According to Darrin Bell’s blog, his feature “Candorville” has been nominated for the first annual Glyph Award. The Glyph awards “recognizes the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color … who have made the greatest contributions to the comics medium in terms of both critical and commercial impact.” From Darrin’s blog: […]
A book called “Proud to Be Liberal”has hit the shelves. It features liberal cartoonists Ted Rall, Tom Tomorrow and Will Durst.
A parody of Saturday Night Live’s Chronicles of Narnia rap has hit the web. This video,Lazy Muncie, stars hipster Jim Davis. The whole video cracked me up. Jim’s segment is great.
Jeff Danziger has taken home the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. Jules Feiffer, one of three judges for this year’s contest, said Danziger’s cartoons “have a sense of literary intelligence.” The former Village Voice/Universal Press Syndicate cartoonist added that the Herblock Prize winner’s Iraq War commentary is “the closest thing to the feeling Bill Mauldin […]
First there was the Danish Mohammad cartoons that set the Muslim communities around the world in an uproar, then the Iranian Holocaust cartoon contest was announced, then a graphic designer in Israel proposed a contest for Jews to lampoon themselves and now a moderate Muslim group wants a cartoon contest to promote a peaceful Mohammad. […]
Ted Rall’s pledge drive to raise money to take Ann Coulter to court for libel and slander is slowly inching its way into the … five figures. In a recntly blog entry he posts the most recent pledge to $13,716.00. He also answers the question of what he’d do with the winnings if the suit […]
“Ziggy” cartoonist Tom Wilson recently lent his time and star power to promote a local Cincinnati Museum. Along with supplying the fund raising event with posters, he also judged the children’s coloring contest. Tom Wilson, creator of Ziggy, this week was spotlighted on the morning Cincinnati television station, WXIX CH. 19 (FOX) for his efforts […]
The OC Register has a great story about Arnold Shapiro, who over the years of acquantance with Schulz built up a collection of his original works. With the help of a friend he got a ticket to the “Antiques Roadshow” and there spell bound the crowd with his personal stories of working with Schulz and […]
Edward Franklin, editorial cartoonist for The Globe and Mail, passed away recently. He was an american working for a Canadian newspaper. For Edward Livingston Franklin, editorial cartooning is just one more thing he sees dying. It has been his work at The Globe and Mail for 16 years, and he believes that editorial policies, deadlines […]
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that Aaron McGruder will be taking a 6 month hiatus from his “Boondocks” strip. What Aaron will be doing during his time is unclear. Universal Press Syndicate confirmed today that McGruder will go on hiatus beginning March 27, resuming the strip, which appears in 350 newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, […]
The New York Comic Con is now past and a few news stories on the event are trickling in. This one is about Mort Walker who was on hand this last weekend, as was his two sons Greg and Brian. “Beetle Bailey is the everyman who has to fight the system,” said [Mort] Walker. “He’s […]
John Sherffius’ editorial cartoons will be syndicated through Copley starting March 13. John was the editorial cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch until 2003 when he resigned out of frustration that the paper was trying to tone down this cartoons. John’s comic feature “Sam and Me” was launched last year through Creators.
In a follow up to a story I posted yesterday, The New Straits Times, in Malaysia, has apologized for running a Non Sequitur strip that touched on the Muslim prophet Mohammad (but did not depict him). The Times gave a private explanation to the government Thursday and published an apology on its front page Friday. […]
Editor and Publisher has a story that more than 20 King Feature cartoonist will be on hand at the New York Comic-Con. Among the King creators slated to appear are Isabella Bannerman (“Six Chix”), Ray Billingsley (“Curtis”), Frank Bolle (“Apartment 3-G”), Chance Browne (“Hi and Lois”), Hy Eisman (“Popeye”), Ron Ferdinand (“Dennis the Menace”), Joe […]
Several syndicated Universal Press cartoonists are taking time to help produce the “Big Top” comic feature while creator Rob Harrell is undergoing cancer treatment behind his right eye. ?I?ve really been overwhelmed by the kindness and the support of all the creators and the syndicate,? said Harrell, whose Universal strip features a cast of circus […]