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AOL's Got... Dear Abby

America's favorite advice columnist, Dear Abby, joins the growing number of well-known Americans telling the world what "You've Got" as p...Read More >

Charles Schulz's 'Peanuts' Was Our Security Blanket

By AMY REEVES, INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY 

12/01/2011

Most people who reach the top of their profession are focused, but few ...Read More >

Stephan Pastis' Larry in Wonderland Hits NYT at #1

From the Daily Cartoonist

Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis’ new collection Read More >

Dear Abby's motto: 'Just answer the question'

Jeanne Phillips started helping her mother with the "Dear Abby" column at the age of 14 as a way of making an allowance. She never thought s...Read More >

Ziggy Creator Tom Wilson Sr. Dead at 80

Tom Wilson Sr., creator of comics page and licensing icon Ziggy, died September 16, 2011, after a long illness. He was 80 years old.

Universal Uclick Joins Efforts to Support Joplin Disaster Relief

Kansas City, Mo. – Universal Uclick has joined the effort to support disaster relief in Joplin, Missouri, in the wake of the EF-5 tornado tha...Read More >

Calling Nat Hentoff a ‘National Treasure,’ The Rutherford Institute Wishes the Freedom Fighting Columnist a Happy 86th Birthday

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- In recognition of Nat Hentoff’s 86th birthday, John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, is calling upon Co...Read More >

Tom Toles is a Chip off the Herblock

By KEACH HAGEY | 4/26/11

Political cartooning might seem like it would fall somewhere between astronaut and rock star in a young man's ...Read More >

Noted Financial Writer Scott Burns Speaks at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at The University of Texas at Austin

AUSTIN, Texas, April 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Scott Burns, recognized as one of the top five most widely read financial writers in the United...Read More >

Briscoe Center Opens "Always Hitting a Nerve," Exhibit of Ben Sargent's Cartoons

AUSTIN, Tx. (April 18, 2011) - "Always Hitting a Nerve: Editorial Cartoons by Ben Sargent," a retrospective exhibit of the 1982 Pulitzer Priz...Read More >

PEANUTS Launches "Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown" With Laughter-Filled Early Screening At The Charles M. Schulz Museum

Bravo TV Host and Executive”and Snoopy Fan Extraordinaire”Andy Cohen Leads a Lively Panel Discussion About the Making of The First Original P...Read More >

Award Winning Journalist, Georgie Anne Geyer is Featured in a New Exhibit

A Northwestern Library exhibit will display materials from Georgie Anne Geyer's upcoming book - Predicting the Unthinkable, Anticipating the ...Read More >

Stuart Carlson runner-up in 2011 National Headliner Awards

Excerpted from a Comics Riff post by Michae Cavna

Dayton Daily News cartoonist Mike Peters is the winner of the 2011 National Headliner...Read More >

Universal Uclick in E&P's "Roundup of High-Tech Suppliers for Newspaper Publishers"

By: Mark Vruno

Published: March 22, 2011 

Universal Uclick provides laughs - and monetization

Universal Uclick (UU) is...Read More >

Scripps Howard Awards Honor Nation's Best 2010 Journalism

CINCINNATI, March 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Scripps Howard Foundation today announced the winners of its annual Scripps Howard Awards, hon...Read More >

Universal Uclick to Offer Award-Winning Comics and Columns through StoryMarket

Kansas City, MO (March 16, 2011) “ Kansas City-based syndication company Universal Uclick has announced an agreement to contribute content to...Read More >

Snoopy Among America's Most Loved Spokescharacters

Excerpted from a Forbes.com article by Jeff Bercovici

Every month E-Poll surveys 1,500 people aged 13 to 49. Respondents are asked whet...Read More >

TOM TOLES: The Post cartoonist wins the 2011 Herblock Prize

By Michael Cavna 

Posted on March 2, 2011

The Herblock Prize is staying in town.

A year after Politico's Matt Wuer...Read More >

PREVIEW: Kaboom!'s All New PEANUTS OGN: Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown

by Paul Montgomery

Posted on February 28, 2011

John Lennon and Charles Schulz had very different ideas about happiness. 

On the grid: Home cooking on a budget starts with pen and paper

By Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy, Special to Tribune Newspapers

February 23, 2011

If cooking is mostly planning, as food author Ruth R...Read More >

Cookbook can take the pain out of planning

BY JOE BONWICH for STLTODAY.com

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Susan Nicholson understands reluctant and otherwise kitchen-averse c...Read More >