More details on second annual Cartoonist Contest
The gentlemen over at The Cartoonist Studios have sent me more news about their second annual cartooning contest. The contest will kick off on February 6th and a big change from last year is that there will be more weight given to contest judges (panel of professional cartoonists and syndicate representative) and less on the [...]
Posted on: Dec 15, 2011, Section: Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 14 Comments
Guess the Six Chix boobs and win original sketch
Okay, now that I have your attention with the headline, it’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so Six Chix cartoonist Stephanie Piro is talking about how cartoonists approach drawing breasts in comics. She’s posted a small gallery of various cartoonists drawings of women (all safe for work) and she’s holding a contest to determine if [...]
Posted on: Oct 5, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 2 Comments
Washington Post cartoon contest announces winner
The Washington Post’s America’s Next Great Cartoonist Contest has a winner. Olivia Walch, 20, of Fairfax Station, Va. is the contest winner, impressing the judges with her “Imogen Quest” cartoon and winning over readers. She emerges as America’s Next Great Cartoonist after our panelists picked 10 finalists, celebrity judges critiqued entries, then thousands of readers [...]
Posted on: Jul 15, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 44 Comments
Five left in America’s Next Great Cartoonist
Good luck to the finalists.
Posted on: Jul 8, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 27 Comments
Five finalists posted in Post comic contest
Say that headline five times quickly! Comics Riff’s Michael Cavna has announced his comic contest has been whittled down to five. Finalists are: Hoxwinder Hall by Daniel Boris. Real Time by Bob Erskine Forever Endeavor by Thomas Mullany Stupid Inventor by Zachary Snyder Imogen Quest by Olivia Walch The final five now submit Sunday cartoons [...]
Posted on: Jun 24, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 13 Comments
Next Great Cartoonist Contest top 10 posted
Michael Cavna has posted the top 10 in his America’s Next Great Cartoonist Contest! The contest received about 500 submissions total and the which was narrowed the field to a hundred (you can see them here). The panel of judges then narrowed the field to the top ten. The top 10 include: Hoxwinder Hall by [...]
Posted on: Jun 16, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 39 Comments
Details for “America’s Next Great Cartoonist” contest
More details have been posted regarding The Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Cartoonist” contest. The Post is asking for comic strip aspirants to sumbit six original unpublished strips by June 4th. Ten finalists will be selectedd by a panel of professional cartoonists that include Garry Trudeau, Stephan Pastis, Jerry Scott, Hilary Price, Richard Thompson, Tom [...]
Posted on: May 11, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 34 Comments
Brock Heasley’s Monsterplex wins Zuda competition
Brock Heasley of Super Fogeys fame won February’s Zuda competition for a feature he co-created entitled Monsterplex. The other two co-creators are David Schlotterback and Michael DeVito. Brock talks about what it means to win on the Tall Tale Features blog: This month has been a whirlwind of hard work and emotions for me and [...]
Posted on: Mar 3, 2010, Section: Awards, Contests, web comics, Comments: 5 Comments
The 2010 Glyph comics awards nominees are…
The 2010 Glyph Comics Awards nominees have been announced. The Glyph Award recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year. Story of the Year Luke Cage Noir; Mike Benson & Adam Glass, writers; Shawn Martinbrough, artist The Original Johnson; Trevor von Eeden, writer and artist [...]
Posted on: Feb 15, 2010, Section: Awards, Cartoons, Comic strips, Contests, Comments: 0 Comments
Living Large contest launched for Marmaduke movi
With the upcoming Marmaduke movie, Twentieth Century Fox and USA TODAY’s pet community post are inviting readers to submit video of their dog’s antics. Four winners will be selected and their dog will be featured in the ending credits of the Marmaduke movie. The Marmaduke movie is set to release on June 4. Contest ends [...]
Posted on: Feb 11, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Contests, Movies, Comments: 0 Comments
King Features VP to be Google Doodle juror
King Features Creative Vice President Frank Caruso has been asked to serve as one of the jurors for the national Doodle 4 Google Competition. The competition is open for all K-12 students in the United States and is base on this year’s theme, “If I could do Anything, I Would…” A Google “Doodle” is the [...]
Posted on: Feb 10, 2010, Section: Contests, King Features, Comments: 0 Comments
Picking up the tab to enter cartoon contests
Editorial cartoonist Steve Greenberg writes about the loss of a newspaper to cover the cost of entering cartooning contests and the forced decision making that comes with it. So I am forced to tally up costs and estimate odds, and forced to pick and choose. Is it worth it for me to cough up $75 [...]
Posted on: Jan 13, 2010, Section: Contests, Editorial cartooning, Comments: 40 Comments
