Gene Kannenberg, Jr., famed librarian, comics historian, and cartoonist, has created a book that Peanuts Inc must publish. It is a 3-D pop-up of the first Peanuts comic strip of October 2, 1950. Check it out on Gene’s Twitter feed or as a widescreen Facebook video.
For the entire month of December, USA TODAY cartoonist Mike Thompson, along with cartoonists from the USA TODAY Network and the Cagle cartoon syndicate, will provide retrospectives of their favorite work from the past decade. According to USA TODAY: The cartoonists were asked to gather their 20 favorite cartoons from the past decade into individual collections, and we’ll […]
The New York Post reports: The 121-year old Dayton Daily News and two other Ohio newspapers will shrink to three days a week from daily publication to appease regulators who on Monday approved a $3.1 billion acquisition of Cox TV stations and newspapers by private equity firm Apollo Global Management. The other two papers facing […]
NPR covers the cost-cutting that looms on the horizon from the Gannett/Gatehouse merger. From the piece: MIKE REED (CEO of the new Gannett): When you backtrack over a number of years, we have been labeled as an aggressive cost-cutter. And we have reduced costs pretty rapidly over the years. The thing I would point out […]
I missed most of yesterday’s extravaganza while earning a living, but, based on what I heard on NPR while running errands and on CNN while fixing dinner, Bill Bramhall seems to pretty well sum it up. And if I needed more commentary, Ann Telnaes has once more live-sketched the proceedings. You can see the […]