around 20 000 are reported to have demonstrated in Turkey March 6, 2006: The BBC profile E. H. Shepherd, whose work for Punch will feature in an exhibition at the Political Cartoon Gallery. Dan Piraro, cartoonist on the Bizarro panel, is to be awarded The Humane Society of the United States' Ongoing Commitment Award on March 18. March 7, 2006: Comic strip collection publishing company Andrews McMeel Publishing announce a tie up with Simon & Schuster UK which will allow the company access to the markets of the United Kingdom and Ireland. ICv2.com report on First Second Books' fall list. Included on the publication list is Kampung Boy, a memoir by Lat. March 8, 2006: Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary are developing a movie script based on Charles Burns' graphic novel Black Hole. Pantheon Books is to publish a new work by Marjane Satrapi, Chicken With Plums, in October, along with The Long Chalkboard by Jules Feiffer and wife Jenny Allen. SouthFlorida.com profile Jeannie Schulz, widow of Peanuts creator Charles. Adrian Tomine is interviewed by Comic Book Resources. March 9, 2006: Newsarama interview James McTeigue, director of the adaptation of V for Vendetta. The Center for Cartoon Studies is auctioning a breakfast with three cartoonists as a means of raising funds. The cartoonists in question are Chris Ware, Seth and Ivan Brunetti. Jodi Picoult is to incorporate the comics form into her new novel, The Tenth Circle. Oor Wullie and its creators were allegedly placed on a Nazi hit list during World War II due to the strips lampooning of Hitler. In a Canadian student magazine an episode of the comic strip Capitalist Piglet is published, by Marq and Yiph, which features a gag where Jesus Christ gives fellatio to a capitalist pig. In the course of months the offensive cartoon will become a national scandal. March 10, 2006: CBGExtra are reporting that comic book distributor FM International has ceased trading. Michael Ramirez editorial cartoonist of the Los Angeles Times, wins The Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award in editorial cartooning. March 11, 2006: Mike Luckovich of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution wins the National Headliners Award for editorial cartooning. John Sherffius receives the 2006 Wilbur Award for editorial cartooning on religious issues and themes. Bill Whitehead of the Kansas City Business Journal, receives first place from the Kansas Press Association for best editorial cartoons of 2005 in weekly publications. HamptonRoads.com and