A new traveling exhibit called “Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace” will begin in July with several cities lined up. This exhibition consists of forty high?quality reproduction prints and will travel for five years to various locations. Venues that have already rented the exhibit include the R.W. Norton Art Gallery (Shreveport, Louisiana); the […]
Staff cuts in several newspapers belonging to the Hollinger International company should be expected this year. Newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc. on Thursday said it plans to reorganize its Sun-Times News Group by splitting it into two groups and cutting staff by 300, or about 10 percent, to reverse its disappointing 2005 financial performance. Hollinger […]
“The Boondocks” has proved popular enough to warrant a second season on the Comedy Channel. 20 New Episodes of Hit Adult Swim Series to Debut Beginning in Winter 2006 Adult Swim has given the greenlight for a second season of The Boondocks, the new hit series from creator Aaron McGruder, based on his award-winning comic […]
Dan Davis, who cites on his web site that he inks comic features such as “Blondie,” “Alley Oop” and holds “Paws Inc.” as a client, will be appearing at the upcoming Gem City Comic Con in Dayton Ohio.
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 […]