The Cleveland Plain Dealer is getting into the new Japanese logic puzzle Sudoku. To make room for the new feature, they’re dropping Agnes by Tony Cochran.

According to Editor and Publisher, Ted Rall will have a weekly radio program in the San Francisco Bay area. Show airs starting on the 13th.

Two Manga comic strips will be syndicated though Universal Press. Manga is a Japanese story-telling/drawing style that is becoming more and more popular in the United States. “We thought if teens and young kids are reading manga, then why don’t we get something in the paper that teens want to read?” said John Glynn, vice […]

The University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication is celebrating and examining the first amendment of the U.S. Constitution and will include speeches, discussions and presentations – including a speech by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Marlette. Link Update: The Norman Transcript has a write up on the speech.

Pat Bagley, editorial cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune, is an institution in the state of Utah. He’ll be speaking at U?s Women?s Club (University of Utah) on November 14th. Join them for a fun-filled afternoon with Utah cartoonist, Pat Bagley, the Salt Lake Tribune?s award-winning editorial cartoonist, author and humorist, specializing in all things […]

The Detroit News reports that they began a trial run of Classic Peanuts in their line up and requested feedback as to whether it should stay or go. It stays. We must have been blockheads to think the answer would have been different.

Some liked it: Welcome to The Boondocks, the most hilarious new show anywhere on the cable spectrum – and the show that saves Adult Swim from a season of uninspired, poorly-drawn premieres. Some didn’t: But why pay so much attention to one word? Sadly, because it’s the most interesting thing The Boondocks animated show brings […]

The Boston Globe has a quick write up on the use of cartoons (animated or otherwise) in political campaigns. The mention the NY City Mayors race as well as the California 2006 governor’s election.

Signe is celebrating 20 years at the Philidelphia Daily News. To commemorate, a sample of her cartoons will be shown at the University of the Arts November 9th through December 5th. The Exhibit is called “real wars and culture wars in Philadelphia and the world beyond” For more information: Hamilton Hall, 320 South Broad Street. […]

Ted Rall gave a presentation to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on the topic of “The Slow-Motion Suicide of the American Empire.”  A report of his speach has been posted on the Daily Illini web site. “The purpose of these presentations is mainly to get people to think for themselves,” Rall said. “I want […]

Garfield will be the subject of a new series on Animal Planet: Animal Icons, a new series on Animal Planet (Astro Channel 51), takes an up-close and personal look at the feisty feline who has clawed his way to become the number one comic strip, television star and big screen celebrity. This episode premières on […]

A series of retro t-shirts are being sold to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Peanuts. The new Vintage Peanuts line spotlights Charles Schulz’s beloved characters Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Woodstock and more as they appeared in the 1960s — a time when Schulz and the strip were at the height of their popularity. Once again, […]

Jan Eliot, creator of Stone Soup, will speak today at the University of Oregon on her career in the comics. During the seminar, Eliot plans to explore how the funny pages have evolved over the past 100 years, why there aren?t many women in the comics business and what it takes to be a syndicated […]

James Casciari’s editorial cartoon on Tuesday came with an audio track. Not quite up to Fiore’s standards, but it’s good to shake things up regardless.

Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith talks about the influence of Charles Schulz on his work (scroll down to bottom of page). The article above Bill’s Q&A is a piece on the impact of the Peanuts comic strip.