Advice to New Cartoonists from Comic Pros
Comics artist Steve Lieber kicked things off with advice to young cartoonists as if he “were looking at your work…
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Filipina Cartoonist Gets Wash. Post Gig
The Washington Post recently published an illustrated report about a group of Filipinos that went to the 1904 World’s Fair…
News Briefs Briefly Noted
Bone creator Jeff Smith recovering from heart attack To our friends and fans: Jeff Smith is recuperating from a cardiac…
CartoonStock Now Stocks Editorial Cartoons
CartoonStock, “the world’s largest online database of cartoons for licensing, products, and original art,” is now carrying editorial cartoons, a…
The New Redesigned AAEC Website is Up!
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists reconstructed their website this year and after some delays it is now up and…
Comic Strip Death Blow Down Under – Update
Mike Peterson mentioned the sad news in passing today, but here’s a bit more. The Australian Cartoonists Association issued a…
Comics with Color Replace Dumped Dilbert
Dilbert is dead. Well, he’s not dead dead — …— but as far as the public-at-large, and especially newspapers, are…
Virginia Lindemann – RIP
Cartoonist Virginia Lindemann has passed away. Virginia Louise (Ginny) Lindemann December 12, 1944 – June 28, 2023 From the obituary:…
Wayback Whensday – Then and Now
Scott Brown & Over 65; The Phantom 1980 & 2023; Asterix & Obelix and Goscinny & Uderzo and Fabcaro &…
9 Chickweed Lane – 30 Years and 30 Days
9 Chickweed Lane celebrated 30 years of comic stripping last month. Recently GoComics posted a short interview with creator Brooke…
Hey Kids! Comics! Summer Suggestions
Below are some comic strip and cartoon books scheduled for August 2023 release.Images and links (mostly) via Amazon,though ordering through…
The Why of the Long Lost Bill Watterson
As two new books by Bill Watterson appear over the next two months – the all new The Mysteries and…
New Desert Sun Editoonist Tom Deisboeck
Editor’s note: The Desert Sun recently welcomed freelance cartoonist Tom Deisboeck to create original ‘toons for the opinion pages. The…
Let’s Lighten the Mood with The Funnies
Too much doom and gloom around, so let drop by reliable laff makers Bill Whitehead and Mark Parisi. So now…
Gary Grobman – RIP
Author Gary Grobman has passed away. Gary Marc Grobman November 11, 1952 – August 11, 2023 Author, reporter, politico, advocate,…