"The Best of Adrian Raeside: A Treasury of B.C. Cartoons"

A review in The Victoria Times-Colonist:

"Stripped" on iTunes

The documentary Stripped, which covers the past, present and future of comic strips, looking at how they are affected by the digital age, has been released on iTunes.

There’s more at Boingboing, which gives it a thumbs up. And the creators of the film discuss the survival of strips in a Q&A here.

The work of killed AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus - in pictures

From The Guardian.

Photographer Anja Niedringhaus in Rome in 2005. Photograph: Peter Dejong/AP

Pulitzer prize-winning photographer Anja Niedringhaus has been shot dead in Afghanistan's violent east while covering preparations for the presidential election. A frequent contributor to the Guardian, here is a retrospective of her work, from the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan to the London 2012 Olympics.

Signe Wilkinson Named in Defamation Suit

From The Daily Cartoonist.

Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson was among several individuals connected to the Philadelphia newspapers named in a defamation suit filed by Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery and his wife Lise Rapaport who allege the paper conducted a smear campaign. The suit mentions a specific Signe cartoon satirizing the couple.

The 2013 divisional nominees for the 68th Annual NCS Reuben Awards

From the National Cartoonists Society website.
Here are the finalists in the Editorial Cartoon category:

Clay Bennett, The Chattanooga Times Free Press

National Cartoonists Society's 68th Annual Reuben Awards

Alan Gardner in The Daily Cartoonist.

The National Cartoonist Society has announced the line-up of speakers for the upcoming Reuben Awards weekend. Also announced is a return of the NCS A.C.E. Award (Amateur Cartoonist Extraordinaire) given to a notable individual who aspired to be a cartoonist but became famous by other means. This year’s A.C.E. recipient is “Weird Al” Yankovic. Past recipients include: Carol Burnett, Jonathan Winters, Jackie Gleason, Orson Bean, Ginger Rogers, Al Roker, Denis Leary and Morley Safer.

Here’s the run-down on the speakers as posted on the NCS website:

I Wish I'd Drawn… (28)

... this wonderful cartoon by Dan Murphy.

While we're on the subject of the Conservatives, this one by David Parkins in Monday's Globe & Mail: