Drew Litton, the former sports cartoonist at the non-defunct Rocky Mountain News, has been picked up by The Chicago Tribune to provide local sports cartoons as part of their retooled sports section named ‘Chicago Sports.’

The State is reporting that its award-winning editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail is resigning effective Friday from South Carolina newspaper
Ariail, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1995 and 2000, turned down a part-time job that had been offered in the wake of cost-cutting measures taken by the paper’s parent, The McClatchy Company.
Last week, the paper laid off [...]

Check out this Kim Jong Il bobblehead by Cul de Sac cartoonist Richard Thompson.
Former Ventura County Star editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg thinks he might be the kiss of death for art/cartoon jobs.
Sad news as Rod Gilchrist, the Executive Director of the Cartoon Art Museum, died of brain cancer on Feb. 26 at his San [...]

DrewLitton.com
Former Rocky Mountain News cartoonist Drew Litton is trekking on with his cartoons, posting them on his new website. “It’s so great to have this Web site to continue to bring you my cartoons,” writes Litton.
Daryl Cagle - Litton’s Final Cartoon.

The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado’s oldest newspaper founded in 1859, will close its doors and publish its last issue on Friday, February 27.
“Today the Rocky Mountain News, long the leading voice in Denver, becomes a victim of changing times in our industry and huge economic challenges,” Rich Boehne, chief executive officer of Scripps Howard, said [...]

Drew Litton, the sports cartoonist for The Rocky Mountain News, weighs in at I Want My Rocky about the potential demise of the venerable Denver daily newspaper that he has worked for over 25 years:
The Rocky Mountain News is more than just a newspaper. It is a valuable piece of history. It’s a testament to [...]