Stories by : Charles Brubaker

With alternative newsweeklies chopping off comics in their papers nationwide, cartoonist Matt Bors did an interview with Kevin Allman, an editor for The Gambit newspaper in New Orleans.

Bob Andelmanâ??s Mr. Media blog will feature Pearls Before Swine cartoonist Stephan Pastis. This interview will also feature a call-in number, so you can talk to Stephan himself. Details about this interview can be found here. Thanks to Mark Tatulli for the tip.

On December 4th, The K Chronicles cartoonist Keith Knight wrote about being interviewed for a film about Calvin and Hobbes and Bill Watterson on his blog. I was drawing in my local cafe when I struck up a conversation with an elderly man about a big influence, Jules Feiffer. Another guy approached and told me his friend was doing […]

Universal Press and Lulu.com are now offering four more titles for their print-on-demand partnership service. A Very Merry, Happy Non Sequitur Holiday by Wiley Miller Close to Home for the Holidays by John McPherson Ho Ho Ho! A Stone Soup Christmas by Jan Eliot Bark to Work Legislation: A Pooch Cafe Collection by Paul Gilligan In […]

Professor Garfield Foundation, an educational organization founded by Garfield creator Jim Davis, has recently acquired SparkTop.org, according to E&P. “One of the unexpected joys of being in this line of work has been hearing from the parents of children who learned to read thanks to the ‘Garfield’ comic strip,” Davis said in a statement. “After […]

Chad Carpenter has signed with King Features for an international syndication of his comic strip Tundra, according to E&P. The 1991-launched strip, self-syndicated by cartoonist Chad Carpenter in the U.S. and Canada, currently appears in nearly 150 newspapers. Under the new deal with King, “Tundra” will now also be distributed to papers around the world. […]

The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee cartoonist John Hambrock writes on his blog that he will introduce a new character to his strip. Stay tuned! Starting January 7th, Iâ??ll be running a week-long series introducing our new addition to the Edison Lee cast. This part-time character will provide a voice Iâ??ve felt has been missing […]

David Gantz, cartoonist behind comic strips Dudley D. and Don Q., has passed away at the age of 85. Gantz was also an comic book artist, working on titles such as “Mighty Mouse” and “Patsy Walker,” and an freelance illustrator. Mike Lynch has a write-up on his blog.

Editorial cartoonist Matt Davies wrote his take on the “Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year” series, which sparked discussion in this post. My take? I think it was my friend Ted Rall who recently said â??One manâ??s great cartoon is another manâ??s pile of crapâ? or something like that. Most readers are quite capable of deciphering […]

Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall has recently written a three-part column on  the future of the newspaper industry. Part I Part II Part III Both Ted Rall’s editorial cartoons and columns are distributed by Universal Press Syndicate.

Reed Brennan Media Associates has announced that Kudzu by the late Doug Marlette will end in August. Due to the untimely death of creator Doug Marlette, Kudzu dailies will cease syndication with the release of Saturday, Aug. 4. The final Sunday will appear on Aug. 26.

Jerry Craft, who does Mama’s Boyz for King Features Weekly Service, will appear this Saturday at the Harlem Book Fair in New York City, according to E&P. Craft, who does his comic for the King Features Weekly Service, has a new book out called “Mama’s Boyz: Home Schoolin’.” He’ll not only sell the book but […]

M. Wartella is starting a new comic for the legendary New York alt-weekly Village Voice called Runnin’ Scared. The weekly, half-page, full-color feature “deals strictly with local news issues,” Wartella told E&P, adding that the cartoon “isn’t available anywhere online — it’s only in the ‘dead tree’ edition.”

Several editorial cartoonists remember Doug Marlette, who died July 10, in this Tulsa World article.

Norm Feuti’s Retail will have a book coming out this October, which will be more than a comics collection, according to E&P. Feuti, who rose from salesperson to store manager during more than 15 years in the retail industry, structured “Pretending You Care” as a handbook for new retail employees. The Hyperion-published paperback — mostly […]