Kevin Cannon Named Minnesota State Fair Artist
The Minnesota State Fair has named Kevin Cannon as 2020 Commemorative Artist. Twin Cities Pioneer Press is reporting: Twin Cities…
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So, This Happened (Clearing a Backlog of Items)
Lynn Johnston has a new outlet for her licensed products. What Would Mary Do? Washington Post on the…
Pulitzer Prize…Deadline Imminent! January 24!
Entry deadline: Jan. 24, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. EST. Entry fee: $75 per entry – paid by credit card only (MasterCard,…
NCS Last Call…Imminent Deadline! January 23!
Your submissions must be delivered to their respective locations by January 23, 2020 for consideration The National Cartoonists Society website has…
Je Suis Charlie – Cinq Ans Après
The current issue of Charlie Hebdo is a special about The New Censors. (Google translation) AlterNet looks at French…
MAD Magazine Lives (in MADison Magazine)
THE spoof magazine, MAD itself, got spoofed by Madison Magazine. From Madison Magazine: We’ve gone MAD! Don’t think we haven’t…
Fire at The Center for Cartoon Studies
New Hampshire’s Valley News is reporting that a fire damaged the second floor of the Colodny Building in White River…
Hustler Christmas Card Raises Hackles
Conservatives are indignant over the Christmas card Larry Flint’s Hustler sent out to members of Congress during the 2019 holiday…
Cartoon Characters Banned – Bad For Children
Yeah, it’s a cereal thing. From The Guardian: Lidl is to remove cartoon characters from its own-brand cereal ranges to…
NCS Divisional Reuben Awards 2019 Call for Entries
December 20, 2019 Letter from the National Cartoonists Society calling for submissions. Note that membership is not a requirement to…
Mo Willems Interview – It’s A Biggie
Mo Willems is the winner of multiple Caldecott Awards. His kids books are very popular. The other week I took…
Adam Ellis Calls Out Company For Stealing Art, Gets Response
Cartoonist Adam Ellis called out a Malaysian company for using his comic strip art in an advertising campaign without permission,…
Al Jaffee Hands Fold-In Off to Johnny Sampson
Johnny Sampson notes: I did the “Special Edition MAD 20 Fold-In”, out this week! Some of you know this but…
Mary Worth Artist June Brigman Interviewed
Cartoonist June Brigman (Mary Worth, Brenda Starr, Power Pack, Captain Ginger) is interviewed by Comic Culture’s Terrance Dollard. June discusses…
Thurber and Company
The 125th anniversary of James Thurber’s birth arrives on Sunday, December 8, and this year fans of the legendary humorist…