Industry news for the professional cartoonist
Steve Moore, creator of In the Bleachers, has received the inaugural Certificate of Recognition from the Boston University Athletic Training Program for his “[accuracy] in his portrayal of the athletic training profession.
According to E&P, several cartoonists will be on hand at the sixth annual “Toonfest” on September 15-16 in Marceline MO.
In case you missed the last Garfield: A Tail of Two Cities movie, you can pick up the DVD which is slated to be released on October 10 according to E&P. The DVD includes unseen footage, a music video, games and a ‘Drawing with Jim Davis” feature.
I’m not a Mary Worth reader, but after reading an entertaining article in the The Palm Beach Post about how Mary Worth has morphed into a more hip-per comic strip, I’ve decided I’ll give the 60+ year old strip a good read for the next couple of weeks. Recent story lines have include a new character “Aldo” who might be crazy (and a murderer) and there is the possibility of a “secret lover” from Mary’s past. The article also talks about the various artists over the years that have worked on the strip and how they’ve made Mary look much younger (which created a stir among readers).
There’s an interesting article over on the Associate Baptist Press about the newly launched Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop and its potential to survive in “secular” newspapers…. Frank, a self-styled ?connoisseur of thrift stores,? said his thrift store and charity experience helped him learn that ?charitable outreach? appeals to most people, while outright Bible lessons are often dismissed by non-Christians.?That [charity aspect] sort of gives me a vehicle to discuss matters of faith in a way that is more palatable to people, because nobody disagrees with charity,? he said.
The Taunton Daily Gazette is reporting that this Sunday and every Sunday until December 17 that subscribers will receive a free Spider-Man comic book with their paper. The comic is presented by Marvel Comics and News America Marketing.
According to Dave Astor at E&P, the International Herald Tribune ran last weeks banned Non Sequitur by accident. Apparently a production editor goofed up and printed the original Non Sequitur instead of the replacement one it had received from Universal Press.
A study of children’s cartoons find that characters over the age of 55 are portrayed negatively 38% of the time according to a Brigham Young University study which analyzed 45 hours of Saturday morning and after-school programming.
The work of Rina Piccolo creator of Tina’s Groove and one of the Six Chix will be on display in an exhibit called, “This Inking Life: The Essential Cartoonist.” The exhibit opened Saturday the 12th of this month and runs through October 1. On September 13th Rina and other cartoonists will be on hand to talk about their art. This event is free to the public.
Yesterday’s Candorville by Darrin Bell paid tribute to the late Bob Thaves who created Frank & Ernest. The comic depicts Frank and Ernest as angels above two homeless people asking if they could share the alley because, “Ernie’s allergic to clouds.”According to E&P: “‘Frank & Ernest’ was one of the first strips I remember ever reading, and it was an inspiration to me,” Bell told E&P.
Last May, I told you that Jef Mallett, creator of Frazz, was participating in a this year’s Nevada Passage – a 1000 mile adventure race…. The event has been filmed and will be airing on select stations around the country between now and February.
From the Great Lakes Chapter of the NCS comes news that Jeff Stahler (Moderately Confused and editorial cartoonist for The Columbus Dispatch) will be featured in an upcoming exhibit in West Virginia during the month of September. The exhibit also includes watercolor paintings by Jeff’s mother Wanda. The exhibit is called, “Moderately Confused with Mom.”
This Friday, Glenn and Gary McCoy will be the featured guests on the Washington Posts live discussion chat. Chat starts 1 p.m. EST, but you can enter in your questions early.
After years of placing number one, Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse has been beat out as the top comic in the Wichita Eagle…. They are dropping Slylock Fox, Shoe, One Big Happy and Peanuts.Over the next two weeks, Mother Goose and Grimm, Sherman’s Lagoon, Six Chix and Bliss will run in the daily and Sunday slots, then starting August 27 – for another two weeks – Pearls Before Swine, Cow and Boy, Over the Hedge, and Bizarro will each take a turn.
Several puzzle pieces point to the possibility of Berkeley Breathed’s Opus making the leap to the big screen. Coming Soon.net…