Daddy Daze by John Kovaleski – new comic strip from King Features
On Sunday June 17, 2018 (Father’s Day) Daddy Daze by John Kovaleski will appear as a syndicated comic strip from…
May 2018
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It’s Awards Season
From The Pulitzers in mid-April to The Reuben come late May, it’s Awards season. Let’s start with the 18th World…
The Lethargy of King Features
I am worried about King Features Syndicate. I am not sure that their Acquisitions Department is ACTIVELY engaged. The recent news of…
The Incredible Shrinking Gag Cartoon Market
From cartoonist Mike Lynch: The new issue of Reader’s Digest is on the stands. And there are three cartoons in…
Jeff Corriveau’s Deflocked decamps
A couple weeks ago I noticed that Jeff Corriveau’s Deflocked suddenly had a page on the Andrews McMeel site. http://syndication.andrewsmcmeel.com/comics/strip/deflocked But…
The Goat Getters and Screwball!
What can be done as far as comics history books? Who’s going to improve on Brian Walker’s The Comics? Who’s going to…
Cartoonist Profiles*
Cartoonist William Hamilton’s widow recalls a peculiar work habit of the cartoonist. https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-sound-of-wit/ Later this month the National Cartoonists Society will award The…
Comic Strip Cartoonist #7 and Hogan’s Alley #22
Comic Strip Cartoonist #7 Snuffy Smith cartoonist John Rose interviewed Rina Piccolo says goodbye to Tina’s Groove Justin Thompson and…
Rejection is a cartoonist’s constant companion.
Once upon a time, in the 20th century, cartoonists submitted gag cartoons to the top magazines – The New Yorker,…
Pat Oliphant donates Archive to Univ. Virginia
The University of Virginia is the new home of the papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Patrick Bruce Oliphant. The…