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Pat Bagley promotes his new book

The Park Record (Park City Utah) has announced two book signings with editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley (Salt Lake Tribune). His new book is titled “Curious George goes to war”. Bagley’s book follows George, a monkey and the President, who, at the urging of The Man, his overseer, launches a war against Saddam Hussein. Pat’s book […]

Sri Lankan cartoonist attacked

While I think Michael Ramirez and David Simpson are having a bad week, at least they don’t have to worry about being physically attacked. Nov 14, Colombo: Police suspect members of the JVP in the attack on well-known cartoonist Dasa Hapuwalana. Hapuwalana, a cartoonist who works for the Sinhala daily Lankadeepa, was attacked in his […]

Several newspaper (ram)sacks newsroom

A few stories across the U.S. on newspapers cutting staff to keep competitive (read: maintain profit margins). San Jose Mercury News Avoids Layoffs As It Cuts 52 Newsroom Jobs The Sun to Offer Buyouts to 75 Employees Methinks this might not be the best time to send in a resume and portfolio at these papers.

Dave Granlund publishes first collection of cartoons

Editorial cartoonist, Dave Grunland, is publishing a collection of his cartoons that he’s drawn for the Metro West Daily News for the last 3 decades. For the first time, Granlund’s work has been collected in a full-length book that features 300 black-and-white cartoons and 32 pages of color cartoons. “Dave Granlund, Editorial Cartoonist: Pulling It […]

Doonesbury Q&A

The Hartford Curant has a Q&A session with Garry Trudeau. He and his wife, Jane Pauley, are the honorary chairmen of the Annual Fall Gala of the Mark Twain House and Museum. Trudeau spoke about his strip – which debuted in 1970, won the first Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1975, appears in about […]

Rare Jim Davis Show Featuring Signed Artwork

If your a comic collector, you may want to visit the Hallmark Galleries in La Jolla California. LA JOLLA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 11, 2005–Jim Davis, the creator of the world’s most famous cat, Garfield, will have an art show of one-of-a-kind signed works at the Hallmark Galleries in La Jolla, California, 1162 Prospect Street. A wide […]

Stone Soup to celebrate 10 years in syndication

Congrats to Jan Elliot. The 10 year mark happens November 20. “I try to create a comic strip that respects non-traditional family situations, that has empathy for imperfect people, that has empathy for people with less than enough money and less than enough time and sometimes less than enough patience,” Eliot says from her home […]

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