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Kenosha Festival of Cartooning receives matching grant from NCSF
The National Cartoonist Society Foundation has offered to match all new donations to the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning Kickstarter effort until it reaches its $10,000 goal. As of this writing, the festival has raised nearly $5,000 which means that it will need to raise at least $2,500 in the next 13 days in order to […]
Posted on: May 9, 2012, Section: Gatherings, Comments: 5 Comments
Interviewed: Anne Hambrock on 2nd Kenosha Festival of Cartooning
Tom Racine interviewes Anne Hambrock on her efforts to bring together the 2nd annual Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. From Tall Tale Radio: Anne Hambrock, wife of John Hambrock of “The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee” and colorist for the strip, is deep in the throes of organizing the 2nd Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. She threw […]
Posted on: May 4, 2012, Section: Gatherings, Comments: 4 Comments
Las Vegas Comic seminar adds Brian Crane
The Success in the World of Comics Seminar has made a line-up change. Due to a conflict Debbra Abeyta of Vertis is unable to present. Pickles creator Brian Crane has agreed to be one of the speakers. Brian is one of those genuinely nice guys. Glad to see that he’ll be presenting. Bill Kellogg, the […]
Posted on: Jan 24, 2012, Section: Gatherings, Comments: 4 Comments
Berndt Toast Gang celebrates Creig Flessel 100th birthday
The Berndt Toast Gang is honoring one of their founding members, Creig Flessel, with an exhibit of his work during the month of January. The 26 piece exhibit is on display Art League of Long Island throughout the month with a reception on the 27th with other Long Island NCS chapter members displaying their take […]
Posted on: Jan 9, 2012, Section: Gatherings, Comments: 1 Comment
Richmond posts detailed report of MAD SCAD weekend
MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond has posted a long, detailed and thorough report of the MAD SCAD Weekend held at the Savannah College of Art and Design last weekend. Seriously, what a line-up. Throughout the weekend people were enthusiastic about the gathering, but I think it might have escaped most how unique it was to […]
Posted on: Nov 16, 2011, Section: Gatherings, Comments: Comments Off on Richmond posts detailed report of MAD SCAD weekend
Brian Fies reports on Comics & Medicine 2011
Brian Fies was one the organizers for the second annual Comics & Medicine 2011 conference in Chicago. He’s posted a thorough run down of the conference on his blog Karen and I made it home from the second international “Comics & Medicine” conference in Chicago–or, as one of our participants called it, “the Coolest Conference […]
Posted on: Jun 17, 2011, Section: Gatherings, Comments: 4 Comments
John Hambrock reports on Toonfest 2010
The Briliant Mind of Edison Lee creator John Hambrock has posted several reports on his trip down to Marceline, MO to be apart of this year’s Toonfest. His latest post includes several photos of the event and its participants. includes several photos of the event and its participants. This is the last batch of pics […]
Posted on: Oct 5, 2010, Section: Comic strips, Gatherings, Comments: 1 Comment
ACEC to host first Fall convention
The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists Convention is scheduled for later this month. The event runs September 23-26 in Hamilton Ontario. Coinciding with the convention is an exhibit entitled “Doodles to Digital” that runs from September 4 through December 12 and is described as, “shows how Canada’s best known editorial cartoonists have dealt with the […]
Posted on: Sep 14, 2010, Section: Editorial cartooning, Gatherings, Comments: 1 Comment
Stabbing at Comic-Con Universal panel
One San Diego Comic-Con attendee was taken away in a stretcher after being stabbed near the eye by another attendee . The alleged dispute was over a saved seat in the “Resident Evil” panel. Police were able to subdue and arrest the attacker who reportedly stated that he was only defending himself. Comic Book Resources […]
Posted on: Jul 26, 2010, Section: Gatherings, Comments: 13 Comments
Is Comic-Con really Hollywood-con?
The LA Times writes how “Hollywood-ized” the San Diego Comic-Con has become. They didn’t care how acclaimed the director, how bright the star, if you didn’t measure up to their very high bar, they would flay you. When the Hollywood power brokers started showing up in the ’90s, the hardcore fans who had been making […]
Posted on: Jul 20, 2010, Section: Cartoons, Comic Books, Gatherings, Comments: 5 Comments
Mike Lynch reports on 2010 Bunny Bash
Mike Lynch attended and has posted photos of this year’s Bunny Bash hosted by Bunny Hoest co-creator of Howard Huge. The event is an annual gathering of cartoonists in the New York area.
Posted on: Jun 30, 2010, Section: Cartoons, Comic history, Comic strips, Gatherings, Magazine Cartoonist Bloggers, Magazine cartoons, Comments: Comments Off on Mike Lynch reports on 2010 Bunny Bash
Reminder: Register for 2010 Festival of Cartoon Art
Today opens registration for the 2010 Festival of Cartoon Art in Columbus Ohio. See full announcement and details that I posted last Thursday or visit their site for details. Register early and get a discount: The registration fee will be $125, with an early bird discount of $20 (must register by August 1, 2010). Members […]
Posted on: Jun 1, 2010, Section: Gatherings, Museums, Speaking Engagements, Comments: 7 Comments
2010 Festival of Cartoon registration opens Tuesday
Mark your calendars and register early. Space is limited to 275 participants. Registration for the 2010 Festival of Cartoon Art organized by The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum will open on June 1, 2010. The Festival, which is a celebration of cartoons and comics, will take place October 14-17. Online registration, […]
Posted on: May 27, 2010, Section: Gatherings, Museums, Speaking Engagements, Comments: Comments Off on 2010 Festival of Cartoon registration opens Tuesday
Rex Babin on AAEC Convention changes
This year’s president of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists, Rex Babin, has posted a letter to AAEC member about the upcoming convention in Portland, OR this June. This year’s convention will be held in conjunction with Portland State University. Born out of necessity in this day of disappearing newspapers, vanishing sponsorships and eliminated travel […]
Posted on: Apr 21, 2010, Section: Editorial cartooning, Gatherings, Comments: 2 Comments
Tom Richmond reviews his trip to Cuba
MAD cartoonist Tom Richmond reports back about his recent trip to Cuba along with Jeanne Schulz and others for an artistic and culture exchange with Cuban artists. Other’s participating in the trip: Justin Thompson, Brian Narelle, Lex Fajardo, and Hilary Price. I was contacted several months ago by Jeannie Schulz, the widow of the great […]
Posted on: Jan 25, 2010, Section: Cartoons, Gatherings, International, Comments: 9 Comments
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