And Another Feed Goes Silent

I am a big fan of Apple's Safari browser. I know a lot of people will scoff at this, but it does a lot of things I like. Particularly, I like that it will read RSS feeds. I like that I can bookmark those feeds. And I love that I can create folders of bookmarked RSS feeds in the bookmarks bar and they become customized RSS menus.

I have RSS feeds bookmarked in eight categories containing 173 RSS feeds. News, Weather, Blogs, MuNu, Objectivists, Marketing Blogs, Apple and Cartoons.

Today, the authors of the first feed that went into the cartoons category announced that they are retiring. Sadly, Cox & Forkum is closing shop.

With mixed emotions I announce: John and I will no longer be producing editorial cartoons. John will continue posting his work at his blog, John Cox Art, and he and I will continue working together on various projects, but there will be no more regularly scheduled editorial cartoons. The Web site will remain running indefinitely, as a means to market our books and as an archive of our work.

I have always loved editorial cartooning and if I could draw at all I would be tempted to try my hand at it myself. But I know there is no way could I equal the work I have enjoyed from Cox & Forkum.

Thank you, gentlemen. It has been a pleasure and I wish you well.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 12:49 PM | No Comments | Add Comment