I’ve let the story simmer for a while until something more certain has emerged, but it does look like the McClatchy Company is in the lead to buy Knight Ridder. The bid is in the area of $4.8 Billion! If McClatchy wins the bidding, it would be buying a company twice its size. While McClatchy […]
E&P breaks the news of “Baby Blues” now surpassing the 1000-client mark. It also makes Jerry Scott on of the few cartoonists to ever have two features break that ceiling level. “Baby Blues” has passed the 1,000-client mark, making Jerry Scott one of the few cartoonists in history to have two comics with that many […]
A couple of days ago, I posted a link to Apple’s web site pointing you to the latest Over the Hedge trailer. It appears that a new trailer has been posted today on Yahoo. Go check it out. Quicktime or Windows Media. Enjoy.
Patrick McDonnell is going on a book signing tour to promote his children’s book “Art.” Dates begin on the 31st of March and roll through the weekends of the 23rd of April ini Pennsylvania and Texas. Patrick will be making some appearances this spring to promote Art, his newest children’s book. Stop by to meet […]
E&P has noted that along with just about everyone else, that Tom Tomorrow is also putting out a collection book this spring called “Hell in a Handbasket: Dispatches From the Country Formerly Known as America“
There’s a nice article in the Sun-Sentinel about Jean Schulz, Charles Schulz’s widow, and how she’s taking over the Peanuts empire. She was not his business partner, nor his creative “other half.” In the world of “Peanuts,” she had no title ? and that was fine with her. Over the years, though, the cartoonist whom […]
If you didn’t check out the new upcoming feature Lio by Mark Tatulli yesterday, they’ve (UPS) has posted some additional information about the feature and repackaged the interview that went along with the announcement. From that Q and A: Q: Why did you decide to draw in the style of old pen-and-ink drawings? What?s distinctive […]
The Washington Post Writers Group has launched a new Spanish only feature called “S.O.S. SOMOS PRIMERIZOS.” The cartoonist is Emilio Ferrero from Argentina. You can see the original site (in spanish), or I’ve created a Google translated page link that does the job (mostly). Here’s the translated version of the introductionary paragraph. S.O.S. WE ARE […]
Heart of the City creator Mark Tatulli has joined a select few to try to double dip – two features at one time. On May 15, his new feature “Lio” will be available through Universal Press. UPS’ web site, posted the following description of the feature: LIO is an unusual kind of comic strip and […]
Jim Davis’ Garfield added one more collection book to his list of, well, collection books. “Garfield Pigs Out” hit the shelves back in February.
Rina Piccolo, the creator of “Tina’s Groove” and one of the “Six Chix” contributors, will be at the Paradise Comics Toronto Comicon as well as host a segment about “Women of Comics.” If you’re in Toronto on the weekend of April 28th -30th be sure to check out the PARADISE COMICS TORONTO COMICON. Along with […]
The Great Lakes chapter of the NCS will meet the 25th of this month for their spring meeting. Details and locations on their web site. Alien though the notion of fresh air may be to pasty-skinned cartoonists, the spring meeting of the NCS Great Lakes Chapter will be held in the convention center of scenic […]
Jim Morin, editorial cartoonist for the Miami Herald has been crowned “Journalist of the Year” by the South Florida International Press Club. The South Florida International Press Club announced that it has selected Miami Herald editorial cartoonist Jim Morin as Journalist of the Year. He will be honored along with nine recipients of Community Recognition […]
According to Jim Borgman’s blog, he is up for two Reubens this year. Got some good news from the National Cartoonists Society yesterday. The Awards Chairman, Dave Coverly (Speedbump) called to tell me I’m one of three finalists for the NCS’s Editorial Cartooning award for 2006. The other two are Mike Ramirez (late of the […]
I’m hearing chatter on the blogs/boards about Frank Cho’s Liberty Meadows. When the feature left the newspapers in 2001, Frank promised that the feature would continue in comic book form. This May 31st, the Liberty Meadows story line with Brandy, Frank and the other cast of characters continue. It?s finally here!! It?s not a hoax. […]