The New Lee Enterprises Sunday Funnies
You may have heard that Lee Enterprises has instituted a standard daily comics page for all their 70+ newspapers. That…
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Opportunities Available in All Walks of Life in Australia (Comic Strip Cartooning Excepted)
As we hit the week of Lee newspapers’ cuts to their comics pages, we also come to the week that…
Lee Papers Go Uniform Comics Company-Wide
Recently we’ve mentioned changes to some Lee Enterprises newspapers that hinted at a company-wide change to their comics pages, though…
1990 Numbers (Comic Strip Survey)
This week saw the return of Jeffrey Lindenblatt’s survey of newspaper comic strip trends of the past, this time he…
Concord Monitor Revamps Sunday Funnies
The Concord (New Hampshire) Monitor is moving their Sunday comics from the Sunday magazine to the paper’s broadsheet section. The…
Update: Gannett (with a side of Lee Enterprises)
Gannett’s USA Today reports on the company’s second quarter: Gannett, owner of USA TODAY and local news operations in 45…
Gannett’s Very Bad Second Quarter
Gannett recorded a dismal second quarter financially, the company reported Thursday – important revenues sources down, costs up and a…
Stegelin Marks 18 Years at 25 Year Old City Paper
Steve Stegelin’s illustrations have appeared in City Paper’s pages for 18 of its 25 years. You can see some…
The Old Frontiers with Charles M. Russell
In the mid-1910s famed “Cowboys and Indians” artist Charles M. Russell began a new phase of his storied career –…
Nibsy the Newsboy’s Trip Through Newspaperland
Two longtime Warren County residents and former executives of The Indianola Record-Herald and Indianola Tribune are buying the newspaper from…
Fitz Opines on Gannett Having No Opinion
Editorial Cartoonist David Fitzsimmons, who is no stranger to creating reader reaction (see above), has returned from vacation to learn…
Los Angeles Times Overhauls Comics Pages
The Los Angeles Times has revamped it daily and Sunday comics pages. We’re excited to introduce five cartoons to our…
130 Years Ago The First U.S. Newspaper Color Supplement Appears in The Chicago Inter Ocean
June 23, 1892: Comic strip historians credit H.H. Kohlsaat as the grandfather of the Sunday comic supplement. Though he was…
Weekend Roundup Come On a Monday This Month
As a cartoonist, I’m always asked about my greatest influences. I have quite a few, but my earliest — like…
Editorial Cartoonist David Cohen Gets a Letter
Like most of us in the world of journalism, Citizen Times cartoonist David Cohen has developed a pretty thick skin over…