Michael Cavna

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Washington, D.C.
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‘HERBLOCK’ FILM: ‘Black & the White’ docu lands deal, airdates with HBO

‘The Black & the White’ film about The Post’s political cartooning legend will debut Jan. 27.

Thu Oct 31 21:43:40 UTC 2013

POST DROPS ‘GET FUZZY’: How high the tolerance for comic-strip reruns?

POST DROPS ‘GET FUZZY’: Darby Conley’s strip raises question: What’s reader tolerance for comic reruns?

Thu Oct 31 03:21:16 UTC 2013

POST ADDS NEW COMIC STRIP: Welcome to the world of ‘Wumo’

Post alters its print comics lineup: The popular Danish strip ‘Wumo’ is in — and ‘Get Fuzzy’ is out.

Wed Oct 30 03:29:00 UTC 2013

‘IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN’: 7 Things You Don’t Know About Thursday’s ‘Peanuts’ Special

‘IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN’: 7 Things You Don’t Know About ‘Peanuts’ Special

Tue Oct 29 03:40:32 UTC 2013

Best Books of 2013: Judd Apatow leads celebs who go ‘Inside MAD’

Best Books of 2013: Celebrities, creators pick their favorites for twisted new ‘Inside MAD’ anthology.

Mon Oct 28 03:32:22 UTC 2013

Best Books of 2013: Junot Diaz & Jaime Hernandez team up deftly on deluxe illustrated ‘This Is How You Lose Her’

Best Books of 2013: Junot Diaz and Jaime Hernandez on their new illustrated ‘This Is How You Lose Her’

Thu Oct 24 18:35:40 UTC 2013

BEST BOOKS OF 2013: Artist Nate Powell’s collaborative memoir ‘March’

BEST BOOKS OF 2013: How artist Nate Powell helps tell John Lewis’s compelling civil-rights story, ‘March.’

Tue Oct 22 03:59:10 UTC 2013

Mark Twain Prize gets its right with award to Carol Burnett

The pioneering comedienne was honored in a heart-warming ceremony at the Kennedy Center.

Mon Oct 21 20:08:24 UTC 2013

Thompson-Watterson two-man show

‘Calvin and Hobbes’ and ‘Cul de Sac’ creators ‘happy’ to share OSU’s new galleries; dates just announced.

Wed Oct 16 21:36:42 UTC 2013

‘SUPERHEROES’: Filmmakers on tonight’s PBS docu

‘SUPERHEROES’: Filmmakers aim to hold mirror up to American culture in tonight’s PBS documentary.

Tue Oct 15 16:52:17 UTC 2013

PBS’ ‘Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle’ shows comics as uniquely American stories

A PBS documentary takes an in-depth look at the creators of heroes who still capture imaginations

Tue Oct 15 00:06:11 UTC 2013

Akram Raslan: Rights group clarifies report that Syrian political cartoonist was executed

Akram Raslan: Cartoonists Rights Network clarifies report that Syrian political cartoonist was executed.

Mon Oct 14 03:11:47 UTC 2013

Viral ‘I Quit’ video creator wins over Queen Latifah, holds out for Kanye

Producer who quit Taiwan-based Next Media Animation with viral video considers Queen Latifah’s job offer.

Tue Oct 08 17:24:57 UTC 2013

JEFF SMITH: Why the bestselling ‘Bone’ creator is a great addition to CBLDF board

Jeff Smith says Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is needed to protect creators — and consumers.

Fri Oct 04 16:58:10 UTC 2013

SHUTDOWN 2013: Eight Cartoons Take Aim at an On-Hold Washington

Shutdown 2013: Political cartoonists take aim at both sides of Congress amid a furloughed Washington.

Tue Oct 01 15:21:01 UTC 2013

YOSEMITE: As government shuts down, Google marks anniversary of national park you suddenly cannot see

Google Doodle celebrates a national treasure that as of today, because of federal shutdown, you cannot go see.

Tue Oct 01 11:50:00 UTC 2013

Interactive piñata Doodle celebrates Google’s 15th birthday

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Fri Sep 27 12:15:00 UTC 2013

Whither Burton Durand’s ‘Horse’ webcomic?

Would-be spambot Horse_eBooks was unmasked. So what happens to Burton Durand’s ‘spinoff’ webcomic?

Fri Sep 27 03:49:13 UTC 2013

Popular @Horse_ebooks inspired a webcomic that has just lost its comedic engine



Wed Sep 25 16:17:00 UTC 2013

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL: Lynda Barry on the 20 Stages of Reading

NATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL 2013: Wonderful new Lynda Barry comic illustrates the ‘20 stages of reading.’

Fri Sep 20 16:16:32 UTC 2013
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About Michael

Writer-artist-recovering-syndicated-cartoonist Michael Cavna is a man of many hyphenates. His articles on visual artists and comic art have been recently honored by the national Society of Features Journalism and the international Harvey Awards. A San Francisco native and UCSD alum, Cavna wrote the main text for the Eisner Award-nominated anthology book "Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson's." "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz once told Cavna at a black-tie awards dinner: "You do funny things"; to this day, he does not know for sure whether Schulz was referring to Cavna's syndicated comic "Warped" or to his tragically askew cummerbund.

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