Plans to erect a statue in memory of famous cartoon character Andy Capp are pressing ahead after the idea was backed in a poll.

Garry Trudeau, the award-winning creator of the Doonesbury cartoon strip, stopped by the Pentagon to visit with wounded servicemembers and to sign his latest book. According to the story, Trudeau will be launching a military blog on doonesbury.com on October 8 and will feature entries from servicemembers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

According to the Editor and Publisher, fellow cartoonists Willey Miller, Darrin Bell, Houston Chronicle editor Jeff Cohen, and Chicago Tribune associate managing editor Geoff Brown all weigh in on Aaron McGruder’s decision to not continue with “The Boondocks.”

Wiley Miller, whose comic strip â??Non Sequiturâ? is distributed by Universal Press, is releasing a new illustrated childrenâ??s book called The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Basil.

“Funky Winkerbean” creator Tom Batiuk’s own fight with cancer triggered a story line in which character Lisa Moore has her cancer return. The 59-year-old Batiuk was diagnosed with prostate cancer three years ago.

The St. Petersburg Times in Florida is looking to add a full-time editorial cartoonist to its staff, according to the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. The Times has been without a staff cartoonist since Don Addis retired in 2004.

Aaron McGruder, who in February put his strip “The Boondocks” on what was supposed to be a six-month hiatus, has not decided when, or if, he will return to the newspapers. According to an article from Editor & Publisher, Universal President Lee Salem said “it was obvious that Aaron would not be able to meet […]

The Charlotte Observer interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Doug Marlette about his latest novel and the power (or lack thereof) of today’s editorial cartoons.

Actually one columnist’s thoughts on what another columnist had to say about the decline of the comics page, brought to his attention by “Berry’s World” creator Jim Berry.

Chris Britt of the The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Illinois won first place for editorial cartoon in the latest Illinois Press Association competition.

According to Editor & Publisher, Dean Miller, executive editor of The Post Register in Idaho Falls, sent a letter to King Features Syndicate saying the existence of King’s DailyINK online service may mean King “places little value on syndication fees.” And he wondered if the syndicate should start paying newspapers to run comics.

Steve Moore’s movie, “Open Season,” wasn’t intentionally planned to open up in the fall around the time of traditional hunting season, but sometimes timing is everything in the entertainment industry.  Steve ought to know that. In many ways, his entertainment career has been aided by providential good timing since the day he decided to take a swing at cartooning. His “In the Bleachers” submission landed on the editors desk at Tribune Media at the same time another sports cartoon was ending. Pitching the movie idea for “Open Season” to Sony Pictures came at a time when they were just opening their animation studio and were hungry for a great movie project.

After posting a much discussed (positively) slideshow on how the For Better or For Worse is created, Lynn Johnston’s staff has posted Funny Faces – a kids matching game.

Perhaps telling stories comes naturally for natives of the Magnolia State because the storytelling material there is as rich and deep as the topsoil that covers the broad expanse of the Delta.In his second novel, “Magic Time,” Doug Marlette shows that he knows a good Mississippi story when he sees one.  He also weaves the best details of each little story into a single big one, demonstrating a grasp of the cultural mind-set of the state as well the conflicts it can impose on its inhabitants and expatriates.As I’ve reported before, this is Doug’s second fictional novel.

Those of you who read BorgBlog regularly, know that it offers a rich variety of Jim�s sketches, thought processes and comments that don�t appear in print.  Even most of his print cartoons now appear in the blog long before they ever go on the press.Check out the complete list at http://www.cyberjournalist.net/news/003723.php.