Review: Little Dog Lost by Steve Boreman
Today, Steve Boreman’s new feature Little Dog Lost is launching nationally. I had the opportunity to speak with Steve while…
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Review: Maintaining by Nate Creekmore
Maintaining by Nate Creekmore. Used by permission of Universal Press Syndicate. All Rights Reserved. Coming May 7th, Universal Press will…
Universal Press posts ‘Maintaining’ samples
Back in October I told you about a new feature that was to debut in January from Universal Press. I…
Charlos Gary to debut second comic feature
Charlos Gary, the creator of Working it Out is coming out with a new feature on April 2nd called Cafe…
Ted Rall answers questions about Diesel Sweeties
After the heated discussion last week regarding the launch of Rich Stevens’ Diesel Sweeties webcomic into print syndication, I asked…
WPWG to launch ‘Little Dog Lost’ in March
The Washington Post Writers Group web site has a page for a new strip they plan to launch beginning March…
Ask Ted Rall about Diesel Sweeties
After reading the “spirited” discussion in the comments regarding the launch of Diesel Sweeties, I’ve invited Ted Rall, who is…
Diesel Sweetie to launch January 8
Diesel Sweeties © Richard Stevens. Used by permission of United Media. All Rights Reserved. What looks to be the first…
Preview of Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee © John Hambrock. Used by permission of King Features. All Rights Reserved. I received…
King Feature launches new comic
King features is launching a new comic strip on November 12 called The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee by John Hambrock. The feature centers around a 10-year old genius named Edison, his family (mom and dad, grandfather) and a talking rat. The strip is described as “An intelligent left-leaning comic strip that masterfully mixes social commentary and humor.”
TMS launches new strip “Raising Hector”
Tribune Media Services has launched a new comic feature called Raising Hector. The strip has been around in self-syndication since 1996, according to this story in E&P, and is created by Peter Ramirez who is a former police officer – now stay at home dad (which is also the premise of the feature).
Universal to launch new strip ‘Maintaining’ in January
Within the press release of Aaron McGruder’s news that The Boondocks’ hiatus may be permanent, is a little tidbit that Universal Press will be launching a new feature called Maintaining in January. Maintaining is by Nate Creekmore, who developed the feature during college. Nate is a two-time recipient of the Charles M. Schulz College Cartoonist Award in 2003 and in 2004 as well as best college cartoonist by the Associated Collegiate Press. The feature is about a bi-racial high school student named Marcus.Â
From an article in the Tennessean, we learn that the feature has been under a development contract for the last year.
You can see samples of Nate’s work on his web site.
United Media to launch new comic in January
Richard Stevens has posted on his blog that his web comic Diesel Sweeties will be syndicated through United Media starting on January 8, 2007.
King Features launches Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop
King Features has launched it’s third feature of 2006 (Retail and Pajama Diaries being the first two). The new feature is a Sunday only called Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop by Kevin Frank. Heaven’s love focuses on the the characters (Wilson, Cassidy, and Dag) who run a charitable thrift shop which supports outreaches including a soup-kitchen and homeless shelter.