Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Mike Thompson (USAT) provides a good starting point. The past four years have indeed been a time when a lot of us have begun each morning with “What’s he done now?” Which would simply be pessimism if our news feeds hadn’t so often produced an answer that, too many times, reinforced that “crushing sense of…
We’ll start the day with Steve Sack‘s commentary on working at home, because he acknowledges the challenge without going overboard. With about half my career having been freelance, I’ve worked at home both with kids under foot and after they were long gone, and I do recognize the fact that my deadlines have been far…
It’s been a while since Sir Stewart has made an appearance in Alex, but then it had been a while since Warren Buffett made an appearance and here they both are, Sir Stewart tanking a fictional financial company while Buffett walks away from newspapers, having sold the Buffalo News and his other newspaper holdings to…
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: The powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. — Romans 13, 1-2 Ann Telnaes summons the ghost of Thomas…
Gary Varvel offers a thought-provoking idea, though his own opinion isn’t particularly clear here. The original Tea Party was protesting taxation (as does the current Tea Party, if it exists anymore) but it was tangled up in a whole lot of issues, including, but not limited to, a lack of representation in Parliament. England hardly…
I’ll admit to having been sucked in completely by this Alex, because, while everyone in the strip is contemptible on some level, Clive had been painted as the victim in this ongoing divorce thread. For all the comical excesses of the characters, part of what makes this strip work is their lifelike nature, and I…
Let’s start with the fun stuff and move to other topics later, and here’s a Brevity that doesn’t call for any commentary except to note that, while Dan Thompson is the best punster on the funny pages, this is over-the-top even for him, not simply making the pun but logically drawing in the lyrics that…
The Wisconsin based Beloit Daily News pulled a recent Non Sequitur cartoon that featured a hen with a KKK hood, who according to the punch-line “only lays white eggs.” The paper pulled the feature from the November 24th paper decided to make the drop permanent. The editor goes on to quote many responses to the…
The Salt Lake Tribune has announced that it will begin to run five new strips on a trial basis for the next two weeks after which they will evaluate which ones should be made permanent. The five trial features include: The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee, The Pajama Diaries, Rhymes With Orange, Flo & Friends,…
Universal Press and Lulu.com are now offering more titles for their print-on-demand partnership service. In addition to PreTeena, The Fusco Brothers and Clear Blue Water, comic fans can also order A Boatload of Louis by Overboard creator Chip Dunham, and Betty Dubnam’s Mini Page children’s feature.
A couple of funny page updates. The Crescent-News is starting to use the guest comic slot to tryout new features. First up for July and August is Brian Crane’s Pickles. The Edmonton Sun has added Six Chix, Pajama Diaries, and Dog Eat Doug to their line-up . The Press-Telegram has added 13 comics to a…
The Orange County Register recently took a poll with nearly 3,000 respondents to come up with the best and worst comics on the funny pages (of the OCR). The top honors go to “For Better or for Worse” by Lynn Johnston “Luann” by Greg Evans, “Foxtrot” by Bill Amend “Peanuts” by Charles M. Schulz and…
The Detroit Free Press announced over the weekend that they were launching a new and improved features section called “Life.” In passing they mention… You’ll find some other changes in Monday’s paper, including a new comics lineup, a new page with more puzzles and a fresh new focus for The List! — metro Detroit’s best…
Some time back I posted a story regarding Rob Harrell’s eye surgery and how many Universal Press cartoonists stepped in to draw the strip during Rob’s recovery. The story received some great press and Tuesday it was featured on CBS News. You can see the video segment from CBS News web site. Props go out…