Bilbao Smurfs Statues for 50th Birthday

It's Smurfday in town! What else is three apples tall with a white hat, short tail and blue all over? Almost anyone from these last 3 generations can quickly tell you the answer. The Smurfs, those little cartoon...

Turkey Cartoonist Could Get 2 Years

A Turkey cartoonist who insulted a supreme court prosecutor in a cartoon has been indicted for that cartoon.  If convicted, he could spend two years in prision." A cartoonist in Turkey has been indicted for insulting a supreme court prosecutor in a cartoon that was...

'The Cartoon Must Not Be Used Against Muslims as a Whole'

" Prophet Muhammad with a time bomb in his turban: That is how the film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders begins. The Danish cartoonist responsible for the drawing explains to Spiegel Online why he wants his drawing...

Dutch 'must show' anti-Islam film

"The Danish cartoonist behind drawings satirising the Prophet Muhammad has urged a Dutch lawmaker to air an anti-Islam film despite Muslim outrage. Kurt Westergaard said MP Geert Wilders should show his film, despite government warnings that this would damage Dutch...

Arrests over alleged plot to murder cartoonist

"Police in Denmark have arrested a number of people suspected of plotting to kill one of the cartoonists whose depiction of the Prophet Mohammed sparked anger across the Muslim world. The arrests were made in the town of Aarhus on the Jutland peninsula. Jyllands-Posten, the...

German New Comics

" Germany launches comic book on Holocaust.   I quote..”New book part of effort to combat anti-semitism in Germany, which has a rapidly growing Jewish community”..”Created by the Dutch cartoonist Eric...

Happy 50th Birthday, Smurfs!

In honour of every Pitufo, Schlumpf, Nam Ching Ling, Sumafa, and Dardassim, let us eat smurfberry cake!  Mmmmm....smurfberries..."The Smurfs — led by Papa Smurf and Smurfette — kicked off a year of 50th...

Ex-Mormon Cartoonist Says Romney Not Telling Truth

"NEW YORK As an ex-Mormon, Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson has strong opinions about current Mormon Mitt Romney. He said the Republican candidate's recent speech on religion should not be trusted by media people and other Americans."

Qaeda puts bounties on heads of Swedes in cartoon row

"Qaeda puts bounties on heads of Swedes in cartoon row AFP AFP - 14 minutes ago DUBAI (AFP) - An Al-Qaeda front organization in Iraq has offered rewards to anyone who kills two Swedes behind a cartoon depicting the...

The original LOL cats: 2-D art alive and well on the web

Being a traditional, ink-and-paper 2-D cartoonist in a 3-D digital world is a tough gig. Those who survive do so because they know how to promote themselves, and use the viral, crowd-motivated nature of the net to...

Can reporters act like citizens in the US?

A recent story about where 143 journalists' political contributions went, got at least three of them fired or dropped from client papers. In a media world where transparency is a by-product of the whole blogs, search, connected, networked communication process, does this make...

Plea deal reached in El Nuevo standoff

This is the guy who made dozens of Miami Herald employees wish they stayed home the day after Thanksgiving.  "The man who barricaded himself inside the newsroom of El Nuevo Herald in November pleaded no contest to assault and burglary charges and received two years of...

Iwao Takamoto, cartoonist who created Scooby-Doo, dies at 81

"Iwao Takamoto, the animator who created the beloved Scooby-Doo and directed the cartoon classic Charlotte's Web, has died. He was 81. Takamoto died Monday of heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Warner...

Green Latern and Doughboy

"Martin Nodell, the creator of Green Lantern, the comic book superhero who uses his magical ring to help him fight crime, has died. He was 91. The first Green Lantern appearance came in July 1940, an eight-page story in a comic book also featuring other characters. The...

It’s Your Birthday Charlie Brown

"It’s the birthday of cartoonist Charles Schulz, born in St. Paul, Minnesota (1922). He was the only son of a St. Paul barber, and the family was extremely poor. Schulz said, “We used to eat pancakes all...

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