By: Dave Astor A quarterly cartooning publication titled "Stay Tooned! Magazine" is scheduled to premiere in November.
"I intend to combine the best parts of 'Cartoonist PROfiles' -- telling the stories of professional cartoonists, and 'The Aspiring Cartoonist' -- information and instruction for cartoonists," John Read, the periodical's founder, told E&P. "My plan includes marketing it to working cartoonists, aspiring cartoonists, fans of cartooning, and people who buy cartoons."
He said the first issue will have a southern-cartoonists theme, and feature people such as Steve Kelley, editorial cartoonist for The Times-Picayune of New Orleans and Creators Syndicate; Marshall Ramsey, editorial cartoonist for The Clarion-Ledger of Jackson, Miss., and Copley News Service; Scott Stantis, the editorial cartoonist for The Birmingham (Ala.) News and Copley who also does the "Prickly City" comic for Universal Press Syndicate; and John Rose, who does editorial cartoons out of the Harrisonburg (Va.) Daily News-Record as well as the "Kids' Home Newspaper" cartoon/activity page for Copley and the "Barney Google and Snuffy Smith" strip for King Features Syndicate.
Also: comic creators Mark Pett ("Lucky Cow"/Universal), Marcus Hamilton ("Dennis the Menace"/King), Jimmy Johnson ("Arlo and Janis"/United Media), and Greg Cravens ("The Buckets"/United).
The first and subsequent issues of Read's subscription magazine will also focus on non-newspaper cartooning and cartoonists -- including animators, comic book artists, greeting card creators, children's book illustrators, etc.
And Read said R.C. Harvey, who does the "Rants and Raves" online cartooning feature at RCHarvey.com, will write a regular column for "Stay Tooned!"
Read is long-time cartooning fan who worked as an assistant director and locations scout in the film- and TV-production industry for 20 years after graduating from the University of Southern Mississippi. He then became a graphic designer for a sign company in Jackson, Miss. Read has also done freelance cartoons and taught kids how to draw cartoons.
His magazine's Web site is still under construction, but, in the meantime, Read can be reached at johnread3@hotmail.com.
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