Universal Uclick at San Diego Comic Con
Universal Uclick is attending this year’s San Diego Comic Con (booth #1217). The Uclick GoComics booth will be one of…
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News Briefs for July 15, 2009
Interviews » Scott Nickel interviews Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis. » Bob Andelman, (AKA Mr. Media) interviews Pajama Diaries…
Ruben Bolling announces product placement auction
Ruben Bolling, creator of Tom the Dancing Bug, has announced that he will be taking bids for product placement in…
News Briefs for July 8, 2009
Alternative Comics Ruben Bolling, creator of Tom the Dancing Bug, was named Association of Alternative Newsweekliesâ?? 2009 award for Best…
News Briefs for May 4, 2009
Alt Comics » Slowpoke creator Jen Sorensen is profiled in the Washington Post. Children’s Books » Jules Feiffer spoke at…
Village Voice extends alt-comic freeze
The Village Voice suspension of all syndicated comics for one quarter may be stretching into two. According to Tom Tomorrow’s…
Eddie Vedder urges fans to help dropped alt-comics
Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder is asking his fans to write the editors of alternative newspapers to ask them to bring…
Groening’s “Life In Hell” To Be Dropped By LA Weekly
According to a CNN profile, Matt Groening’s “Life in Hell” is being dropped by its flagship paper, LA Weekly, after…
News Briefs for February 9, 2009
» Australian Special Broadcasting Service has posted a transcript of an interview it did with political cartoonist Pat Oliphant. Topics…
The Weekly Weaklies?
Several of the better-known weekly cartoonists have been sounding the alarms over alternate weekly newspapers dropping their features in order to adjust for the recession.
Matt Bors interviews Kevin Allman
With alternative newsweeklies chopping off comics in their papers nationwide, cartoonist Matt Bors did an interview with Kevin Allman, an…
News Briefs for February 3, 2009
» The Chattanooga Pulse is looking for a local to do a weekly cartoon feature. » A 1947 Chester Gould…
More comic changes in print, web
» E&P is reporting that the Village Voice Media is “suspending all of its syndicated cartoons” across its alt-weekly chain….
New alt-comic monthly to debut in D.C.
As reported by Mike Rhode, a new 16 page alternative-comics monthly will debut on Friday. Part of line-up includes: Dan…