the AAEC tells us, Fourth Estate, a startup dedicated to “fostering, supporting and incubating a sustainable and vibrant free…
GoComics Announces ‘Short Shorts’ Animation Contest
$25,000 prize to the winner. For more details, go here. bit.ly/2Ihhy5x
New Books for ‘Safe Havens’ and ‘On the Fastrack’
The ridiculously prolific Bill Holbrook has announced two new book collections of his King Features syndicated comics On the Fastrack…