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NEWS ABOUT: comic strips

comic strips stories: 5 news summaries

Schroeder 'Played' Real Beethoven 

Schulz's love of classical music came through in comic

Jan 14, 09 5:39 AM CST
(Newser) - The written notes that rose over Schroeder's piano weren't just doodles, scholars studying Peanuts tell the New York Times. Charles Schulz loved classical music as much as his Beethoven-obsessed character and carefully transcribed notes from real Beethoven scores to provide a soundtrack for every comic strip in which Schroeder was... More »

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classical music • Peanuts • comic strips • Charles Schulz • Beethoven

Comically Simple Ploy Pays Big for Kansas Candidate

Cartoon brings flood of donation, but Dem's bid for state legislature hardly done deal

Jul 28, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A cash-strapped candidate for the Kansas legislature has turned around his fortunes in the flash of a few thousand mouse-clicks: Before circulating sassy online cartoon strips, Sean Tevis had $1,525 in his campaign coffers; in less than two weeks, he’s raised nearly $100,000 more. The episode is... More »

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social networking • Internet • Kansas • campaign fundraising • social conservatives • personal privacy • comic strips • Sean Tevis

Beetle Bailey
Finds New
Barracks

Creator Mort Walker's Cartoon Museum is Ohio-bound

Jul 16, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the world's biggest collections of cartoon art has found a new home at Ohio State University, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Beetle Bailey" creator Mort Walker amassed more than 200,000 pieces of cartoon art during his 7 decades in the business but had to move his... More »

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cartoon • art collector • cartoonist • Ohio State University • comic strips • cartoon characters

'Dilbert' Mocks Comic Strip Firing

Posted cartoon called bosses 'drunken lemurs'

Feb 23, 08 8:54 AM CST
(Newser) - What came first: the comic strip mocking the office, or the office emulating the comic? Both, in the case of one Iowa casino that fired a man for posting a "Dilbert" cartoon comparing management to "drunken lemurs," the Des Moines Register reports. This week, cartoonist Scott Adams... More »

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Iowa • casino • unemployment benefits • civil lawsuits • Dilbert • Scott Adams • comic strips

Comic Artists Plan Black and White Protest

'Minority' strips not interchangeable, say fed-up cartoonists

Feb 6, 08 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Sick of seeing colleagues turned down by newspapers that already have their fill of cartoons depicting minorities, artists of color are planning a draw-in Sunday, the Washington Post reports. The minds behind strips like "Candorville," "Herb and Jamaal," and "Cafe con Leche" will wield their... More »

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cartoonist • minorities • comic strips

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