If you’re into collecting cartoon memorabilia, you might be interested in this complete collection of buttons. “All of the participating cartoonists were alive and created self-portraits specifically for this button set.” It’s definitely worth a peak. Why don’t cartoonists do something like that today? It’s like having something akin to baseball cards for the cartooning […]
David Fitzsimmons, editorial cartoonist for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, has been awarded the Lee Spirit Award which “recognizes outstanding citizenship and personal commitment to the community and Lee” (Lee being the owner of 58 daily papers across the country). In the past year, he made 118 personal appearances, before crowds as small as […]
For those cartoonists/readers who bemoan the continued existence of comics that survive long after the orginal creator has died, this will not be received as good news: Little Nemo has turned 100 years old. In another effort to goad such readers, may I also remind them that the creator of Little Nemo was born in […]
Peanuts has dominated the Daily Cartoonist postings this last two weeks, but here goes another one: Namco America has announced a deal with United Media to bring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the “Peanuts” gang to mobile starting in Spring 2006. No information was given as to which phones or phone carriers would […]
The Book Standard is running a story that there were not enough “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes” printed to meet the holiday demand. Book retailers are frustrated that Andrews McMeel is not filling all the pre-orders for the collection, but Andrews McMeel maintains that the small print run was an effort to “create a collectible […]
James O. Goldsborough, a former columnist for the The San Diego Union-Tribune makes a claim that editorial cartoonist Steve Breen is living “under daily censorship.” When I left, Steve Breen, the editorial cartoonist, lived under daily censorship. It was not unusual for Breen’s best cartoons, which are syndicated, to run in newspapers around the country […]
Creators Syndicate has picked up on a new feature from John Sherffius, former editorial cartoonist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The feature “Sam and Me” is about a grandfather helping raise his grand-daughter. Link to story
Editor and Publisher is reporting that New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss has launched a new comic panel syndicated by Tribune Media Services. The description of the panel from TMS’s web site reads: Each panel is a sharp and smart look at the paradoxes of life ranging from lust and love to misfortune and bitterness. Bliss […]
Current Events magazine is sponsoring an editorial cartoon contest.. The prize is only $50, so it probably isn’t a contest for professional editorial cartoonists. Perhaps a hungry college cartoonist can take a swing at it. Cartoon must by post marked by October 28.
For those not willing to shell out the $150 for “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes” there is an interesting book review that reveals more about the pre-syndication and early syndication of Calvin and Hobbes.
Gov. Bush has been named Steve Rushing to the Hernando County’s 5th Judicial Circuit judge. While his name probably isn’t known inside ‘toonist circles, this lawyer has published over 300 cartoons. He started drawing “Legal Insanity” during law school. He has had more than 300 published, he said, and three different books of them. They […]
A childrens exhibit of Peanuts can be had at the EdVenture museum in Columbia South Caroline. From the museums web site: Don’t miss EdVenture’s newest blockbuster traveling exhibit, ?Good Grief!? Based upon the cartoons of the late Charles Schulz, ?Good Grief!? uses the trials and tribulations of Charlie Brown and the PEANUTS gang to help […]
The award winning play Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead will get a new run opening on December 15. Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead is written by Bert V. Royal. The take-off on the Charles Schulz comic strip “Peanuts” follows the original gang a decade later as their beloved beagle […]
The Daily Californian ran a story about a lawsuit filed by Jeanne Caldwell against UC Berkeley because their web site has a section that asserts that “most religious denominations find no conflict between their religious doctrine and evolutionary theory…” The section also included a cartoon: The section also includes a cartoon of a priest holding […]
Bad news for Boston Garfield fans. The Boston Globe has dropped the Sunday Garfield feature. This action comes a month after dropping the daily feature. It’s at least the third major-market newspaper to cancel Jim Davis’ cat comic in 2005. The other two were The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. (E&P Online, Oct. 2) and the […]