Non Sequitur to turn 15
Universal Press has posted an interview with Wiley Miller who will be Non Sequitur’s 15th anniversary. Non Sequitur is now…
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AAEC to celebrate 50 year anniversary in Washington D.C.
Rob Rogers, the new AAEC president has announced on the associations web site that this year’s AAEC convention will be…
Fantagraphic Books celebrates 30 years.
Fantagraphic Books has an exhibit in New York City featuring 30 years of cartoons by Fantagraphic cartoonists such as Bill Griffith, creator of Zippy the Pinhead.
Happy Birthday to the Daily Cartoonist
Today the Daily Cartoonist turns 1 years old. Cake and ice cream over at my house tonight!
Dick Tracy celebrates 75 years today
Today marks 75 years since Dick Tracy appeared on the comics pages. Several cartoonist are paying tribute. Here is a list of features that I’ve been able to find that mention, display or otherwise give homage to Chester Gould’s creation:
Wedding day for Scott Adams
According to his blog, Scott Adams is getting married today.
Ziggy is getting attention on CNN.com
CNN has posted a story about how Ziggy’s 35th birthday. It also talks about how Ziggy was created and how when Universal Press was starting up, Ziggy was a popular comic strip that kept the fledgling syndicate afloat in the early years.
Ziggy turns 35
Ziggy celebrates 35 years on the comics page, which debuted on June 28, 1971. The comic is distributed to over…
Ziggy turns 35
The classic feature was started by Tom’s father, also Tom Wilson, as a greeting card character but has since grown into an internationally recognizable character and brand…. Ziggy is seen in 600 newspapers around the world and is a spokes-character for the National Foster Parent Association.
The Enquirer posts its 30 year commemoration with Jim Borgman
The Cincinnati Enquirer is celebrating 30 with Jim Borgman as their editorial cartoonist. To commemorate, they’ve posted a Q&A with Jim, several congratulatory cartoons from fellow cartoonists (includng Dave Coverly, Jim Davis, Mike Luckovich, Marshall Ramsey, Jerry Scott, Jeff Stahler, Lynn & Rod Johnston), a video of Jim at work re-drawing the winning cartoon from the contest, a slideshow of 9 of his most favorite cartoons, caricatures of the local politicians he’s skewered over the years, and finally some of the cartoon contest runner ups.
Jim Borgman and Cincinnati Enquirer celebrate 30 years together
According to E&P, the Cincinnati Enquirer will publish a special section of the paper next Tuesday on the anniversary of Jim Borgman’s arrival at their newspaper.The section will include cartoons by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Borgman, comments by people who have been the subject of his commentary, a Q&A, the results of the “Borgman Challenge” cartoon contest, and other content.Borgman told E&P that the section (which will coincidentally be published the day of his wedding anniversary) is a real honor. He added that the newspaper may be doing the special section partly to make up for the cancellation of a 25th-anniversary public event that had been scheduled for October 2001.
Close to Home celebrates 15 years in November
McPherson continued to work by day and moonlight as a cartoonist until 1990, when he decided to take up creating his frumpy looking characters in absurd situations full-time.?Close to Home? has been compared to the satirical humor of Gary Larson?s ?The Far Side? and in many papers, actually replaced the panel when Larson retired in 1995…. I think it has been for most cartoonists,? says McPherson, ?But I?d rather not deal with all of the far-out nonsense; there is so much nonsense in real life to draw from.?After 5,000 comic panels, the ink well of ideas for some cartoonists might dry up, but not for McPherson.
Lalo Alcaraz celebrates 5 years with Universal Press Syndicate
Universal Press Syndicate has issued a press release to commenmorate the 5th anniversary of Lalo Alcaraz’s debut as a syndicated…
Real Life Adventures celebrates 15 years in the funnies
Lance Aldrich and Gary Wise’s feature “Real Life Adventures” is celebrating 15 years. Aldrich and Wise, after working with each…
Jef Mallett’s Frazz celebrates 5 years
Jef Mallett’s Frazz will turn 5 years old on April 2. “Five years of Frazz is wonderful, but I think…