The Tribune Company is getting criticized from within as Kathleen Parker of the Orlando Sentinel writes that as the parent company is trimming down the newsroom, so goes the soul of the newspaper. She also defends the value of an editorial cartoonist on the staff of a newspaper. If only they would listen. Parker, who […]
Debbie Ridpath Ohi has posted on her blog a review of the National Cartoonist’s Association’s Christmas party in Canada. All party attendees were encouraged to draw something; markers and a stack of paper were provided in a corner of the room. Very cool to see the cartoons accumulate on the wall above the bar (see […]
I’m not sure when this was originally published, but it was an entertaining read. Newsweek’s Educational Program interviewed Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Donald Rumsfeld requested one of my cartoons. I’m not a big fan of Rumsfeld, but for some reason, that doesn’t bother him. He has several of my cartoons hanging […]
The Book Standard has interviewed Jules Feiffer about his book “
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Due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, the Daily Cartoonist will be not publishing (or very infrequently) this weekend.
The UCLA Hammer Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles) have a current exhibition called “Masters of American Comics.”
Slate has a very interesting article/prediction/preview on the intersecting futures of the old and new media. It’s worth the time to read. If you haven’t considered the coming collision, this is a good article to see just how blurred the industries may become. Private Capital’s proposal didn’t kill Google, but it signaled the newspaper industry’s […]
Newsday is the next company to begin a reduction program. I’ll be watching for any hints that Walt Handlesman may be affected. A memo written Friday by Publisher Timothy P. Knight and posted today at the Romenesko Web site at www.poynter.org saves the worst for last, revealing that “as we move through the process of […]
Back when Steve Benson (Arizona Republic) and Pat Bagley (Salt Lake Tribune) were students at Brigham Young University, they frequently created a stir on campus. There is a special feature running about BYU during the 70s with an article about the impact the Bagley and Benson had on their campus. Benson: ?It?s what they call […]
Clay Bennett, president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, has sent a letter to the CEO of Tribune Co. Dennis FitzSimons regarding their letting Michael Ramirez go and not planning to hire another cartoonist. Bennett, an editorial cartoonist with The Christian Science Monitor, added: “There are few journalists in a newsroom who can define […]
The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily news have met their goal of buying out 75 employees so that they won’t have to lay-off anyone. NEW YORK Management at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News apparently reached its buyout goals at the two papers and will not have to resort to layoffs.
The Kansas City Star has a story(free annoying registration required) about the 40th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas Special that will air on December 6. The plot is thin. The pace is slow. The music is decidedly not rock ?n? roll. ?A Charlie Brown Christmas? is a beloved piece of Americana, despite its flaws […]
Everything is being released on DVD and Garfield is releasing it’s 5th and final DVD collection. Two-dozen episodes from the 1993-4 season appear on the three-disc set. The Saturday-morning CBS series was based on the “Garfield” comic by Jim Davis, who is now with Universal Press Syndicate.
I reported this earlier, and the results are in on the amount of money raised by auctioning off Doonsbury artwork. NEW YORK Eight original portraits of “Doonesbury” characters sold for a combined $3,503 in an 11-day eBay auction that ended Saturday. Cartoonist Garry Trudeau donated the signed and framed portraits to Fisher House, which provides […]