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NY Daily News drops 1/4 of their comics

Over on the ComicsReporter.com, Tom Spurgeon received an email from someone in Queens that is reporting that the NY Daily News dropped 1/4 of their comic strips – which amounted to about 5 strips and a puzzle. If the report is true, the affected comics are: Cathy, Agnes, Peanuts Classics, Pooch Cafe, and Girls and […]

For Better or For Worse not to be retired after all

E&P’s Dave Astor has talked to Lynn Johnston about her impending “retirement” from the funny pages this year and learns that the For Better or For Worse feature isn’t going away after all – but will morph into a hybrid type feature that will have both new cartoons mixed with old. As Dave describes it: […]

Marshall Ramsey to have new exhibit of his work

In continued celebration of 10 years with the Clarion-Ledger, Marshall Ramsey’s work will be on exhibit from February 17 â?? April 15, 2007 according to his blog and E&P. The exhibit will have original cartoons and Marshall mentions the possibility of a computer so that attendees can blog their experience. Check his blog for location […]

John Marshall credited as Blondie cartoonist

Beginning this last Sunday, John Marshall, the lead artist on the classic comic Blondie, has his name credited along side of Dean Young as the feature’s creators. John has been the lead artist for Blondie since 2005 and before that was the assistant artist since 2002. The article linked above has some interesting information as […]

Diesel Sweeties unofficially launches early

Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has photos of Diesel Sweeties in newspapers even though the official launch isn’t until Monday. Apparently with FoxTrot leaving, R. Stevens cranked out a “special batch” of Diesel Sweeties for newspapers wanting to begin DS in FoxTrot’s vacant spot.

2006 Lurie Political Cartoon Award winners posted

I’m not sure when the Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award was announced, but on his web site there are the 2006 winners. First place went to Alfredo Sabat for Argentina. Second and third place went to: Jean Planteureux (France) and David Pope (Australia). There were a few Canadian and American cartoonist who received Citations of […]

Barkeater Lake hits pre-order goal

Corey Pandolph writes in to announce that his efforts to get 200 pre-order sales of this Barkeater Lake book has been achieved and he’s going to move ahead with printing the book. Fans of the strip can still pre-order over on his blog. The re-launch of the comic feature on his web site is January […]

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