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Tom Richmond opines on MAD’s new quarterly status
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As promised, MAD Magazine artist Tom Richmond has posted a lengthy and insightful article on the recent announcement that MAD Magazine was dropping to a quarterly after this April.MAD’s real problem is one they cannot avoid… they are a magazine. Name me a single magazine, outside tabloid trash
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Magazine market dropping the use of cartoons
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Last week came news of several papers in the alt-newspaper market that were temporarily suspending buying syndicated cartoons. Mike Lynch reports that several magazines have stopped buying cartoons, reduced their payout or started buying Cartoonbank cartoons. Specifically he mentions First for Women, Good
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MAD to drop to quarterly magazine
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Newsarama is reporting that MAD magazine will drop from a monthly magazine to quarterly after it’s April edition. According to Newsarama the magazine will expand to 56 pages from 48. Also announced that MAD kids and Mad Classics will be discontinued.MAD editor John Ficarra is reportedly quoted as saying
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Review: Stay Tooned Magazine #3
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John Read’s third Stay Tooned! magazine is now shipping. I received mine a week ago and am continuously amazed at all of the hard work John puts into it. This issue has a great line up featuring Chad Carpenter (Tundra), magazine gag cartoonist Benita Epstein, freelance Nebraska cartoonist Paul Fell,
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United to launch Freshly Squeezed by Ed Stein
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Former Rocky Mountain News editorial cartoonist Ed Stein is launching a new comic strip through United Media on September 20. The new strip, entitled Freshly Squeezed, is a close spin-off from Denver Square, the local daily comic strip that Ed produced for the Rocky Mountain News for 11 years ending in 2008.
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Legend of Bill now in print from Th3rd World
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David Reddick’s webcomic Legend of Bill has been published in a 48-page comic book and is available now from Th3rd World Publishing in both an Artist Edition and Regular Edition. The comic is also now a regular feature in Renaissance Magazine (bi-monthly) and Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine
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News Briefs for January 6, 2009
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» Magazine cartoonist Mark Anderson has relaunched his site with new features.» Jason Killingsworth writes in Paste Magazine the five reasons he still loves Calvin and Hobbes.» Lynn Johnston creates five cartoon thank you cards for med students to give to their patience whom they practice
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How Pixar Hires
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Randy Nelson, head of the in-house Pixar University, gives a 10-minute talk that offers insight into character traits the studio looks for when it hires employees. One of the primary factors is to hire people who are interested rather than interesting. Also, collaboration does not simply mean cooperation, but
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FAQs about opening TDC to others
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Q1. Who can post stories on the blog?A1. Anyone can write for the blog. You must register and use your full name when posting comments or blog posts.Q2. Are we restricted on what we can write about?A2. Submissions must be related to cartooning, whether that be print, web, animation, etc. I will be fact
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Richard Thompson draws next Stay Tooned! cover
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Just received news from John Read, of Stay Tooned! magazine, that Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson will be the featured cover artist for Issue 3 (see cover above). Richard will be one of the featured cartoonists in the magazine as will Chad Carpenter, Benita Epstein, Jim Scancarelli, Mike Witmer, plus Paul
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