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June 2, 2008
New in Print
Cartoonist Jim Knudsen, 84, and a member of the AAEC since 1960, has published his autobiography. Titled "Off I Went Into the Wild Blue Yonder," it chronicles his experiences growing up in Montana during the depression and serving as a pilot during WWII. "I was a twin engine instructor, a B-17 pilot and was in line to bomb Japan as first pilot on a B-29 when the war ended," said Knudsen. Published by Pelican Publishing, "Off I Went Into the Wild Blue Yonder" is available through Amazon.com.
Keith Knight launched a new daily newspaper strip in May. "The Knight Life" follows Knight's long-running, 2007 Harvey Award-winning weekly comic strip "The K Chronicles." An unabashedly provocative political and social satire, "The Knight Life" tackles contemporary issues like consumer culture, bacon, the media, race, family and everything else. "The Knight Life" is syndicated by United Media and went national on May 5, 2008.
Recently, a new magazine arrived in my mailbox. "Stay Tooned!"— a "paean to professional cartoonists" by editor John Read — aims to pick up the banner of the late Jud Hurd's "Cartoonist PROfiles." The first issue includes in-depth interviews with AAEC members Steve Kelley, John Rose and Scott Stantis, and contributions by R.C. Harvey, Daryl Cagle, Rob Smith Jr., and David Fitzsimmons. A five-issue subscription to "Stay Tooned!" is available for $40 and can be ordered by writing to Gorilla Graphics, 1029 Hwy. 51, Suite F-2 PMB 60, Madison, MS 39110, or going to www.staytoonedmagazine.com
—J.P. Trostle