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2011 Stumptown Comic Arts Awards winners
Last weekend was the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR and the award winners have been announced. Best Colorist: Emily Carroll, His Face All Red Best Letterer: Johnny Ryan, Prison Pit Best Small Press: I Want You #2, Lisa Hanawalt Best Publication Design: Michael DeForge, Spotting Deer Best Anthology: Studygroup 12 #4, Zack Soto Best [...]
Posted on: Apr 18, 2011, Section: Festival of Cartoon Art, Comments: 1 Comment
Recaps of 2011 MOCCA Festival
Last weekend was the 2011 MOCCA Festival in New York City. I’m going to cheat here and just link to Tom Spurgeon and Comics Beat who have posted better (and more time-consuming) write-ups, link logs and photos than I can. Looked like a great year.
Posted on: Apr 11, 2011, Section: Festival of Cartoon Art, Comments: 0 Comments
Toronto Comic Arts Festival launches new site
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon notes that The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has relaunched their new website and notes the festival is, “free, diverse crowds, focused on artists, well-run, great city — still on the upswing and I think one of the most anticipated on the convention calendar.”
Posted on: Jan 5, 2011, Section: Festival of Cartoon Art, Comments: 1 Comment
Lucy Shelton Caswell retires from cartoon library
Lucy Shelton Caswell plans to retire as Curator of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, effective December 31, 2010. Starting in March, she will return part time as Curator for Special Projects. In that role, Lucy will focus her energies and expertise on the project to renovate Sullivant Hall as the new home for [...]
Posted on: Nov 12, 2010, Section: Festival of Cartoon Art, Museums, Comments: 12 Comments
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Matt Groening, Tom Gammill
On Saturday night there was a special event open to the public entitled, “An Evening with Matt Groening.” It was a sell out crowd. The Doozies creator Tom Gammill introduced and interviewed Life in Hell, The Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. The opened the evening with a 2 minute montage of clips for The [...]
Posted on: Oct 17, 2010, Section: Animation, Festival of Cartoon Art, Television, Comments: 4 Comments
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Roz Chast
Roz Chast began selling cartoons to the New Yorker in 1978. She’s been a fixture in the publication ever since. Her presentation was a gallery of some of her best work over her amazing career. Roz Chast: It would be great to draw one cartoon a week & get published, but the reality each cartoonist [...]
Posted on: Oct 17, 2010, Section: Festival of Cartoon Art, Magazine cartoons, Comments: 1 Comment
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang is as the title of his presentation denotes, an American born Chinese. He’s a graphic novelist. One of his latest books “American Born Chinese” deals with the stereotypes the western culture has developed for the Asian people in various entertainment forms. Gene Luen Yang is now up. He’s talking about the stereotypes [...]
Posted on: Oct 17, 2010, Section: Festival of Cartoon Art, Graphic Novels, Comments: 0 Comments
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Tribute to Jay Kennedy
King Features comic editor Brendan Burford, Zippy The Pinhead creator Bill Griffith, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening and Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell were brought together to pay tribute to the late Jay Kennedy who passed away in the spring of 2007. Brendan Burford, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening and Patrick McDonnell are paneling a tribute to [...]
Posted on: Oct 17, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Festival of Cartoon Art, King Features, Comments: 0 Comments
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Jan Eliot
Jan Eliot is the creator of the comic strip Stone Soup that was launched in 1995. Jan Eliot is now up talking about her comic “Stone Soup.” Jan notes that she loves her syndicate and being syndicated. I think that was a reaction to Dave Kellett’s presentation. Jan Eliot’s influences include McManus, Linda Barry, Claire [...]
Posted on: Oct 17, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Festival of Cartoon Art, Comments: 0 Comments
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Steve Breen
Steve Breen is the editorial cartoonist for the San Diego Union-Tribune. He is also the creator of the comic Grand Avenue which he now collaborates with Mike Thompson. Steve Breen is up now. Title of his talk is “Editorial Cartooning: Humanity’s Last Hope” Breen: Sparky was asked if he ever thought of doing editorial cartoons [...]
Posted on: Oct 17, 2010, Section: Editorial cartooning, Festival of Cartoon Art, Comments: 0 Comments
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Tony Cochran
tony cochran: “I might be significant.” “I’m too old to be be a prodigy, but young enough to be a genius. please start that rumor.” tony cochran: “I have been in syndication longer than bill watterson!” agnes creator tony cochran is throwing out the one liners faster than i can capture them. hilarious. tony cochran: [...]
Posted on: Oct 16, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Festival of Cartoon Art, Comments: 3 Comments
Festival of Cartoon Art notes: Jen Sorenson
Jen Sorenson is up now speaking about the “lighter side of impending doom” Jen Sorenson: showing a few of her cartoons. You can see Jen’s work here: http://bit.ly/9ZRvKm According to Jen Sorenson, if you want a cartoon to go viral, work in the topic of “iphone,” “palin,” or “Obama” Should alt weekly cartoons be considered [...]
Posted on: Oct 16, 2010, Section: Alternative comics, Festival of Cartoon Art, Comments: 2 Comments
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