News Briefs for June 16, 2009
Animation » Fox will premiere its animation powerhouse shows on Sunday September 27. Check out new episodes of “The Simpsons”,…
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News Briefs for May 20, 2009
Things are still quite chaotic at work. I apologize that it’s eating into the time I usually dedicate to the…
Jeff Kinney: one of Time’s most influential people
Jeff Kinney, the creator of the “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series has been named as one of Time…
News briefs for May 13, 2009
Comic Strips » Ziggy inks a greeting card deal with American Greetings » KCChronicle.com picks up Zits. Editorial Cartooning »…
Jeff Smith documentary slated for next Friday
Bone creator Jeff Smith is the subject of a documentary entitled “The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone, and the Changing Face…
Belgium experiencing shortage of comic writers
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article on the shortage of sequential art writers in Belgium. Kids grow up…
News Briefs for May 7, 2009
Comics » The L.A. Times has an extensive write up about Jerry Robinson’s career in comic books and cartooning. He…
News briefs for May 6, 2009
Children’s Books » Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell has a new book coming out this fall called “Wag.” The book is…
News Briefs for April 23, 2009
Comic Books » On May 2, comic book stores across the country will give away an estimated 2 million comic…
News Briefs for April 20, 2009
Comic Strips » B.C. cartoonist Mason Mastroianni is heading up a new program called “Mason on the Move” to encourage…
Winners of the Stumptown Trophy Awards 2009
The Winners of this year’s Stumptown Awards were announced over the weekend. The winners are: Outstanding Art: Spike – Templar,…
2009 Stumptown Trophy Awards nominees posted
This year’s nominees for the Stumptown Trophy Awards has been released. The winners will be announced at this year’s The…
News Briefs for April 17, 2009
Comics Go check out The Daily Cross Hatch’s full audio and video of a recent discussion featuring notables Al Jaffee,…
Dean Koontz publishes first graphic novel
Dean Koontz, the suspense-thriller best-selling author has produced his first graphic novel. The graphic novel is entitled, “In Odd We…
2009 Will Eisner nominees announced
This year’s Will Eisner nominees have been announced. The Eisner Awards are each year at the San Diego Comic-Con to…