Derf announces end to 24 year run of The City
Derf, creator of The City, has announced today that he’s ending after 24 years to concentrate on graphic novels. From…
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Matt Bors announces new line up of The Nib cartoonists
Matt Bors, who edits The Nib, over on Medium, has announced a new line up of regular cartoonists for 2014….
Time magazine looks at what makes Matt Bors stand out
Time Magazine looks at the success of Matt Bors in the comic world. “I’m a lot more interested in breaking…
Lynda Barry joins UW-Madison Department of Art
Cartoonist Lynda Barry has joined the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) and the UW-Madison Department of Art as an assistant…
All female Ignatz award presenters the brain child of Liza Donnelly
Kudos to New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly for showcasing the growing number of women in comics. From Michael Cavna’s Comic…
MoCCA to honor Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith
The Society of Illustrators has named Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith as their guest of honor at this year’s…
Spain Rodriguez passes at age 72
Underground pioneering cartoonist Spain Rodriguez has passed away at the age of 72. From the San Francisco Chronicle: “He was…
Paper cancelled comic because it calls Bud Light: “diluted horse piss” UPDATED
Comicsbeat reports that Karl Stevens’s comic page Failure was cancelled because the strip referred to Bud Light as “Diluted Horse…
Tom Tomorrow: Village Voice nuclear strike on career complete
Dan Perkins, better known as Tom Tomorrow, the creator of This Modern World is alerting fans and readers that the…
Matt Groening reflects on 32 years of Life in Hell
Great interview by Rob Tornoe talking to Life in Hell creator Matt Groening on the recent retirement of his strip….
Matt Groening ends Life in Hell after 32 years
Despite great fame and fortune of creating and producing the longest running and most successful TV animation program in history,…
Profiled: Bob Harvey talks Bill Griffiths
Over at The Comics Journal Bob Harvey looks at Bill Griffith’s 25 years of doing Zippy the Pinhead. “After a…
Brian McFadden debuts as New York Times cartoonist
As announced last week, Brian McFadden was tapped to be the featured regular cartoonist for the rework of the New…
SPJ awards dominated by alternative cartoonists
This year’s Society of Professional Journalists’ 2010 Sigma Delta Chi Awards were dominated by alternative newspaper cartoonists. Stephanie McMillan’s work…
Village Voice releases The Comics Issue
This week’s edition of The Village Voice is their “The Comics Issue” containing 30 contributing artists to supplement the entire…