I’m not doing political cartoons today, but here’s one anyway. I like Patrick Chappatte’s effort at attempting to suggest a cabinet appointment more ridiculous and inappropriate than the ones that are really being proposed. But I think it’s because the art is particularly appealing. A lot of cartoonists are trying, and failing, to come up […]
Tomorrow King Features Syndicate is scheduled to launch an all-new Comics Kingdom. Our new website will boast a unique visual identity and an optimized user experience designed with you in mind. From front-end wireframes to a streamlined user interface, our focus has been creating an attractive and user-friendly platform. Our commitment to a clean and […]
Comics Kingdom has notified subscribers that the relaunch of their website will take place on February 28, 2024. The announcement: Dear Comics Kingdom Subscribers, Get ready to experience Comics Kingdom like never before! We’re delighted to announce the relaunch of our website on Feb. 28. Our journey since early 2023 has been a blend of […]
First – a little catching up from Rob Tornoe at Editor & Publisher last Fall: Over at King Features Syndicate, President CJ Kettler doesn’t see comic strips going away anytime soon. In fact, Kettle said the company launched several new comics features this year, including “Break of Day” by Nate Fakes and “Never Been Deader” […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists reconstructed their website this year and after some delays it is now up and running. And it is looking good! JP Trostle introduces us to the new site and the changes: Welcome to the newest iteration of the AAEC website. Here you can find the latest news on the […]
Two weeks after a major disruption to the site, and the day when that complication led to a week of reruns, GoComics announced an update scheduled for the site come Fall 2023. Thank you to everyone who participated in our user experience survey. We enjoyed hearing from you and learning more about which aspects you […]
Dana Summers was too young for the originals, perhaps, like many of us, he became a fan later. © Tribune Content Agency/Dana Summers; © EC Comics Gary Shapiro retired from KUSA-TV after nearly 50 years with the station.Rather than a gold watch he got something better, a Drew Litton original. Watch the presentation […]
Forum Communications, an upper mid-west media company with a score of newspapers that can trace its publishing roots to 1878, has partnered with Comics Kingdom to bring their on-line readership the King Features Syndicate and Tribune Content Agency line of comic strips and panels. From DL-Online, the Detroit Lakes Tribune website: LOOK: DL-Online now features […]
WEBTOON continues its plan to take over the digital comics world. From Business Wire: WEBTOON will establish a new European corporation, expanding its presence in the region and solidifying its position as #1 in the European digital comics market and world’s largest digital comics platform. The new WEBTOON European corporation will be based […]
While we were all concerned about the latest Comics Kingdom problems last week (Mike Peterson noted, “Comics Kingdom changed servers and the last week has been very glitchy,” and Joseph Nebus explained, “The server it was on has expired and the link’s been infested with malware.” see Joseph’s comment below) along with that fix King […]
Columnist Jim Hightower admits to some jealousy: As a tyke, I never dreamed of growing up to be a political activist/ commentator, but here I am, and it’s worked out pretty well for me. I’ve been lucky enough to have a voice in public matters and eke out a modest living running my mouth as […]
Webtoons Webcomics Get Into Print The webcomics giant Webtoon is getting into print comics publishing, with a planned fall 2022 debut. Webtoon Unscrolled will be a print graphic novel imprint part of its sister company Wattpad Webtoon Book Group. Tower of God © SIU; Everything is Fine © Mike Birchall Webtoon Unscrolled will be led […]
The Northside Sun of Jackson, Mississippi has partnered with Creators Syndicate to supply comics and cartoons to its readers on the newspaper’s website. It is a unique webpage format that I haven’t seen with other newspapers. Curious if it is the paper’s design or the syndicate’s. Newspapers and comic strips have been intertwined for ages. […]
The Bottom Ten Warner Bros. Cartoons © Warner Bros. Instead of listing his Top Ten animation expert Jerry Beck lists his least favorite. Of the over 1000 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts – I honestly could find something of value in 990 of them. Yes, even the ones pre-1936 and the ones post-1964. That […]
Editor & Publisher’s roots began in 1884 when The Journalist was first published to serve the U.S. newspaper industry. The Editor & Publisher: A Journal for Newspaper Makers was founded in 1901, and in 1907 it merged with The Journalist. Later, Editor & Publisher acquired Newspaperdom, a trade journal for the newspaper industry that started […]