Remember the cartoon (quicktime, windows media player) where the Smurfs were carpet bombed during a Unicef commercial in Belgium to draw attention to the plight of children in the Sudan and Congo? The New York Times has a brief story on why they used cartoons in that commercial (not to mention its affect on fund […]
Gannett CEO Craig Dubow says that Gannett has had record revenues for 2005 and that they are taking a ‘hard look’ to acquiring Knight Ridder. But the first question for Craig Dubow, Gannett’s president and CEO, following the presentation concerned the company’s interest in acquiring suddenly up for grabs Knight Ridder. Dubow answered: “We are […]
Cathy creator Cathy Guisewite will serve on the Board of Judges for Talbots annual Women?s Scholarship Program, a fund that annually awards $100,000 in college scholarships to women seeking a bachelor?s or associate?s degree later in life. ?Cathy? appears in about 1,400 newspapers worldwide. In 2005, a major event took place in the comic strip […]
Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun, talks to E&P about the buyout he didn’t intend to take. But then Kallaugher heard that The Sun’s publisher had discussed eliminating the cartoonist slot entirely to save money. “Rather than wait for the ax to drop on my position at The Sun, I opted for […]
E&P has interviewed the remaining Tribune Company editorial cartoonists still gainfully employed. The going theory for keeping their job is to do more local cartoons. “The only insurance an editorial cartoonist has — if he or she has any insurance at all — is to focus on local issues,” said Englehart. “Newspapers can buy national […]
Another Garfield DVD has been unleased to the public. Details at Detriot News Fans of Garfield will think it’s a big, fat, hairy deal today with the release of the fifth and final volume of “Garfield and Friends,”the cat’s cartoon series from the early 1990s. The 25 episodes in this three-disc set are from the […]
A Charlie Brown Christmas aired last night the 40th time and according to E&P – the price for a 30 second commercial was $200k. NEW YORK As the 40-year-old “A Charlie Brown Christmas” airs once again Tuesday night, the “Peanuts” property continues to earn many millions for the estate of the late Charles Schulz. ABC-TV […]
United Media is launching a new strip on January 2. The new feature Cow & Boy is by Mark Leiknes. Mark Leiknes’ strip — titled, appropriately enough, Cow & Boy – focuses on the friendship between a farm kid named Billy and an 800-pound bovine animal. Early clients include the Denver Rocky Mountain News, the […]
E&P has a story about comments Wiley Miller has made suggesting that in addition to Black Ink Monday, syndicated editorial cartoonists should cease to syndicate their work for a week or even up to a month. “The biggest problem is that staff cartoonists are too easily replaced with cheap syndicated cartoons,” said Miller. So staff […]
The Michigan Daily has a story regarding a cartoon that is sparking a possible boycott from the NAACP. The University chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People may be considering boycotting The Michigan Daily because of an editorial cartoon it published Nov. 28. The cartoon displays a classroom of smiling dark-skinned […]
Winning the pulitzer certainly doesn’t hurt your subscriber-ship. E&P is reporting that Nick Anderson’s client list jumped 22 papers after the pulitzer. WPWG Editorial Director/General Manager Alan Shearer called the 22-client jump “amazing for an editorial cartoonist,” even with a Pulitzer factored in. Shearer noted that editorial cartoons can be a tough sell these days.
The Comics Reporter is pointing to the comics.com site for “That’s Life” where it has been announced that the strip by Mike Twohy has come to an end. The last current “That?s Life” strip will be on December 3, 2005. Starting on December 4th Comics.com will be re-running the strip starting from the very beginning. […]
There’s been a shake up in newspapers across America. With the end of “That’s Life,” newspaper’s are selecting other panels to take its place. The Northwest Arkansas Times has picked up Reality Check, by Dave Whamond. “Reality Check is a great new addition to our lineup of comics in the Times,” Executive Editor Greg Harton […]
Congrats to a bunch of aspiring cartoonists. From a press release off of Universal Presses web site: Student Cartoonists’ Awards Announced Kansas City, MO (12/05/2005) Four first place winners were selected among many aspiring young cartoonists who participated in the National Scholastic Press Association (NSPA) /Associate Collegiate Press Cartooning (ACP) Awards, co-sponsored by Universal Press […]
Pat Bagley, editorial cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune, will be signing his new book at Ken Sander’s Rare Books on Friday, December 9, at 7pm. Bagley’s book “Clueless George” is available at Amazon books. The last place you’d expect to hear that political cartoonist Pat Bagley got his start is BYU. But there you […]