Stories by : Alan Gardner

Mike Witmer’s webcomic Pinkerton that runs on gocomics.com has been picked up by The Clarion, the University Of Denver’s campus newspaper.

Slowpoke creator Jen Sorenson and Tom the Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling will be at The Tank in New York City on May 14 to talk about their comics and sign books. Jen will also present a slideshow of her work. Admission is free. UPDATE: Jen writes in to clarify that Ruben will also be […]

According to E&P, several syndicated cartoonists will be appearing and signing book at this year’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Art Festival in New York City. Among those attending include: Dave Coverly, Keith Knight, Rina Piccolo, Hilary Price and Mikhaela Reid. Also appearing is King Features Comics Editor Brendan Burford. The Art Festival […]

Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac will have it’s own paperback collection. The book is set to hit book stores in September. From Richard’s blog, he describes the book has having “an insightful foreword; 40+ pages of the original watercolor Cul de Sacs as they appeared in the Wash Post Magazine; the first 6 or 7 […]

Here’s around up of some of the changes that have been reported in the last two weeks on various paper’s comics pages. The Gazette (Cedar Rapids IA) is running a comic survey. First one in 20 years. Newcomer DeFlocked replaces The Buckets in The Free Press (London, Canada). After 500+ votes, Pooch Cafe and Rex […]

» Check out Sally Forth writer Francesco Marciuliano’s video that he has written and produced under his Medium Large feature. And don’t forget to check out some of his comics over at medium-large.com » Dan Piraro is doing another stand up comedy show in Santa Cruz. » Mike Rhode has a photo of a statue […]

The uniquely American art form of the comic strip is gaining popularity in Africa. The Africa News website has posted a sampling of some of the cartoons now showing in an exhibit in the Netherlands.

An exhibit entitled “Emancipation and Denigration: Thomas Nast Pictures Black America” is now open in Auburn N.Y. according to E&P. The show explores life for many African-Americans after the Civil War as seen through the eyes of Thomas Nast, the father of modern editorial cartooning. Pardon / Franchise, wood engravings, August, 1865, Harper’s Weekly post-Civil […]

Those not in the D.C. area can still see “Herblock’s Presidents: “Puncturing Pomposity,” an exhibit currently showing at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery online. The exhibit displays Herblock’s editorial cartoons featuring presidents Franklin Roosevelt through Bill Clinton. Visit the exhibit online. Hat tip: Dirk Deppey

Bruce Mackinnon, editorial cartoonist for the The Chronicle Herald in Halifax, NS, has been honored with this year’s Atlantic Journalism Award for editorial cartooning. The AJA recognizes journalistic excellence and achievement in print and electronic news media in Atlantic Canada. Finalists for the award include Michael de Adder of the The Daily News (Halifax, NS) […]

Title: Deflocked Creator: Jeff Corriveau Syndicate: King Features Launch Date: May 5, 2008 Rating (out of 5): King Features launched it’s second feature of the year yesterday with Deflocked by Jeff Corriveau. The feature sports a cast of four characters, a wayward sheep named Mamet, Cobb, the morally centered dog, Rupert a naive, but devoted […]

Ted Key, who created the beloved, bossy maid Hazel in the 1940s, the iconic time-traveling cartoon characters Peabody and Sherman, and the television characters Rocky and Bullwinkle, died Saturday at his home in Tredyffrin Township, Pa., outside Philadelphia. He was 95. “Ted Key’s wonderful cartoons have been adored by millions of readers for decades,” said […]

Srini Bhukya, who’s cartoons have appeared in Wall Street Journal, First for Women, Woman’s World, Medical Economics, National Lampoon, Prospect Magazine (UK), and Reader’s Digest (India) has created a new web site called Toonbag.com to sell his cartoons for presentations, newsletters and other publications. The site is a database driven allowing potential customers to search […]

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A french editor has been fired for running a cartoon on the front page depicting Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim and Christian holy figures sitting on a cloud with the caption reading “Don’t worry Mohammad, we’ve all been caricatures here”. The editor, Jacques Lefranc, was dismissed by the paper’s owner as “a sign of respect.”