This is a sad commentary on old media !

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December 7, 2008

Cagle Facebook Fan Page

Thanks to my fan, Hannah VanNoorloos, for putting up a Facebook fan page for me, and for letting me know that such a thing existed. I’m clueless about these things. I uploaded a batch of cartoons to the page including some that I usually show when I give a talk, that show how I go from sketch, to line art to color on cartoons, called “How to Draw Like Daryl.” Come take a look and “be a fan.”

Duffy Disses Gannett on TV

In the YouTube video below, Brian Duffy, who was recently laid off from the Des Moines Register, talks about about getting the boot on a local television interview. Thanks to Rob Tornoe for the link.

December 3, 2008

Brian Duffy Laid off From the Des Moines Register

I was sorry to read that Brian Duffy was laid off today. Brian was famous for being one of only two cartoonists in the nation who’s cartoon appeared on the front page of the newspaper every day (the other is Corky Trinidad). Our condolences go out to Brian, who is an excellent cartoonist and we apprciate his contributions to our site. See Brian’s cartoon archive here.

December 2, 2008

Funny Times Editor, George Cratcha has Died

I’m sorry to write that George Cratcha, the editor of the Funny Times, the newspaper tabloid monthly, has died. George got to know the editorial cartoonists by coming to the AAEC conventions and kept in touch with scores of cartoonists that he published. The Funny Times runs a wide selection of editorial cartoons every month and is on all the editorial cartoonists e-mail lists for pay per use cartoon sales.

George was the manager (he loved to call himself the mangler) of Funny Times for over 14 years. His emails always had his title as mangler too. The owner of Funny Times is Ray Lesser who started the publication over 20 years ago.

George died unexpectedly in September. He was only 53 years old and everyone close to him is still in shock. George leaves behind his two teenage sons, Andrew, 16 and Tyler, 18. A small notice of George’s passing ran in the Funny Times, but I guess we all missed it.

Sandee, the new editor at the Funny Times, is doing George’s job for now and she tells us that the whole staff is missing him, saying “George was really gregarious and funny and lived life in a big way. He made working at the publication a lot of fun.”

November 30, 2008

More Cartoonist Layoffs

I haven’t updated the cartoonist job loss rolls recently. The most recent full time cartoonists to get pink slips are: Erick Devericks, the talented, young cartoonist for the Seattle Times, who has been a long time contributor to our site (see Erik’s cartoons here) and Steve Greenberg, my cartoonist buddy who drew for the Ventura Star and is also a contributor to our site (see Steve’s cartoons here). Erick and Steve will continue to freelance cartoons and will continue on our site, although they won’t be drawing cartoons as frequently. The third notable cartoonist to lose his job is Lee Judge, the long time cartoonist for the Kansas City Star. Our condolences go out to all three.

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