With this year coming to a rapid close, I don’t anticipate any major changes or announcements coming from the syndicates or newspapers, so I dug into the archives of the Daily Cartoonist to pull out some of the highlights of the year. The syndicates launched 13 new features this year. King Features gets the prize […]

© 2006 Alan Gardner. In observance of Christmas, I’m shutting down the blog until the 27th of December and then blogging might be sporadic as I wrap up a freelance project that is due at the end of the month. May you all have a wonderful RamaHanuKwanzMas.

©2006 Aaron Johnson. Used by permission. Aaron Johnson writes in to share a unique way of waiting and watching to see how the major six syndicates will respond to his submission of his feature What the Duck. He’s created a bingo board (as seen above) and as results come in. He’s also posted his submission […]

Beginning January 1, Jim Borgman’s editorial cartoons will be syndicated through Universal Press. His cartoon had been syndicated through King Features where he had a client list of about 200 newspapers.

Earlier this month, Corey Pandolph announced that he was retiring his strip Barkeater Lake which had been published online at comics.com and in two newspapers. But reader feedback from that announcement has convinced him to carry on with the strip. He writes: Just thought you folks would like to know Barkeater Lake will be continuing […]

Tom Toles has posted two cartoons today – one finished one that was published and one sketch drawing that didn’t get used. Readers are asked which one is funnier/newsworthy/original. Link hat tip to Mike Lynch! CORRECTION: As indicated by Nick Anderson in the comment section. This is not a new feature for Toles who has […]

The New York Comic Con (February 23-25) will feature several King Feature Syndicate cartoonists/writers and one former Creators cartoonist. King Features has a booth for a dozen or more cartoonists to sign autographs and meet attendees. These include: Isabella Bannerman (“Six Chix”), Chance Browne (“Hi and Lois”), Hy Eisman (“Popeye”), Ron Ferdinand (“Dennis the Menace”), […]

After the heated discussion last week regarding the launch of Rich Stevens’ Diesel Sweeties webcomic into print syndication, I asked if Ted Rall, who acquired DS for United Media, if he’d be willing to respond to any questions from you readers about DS. I’d like to thank Ted for participating in the dialog on this […]

Starting in January, The News & Observer is going to dedicate FoxTrot’s space to a monthly rotating of guest comic strips to determine which ones should be added to the funny pages. Readers are encouraged to go to the new forum that was created for feedback and let editors know what they think. The first […]

Congrats are in order to Gary Brookins who is a grandpa (not sure if this is the first grand-child or not). The December 11th Pluggers uses the caption, “Pluggers love spreading good news” and instead of the normal submitted by information, Gary announces the birth of his grandson.

Monday’s Close To Home made the rounds at the Saratoga Hospital in New York as it was copied, faxed, e-mailed and posted through-out the hospital. It even caught the attention of the local media. The cartoon depicted a man being loaded into an ambulance and the EMT saying, “You’ve got two options, bud. Mercy Hospital […]

According to the ComicsDC blog, Swann Foundation Fellow Katherine Roeder will give a lecture at the Library of Congress on the topic of Winsor McCay. The presentation is entitled “Wide Awake in Slumberland: Fantasy and Mass Culture in the Work of Winsor McCay” and will be held on January 16. See his blog for more […]

Gary Varvel, editorial cartoonist at The Indianapolis Star, has posted the results of his first time up to bat doing an animated editorial cartoon. The animation is entitled “Gary Varvel’s D.C. Christmas” and runs just shy of 3 minutes. Check it out here.

Rob Rogers, the new AAEC president has announced on the associations web site that this year’s AAEC convention will be in Washington D.C. to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the organization’s existence. Says Rob: We chose D.C. because that’s where the AAEC’s first convention was held and it seemed like a great bookend for […]

Slightly off-topic obit announcement, but who can argue that Joseph Barbera hasn’t influenced us at some level, at some point in our lives. Along with William Hanna, Joseph and William created the Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, The Jetsons, and Tom and Jerry. Joseph passed away at the age of 95.