David Fitzimmons, editorial cartoonist for Arizona Daily Star, is the the master of ceremonies for the local St. Patrick’s day festivities in Tucson AZ. Jácome Plaza is next to the Joel D. Valdez Main Library. The festival starts at 10 a.m., an hour before the start of the about 90-minutelong parade. Vendors will sell ethnic […]

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon art is presenting an exhibit called “She Draws Comics: 100 Years of America’s Women Cartoonists.” As you might deduce from theh title – it’s an exhibit featuring the art of women cartoonists. Celebrate a century of the greatest female practitioners of comic and cartoon art that America has ever […]

Spotted earlier this week on comics.com was this note from Brooke McEldowney: A NOTE TO PIB READERS Every once in a while one stops, pauses to listen to the twittering of birds, to feel the odd zephyr tousle one?s hair ? in other words, to take stock. I did just that recently ? although, it […]

West coast fans of Dan Piraro’s Bizarro have reason to get excited – Dan’s one man comedy show is touring 8 cities in California, Oregon and Washington. “The Bizarro Baloney Show” — written and performed by Piraro — includes 90 minutes of cartoons, animation, video, songs, poems, anecdotes, puppets, costumes, audience participation, and more. Tour […]

In a presentation to the women’s fellowship group at Second Congregational Church (Greenwich CT), Jerry Dumas explained that most of his material for his comic feature “Sam and Silo” were from working at home and being with the family. Much of the best grist for Jerry Dumas’ comic strips has been culled from minute observations […]

According to this site, The Game Factory will be developing a new Garfield game that is set to release next month. Garfield already has 12 titles. The site also mentions that a Garfield movie sequel is to be released later this summer. I’ve been able to confirm that on Wikipedia. while looking for information on […]

Steve Breen, editorial cartoonist for the San Diego Union Tribune, recently spoke at the Associated Collegiate Press and talked about his career beginnings and of his comic strip “Grand Avenue.” I’m still looking for a story that captures in more detail his speech. I’ll link to it if one comes available.

Incredibily Edible has licensed the use of Garfield in their bouquets. Let’ see, Garfield underwear for the kids, Garfield tie for dad and now a Garfield edible bouquet for mom. “Garfield is beloved by millions, and we’re thrilled that we’re able to offer his products to our customers,” says Ellen Davis, co-owner of Incredibly Edible […]

E&P reports that Ann Telnaes, the Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist and contributor to the “Six Chix” comic feature distributed by King Features, is leaving the other Chix to concentrate on other efforts. “I have some other projects and ideas I wanted to pursue, so I needed to reclaim some of my time,” said Telnaes, who […]

Kudos are in order for Hector Cantu and Carlos Castellanos, creators of the feature “Baldo,” who are using their feature to warn and expose a growing scam in the Latino communities. The scam is described as: The so-called “Latin Lotto Scam” has been reported throughout the United States in communities with large Hispanic populations. Con […]

For those interested in touring China and maybe even turn it into a tax write-off*, this might qualify: China to Host 6th World Cartoon Conference in October The 6th world cartoon conference will be held in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, from October 1-3 this year. A special committee has been formed to […]

There have been over 700 entries into the Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest – six of the entrants are Americans (and no, Ann Coulter, Ted Rall isn’t one of them). One of the American cartoonists is Mike Flugennock. Flugennock, of Washington, D.C., insisted his entry is not anti-Semitic but legitimate political criticism – because it criticizes […]

Sunshine week cartoon by Rex Babin. Used by permission Several editorial cartoonist from the AAEC are participating in Sunshine Week – a campaign to educate the public about the importance of keeping government information open and available to the public. Part of the campaign includes a gallery of editorial cartoons. This gallery of editorial cartoons […]

While no official lawsuit has been filed, Ted has stopped his pledge drive to raise money for this libel/slander suit against Ann Coulter saying that he now has enough. The proposed libel/slander suit is the result of comments she made that Ted had entered the Iranian Holocaust Cartoon contest – a claim he denies. He’s […]

In other award announcements, the AAEC web site has a round up. On their site are a couple of awards I didn’t catch last week. They are: Bill Whitehead, cartoonist for the Kansas City Buisness Journal, received first place from the Kansas Press Association for best editorial cartoons of 2005 for weekly publications. and Tim […]