Sunday seems to be the day newspapers announce that they’re messing with the funnies. This time, The Repository (Canton OH) will debut Tony Carrillo’s new feature “F Minus” next week on the 17th. Interestingly, the editor does mention the internal polling that took place before making the decision to put “F Minus” in the line-up. […]
Last January, I told you that Pat Oliphant was going to be part of a fund-raiser for the Harry Truman Presidential Library. Here now is a write up about the event that occured last Thursday. The event set a record for total money raised. Notice: The story doesn’t go into much detail of what Pat […]
For all those who complain that comic features never die – even after their original creator does will be happy to read that The Clarion-Ledger has dropped Peanuts. The Peanuts gang is being replaced with Sudoku. Another change is a trial run of Housebroken Steve Watkins. Stevens’ feature will run through the Boondocks hiatus. And […]
Houston Chronicle editor admits, dropping Bruce Tinsley’s Mallard Fillmore created quite a stir in Houston. I hit the trifecta of reader discontent last week (lucky me) with the ongoing immigration debate, the cessation of the comic strip Mallard Fillmore and the announcement by U.S. Rep Tom DeLay, R-Sugar Land, that he will resign from his […]
Drew Litton writes in to announce that he is now one of the growing number of professional cartoonists that have joined the blogosphere. Drew draws the “Win, Lose & Drew” sports editorial cartoons for the Rocky Mountain News – where you’ll find his blog. Win Lose & Drew is also syndicated through United Media.
Here’s a bizarre, jaw dropping story out of the New York Times (free registration) about Don Trachte – a cartoonist for the Saturday Evening Post back in the 1940’s – bought an original Norman Rockwell painting (Trachte knew Rockwell), but to keep his beloved Rockwell painting away from his wife during their divorce – he […]
Arlo and Janis creator Jimmy Johnson posted on his website that he exerienced a mild heart attack earlier this week. I used to vaguely be amused when I’d miss a day here on the Web, and readers would write to enquire nervously about my health. I am no longer amused. Early Monday morning, I had […]
The National Cartoonist Society has posted the last remaining nominees for the Reubens. I’ve updated my previous posting that listed the nominees, but here are the last two categories that were not available earlier: Animation Television: GLEN MURAKAMI, Teen Titans DAVID SILVERMAN, The Simpsons DAVE WASSON, The Buzz on Maggie Comic Books PAUL CHADWICK, “Concrete, […]
For those in the great state of Ohio… Chip Bok will be at the Learned Owl bookstore (Hudson, OH) on Saturday to sign is book, “A Recent History of the United States in Political Cartoons.” Earlier in the day self syndicated cartoonist Duane M Abel will be on hand (same location) to sign his book […]
San Francisco legendary hippy Diamond Dave Whitaker recently interviewed Dan Piraro about his one man comedy show that is sheduled to start in Los Angeles on April 13. Topics include: cartooning, Dan’s show, reefers, veganism, politics, reefers, flashbacks to the hippy days, and reefers. Okay, maybe marijuana wasn’t the dominating topic, but I had a […]
From the AAEC comes word that The Chicago Defender newspaper will begin an “All Black Cartoons” comics page featuring comics created by African Americans. The new page started Monday.
Kent Worcester will be interviewing Tom the Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling at the Museum of Comci and Cartoon Art in New York next Monday. Here are the details as sent to me by Kent. The New York-based Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) is hosting a special event this coming Monday titled “Ruben […]
Two more features have been launched. “On a Claire Day” was launched Monday. This new feature is by Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett and is distributed through Creators. I’ve not seen a press release or much in the way of a description of the feature. You can see samples of the strip on their web […]
Michael Jantze (the Norm) will be attending the FallCon in October. More news to come.
Last week I posted a story that the St. Petersburg Times was adding four new features as a trial. The paper maintains a discussion board for subscribers to post their opinion on the news – and in this case, post their feelings about the comic selection. As one would expect the discussion quickly became heated […]