'World of Wonder' Hits 10-Year Mark in Syndication
Award-winning graphic journalist Laurie Triefeldt's weekly World of Wonder feature marks a decade in syndication on September 4. The full-color illustrated page from United Media's United Feature Syndicate brings the realms of history, science, nature and technology to young and adult readers of 80 newspapers worldwide. World of Wonder ranges over subjects as varied as storms, castles, bugs, magnets and Vikings.
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September 02, 2010
Syndicated Business Model Takes Cue from Free Internet Content
Newspapers have taken a drubbing from the vast array of free content available on the Internet, but now a variety of syndicates offering free content has developed to help cost-minded publications embrace “free” and use it to their advantage.
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September 01, 2010
Famed Illustrator Randall Enos Joins Cagle Cartoons
Longtime illustrator Randall Enos, whose work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New Yorker and National Lampoon, among other publications, is moving into the realm of political cartoons — and Daryl Cagle’s got him.
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August 31, 2010
Mort Walker Still Going Strong as 'Beetle Bailey' Turns 60
Beetle Bailey is slouching toward retirement age, but the lazy Army private won't be getting rest anytime soon from his tour of duty on newspaper comics pages. The indolent wise guy, whose popularity soared when he enlisted during the Korean War, turns 60 on Saturday.
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August 30, 2010
'Frazz' Cartoonist Mallett Readies for Triathlon Weekend
Award-winning, nationally syndicated cartoonist Mallett, who creates the comic strip “Frazz” for United Media, will participate in the Lifetime Chicago Triathlon Triple Challenge and will meet fans and fellow triathletes at two autographing events. The Triple Challenge features the Fleet Feet Sports Supersprint Triathlon on Saturday and the Sprint and International-distance races on Sunday.
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August 26, 2010
Daryl Cagle Rails Against Director of National Intel
America’s new director of national intelligence, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper, has his work cut out for him in unifying all of the United States’ intelligence-gathering agencies — and on top of that, he already has at least one editorial cartoonist pretty steamed at him.
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August 26, 2010
‘Today’s Dogg’ Strip Bows on Comics.com
Monday saw the tail-wagging debut of “Today’s Dogg,” a new comic by cartoonist Guy Gilchrist. Ideal for pet lovers, “Today’s Dogg” is a daily single-panel comic showcasing pooch antics, with the occasional cat or human cameo.
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August 17, 2010
"Cathy" Comic Strip to End in Early October
Cathy Guisewite will end her long-running, widely published "Cathy" comic strip in October, Universal Uclick has announced. The syndicate said the final daily strip will run Oct. 2, with the final Sunday strip running the next day. Guisewite looks to spend more time with family and pursue other creative activities. The character, who has run since 1976, grew out of drawings Guisewite sent her mother, who encouraged her to create a comic strip.
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August 12, 2010
Civil Rights Exhibition Featuring Herblock Cartoons Opens in Illinois
The Evansville African American Museum today opens “The Long March,” a traveling exhibition focusing on civil rights struggles in the United States that features 20 panels of cartoons, text and photographs about the work of famed Washington Post political cartoonist Herb Block.
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August 03, 2010
For Ted Rall, it's Back to Afghanistan
After raising $26K for the venture, cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Ted Rall will be traveling back to Afghanistan this month to “see what has changed and how life is going for Afghans, especially those in the remote provinces in the southwest where Western reporters never venture.”
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August 01, 2010
Syndicated Quadriplegic Cartoonist John Callahan, dead at 59
John Callahan, a Portland, Ore., cartoonist and musician, has died at age 59. Callahan was best known for cartoons that stepped beyond the boundaries of political correctness and have appeared in nearly 100 newspapers and magazines.
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July 28, 2010
Editorial Cartoonist Ariail Lands New Gig
The editorial cartoonist has become something of an endangered species these days, but one newspaper in South Carolina is bucking the industry trend of shedding its cartoonists and actually adding cartoons to its offerings.
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July 27, 2010
'Arlo & Janis’ Turns 25
“Arlo & Janis,” the comic strip that began as the chronicle of a Baby Boomer couple and its young family, turns 25 on Thursday July 29. To mark the occasion, writer and artist Jimmy Johnson is re-running some vintage strips during the week in print and online, with commentary included at his Web site.
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July 26, 2010
Steve Breen Creates Editorial Cartoons with BP Oil from Spill
The Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill has been a target of editorial cartoonists for weeks now, but San Diego Union-Tribune/Creators Syndicate Editorial Cartoonist Steve Breen has taken his artistic criticism of the subject a step further. Breen has created five cartoons painted with actual oil from the spill.
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July 21, 2010