The irreverent “Boondocks” television show has triggered an outcry from Rev. Al Sharpton who demanded an apology for depicting Martin Luther King using the “N” word. The episode, The Return of the King, aired Jan. 15, the day before the national holiday honoring the slain civil-rights leader. It shows King emerging from a coma and […]
Not sure when it first happened, but word is that “Opus” is now being posted on Berkeley Breathed’s web site each Monday.
While trolling through the iTunes Music Store’s podcast directory, I came across comicweb’s podcast of the original radio debut of Superman back in 1940. It was interesting to hear the set up of the Man of Steel. You can go to comicweb’s web site and subscribe to the feed. The ComicWeb has just started a […]
Yesterday, Jim Borgman posted in his blog that he is considering changing what gets posted to his blog and asked his readers to tell him what they’d like to see. As it stands, he posts sketches that he makes prepatory to creating the editorial cartoon. I’ve been tentatively wandering around the blogosphere in the last […]
From a feature section in the Metro West Daily News comes this little tidbit. You know the drill, readers: Every so often, we compile enough strange, curious, and simply head-scratching Web sites to make an entire column out of them. And wouldn?t you know it? This is one of those weeks. Special thanks to the […]
Scott Adam’s “Dilbert” will soon be a downloadable game for you mobile phone according to this press release by Namco. Namco Networks, a leading publisher and developer of wireless games and content, today announced plans to bring Dilbert to mobile phones through a partnership with United Media, a worldwide licensing and syndication company focused on […]
Tim Whyte, General Manager of the Signal (Santa Clarita Valley, CA) writes that it will be 10 years since the passing of their editorial cartoonist, Randy Wicks. His passing prompted the newspaper to create a memorial scholarship fund. The Randy Wicks Memorial First Amendment Scholarships and their fund-raiser, the SCV Newsmaker Awards, have lasted longer […]
This local cartoonist story comes from the Lansing State Journal about Jonny Hawkins who specializes in drawing Christian cartoons. He’s been published in over 300 publications since he started in 1986. He works in a small room, decorated with Detroit Tigers wallpaper border and other baseball memorabilia. From the window, he can watch an occasional […]
Via the Comics Reporter comes this story out of the Lincoln Tribune. January 24 is a loaded day when it comes to comic history. Tuesday, January 24th. – This is a big month in the history of America’s comic strips and cartoons. Charles Addams, whose most famous creation was the ghoulish “Addams Family” was born […]
I some how missed this, but last Friday there was an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the confusion and uproar that occured when Sunday readers of the Chronicle opened up the funnies to see Garfield on the front page and Doonesbury moved to page two. For them I have good news: Doonesbury is […]
In the last couple o’ days there have been some newspaper industry news (Knight Ridder may go on another cutting spree; New York Times Company earnings down 40% last quarter; Wall Street thinks news print businesss is dead) and when newspapers need to cut expenses an editorial cartoonist is shown the door. I’ve always wondered […]
Mark Pett’s Lucky Cow has been dropped from the Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT). According to Pett, the Deseret News occasionally drops features to gauge its popularity based on the number of people who complain. He writes: If you are a reader of the Deseret News, and would like to see “Lucky Cow” back […]
As far as I know Drew Litton is the only sports editorial cartoonist in the nation. Instead of skewering politicians, he slams athletes. He was recently the on the Rocky Mountain News’s chat and they’ve posted the transcript. Questions ranged from influences, how he comes up with his cartoons, and his take on several comic […]
Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson will be visiting the Utah Valley State College for a public lecture wherein he’ll speak on “Drawing Democracy: The Role of Political Cartooning in American History.” Utah Valley State College will host a public lecture and demonstration Friday at 11 a.m. in room 101 of the Physical Education Building, […]
Most conservatives would consider Ted Rall a four letter word, but in last Friday’s New York Times crossword puzzle, “ted” was definitely a horizontal three letters. One of the clues in Friday’s New York Times crossword puzzle was “Editorial cartoonist Rall.” The answer, of course, was “Ted.” Rall, who’s syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, said […]