The Chicago Tribune has a story of a “Mr. Boffo” cartoon (created by Joe Martin) that depicted White Sox slugger Paul Konerko hitting a home run…. Joe was going to use Barry Bonds in the comic, but decided against it because he wasn’t sure if Barry would be in jail.
Dave Astor of Editor and Publisher has a great write up regarding the upcoming transition in leadership at Universal Press Syndicate when Lee Salem succeeds Bob Duffy as president of the company.
Earlier this month, Dave Coverly opened up the second “Speed Bump” caption contest with a window of less than two months to receive submissions. According to his web site, Dave has received nearly 4,000 entries!Originally the winner was to be announced on the 27th during the Reuben Awards weekend, but he has postponed the announcement until “mid-June” – presumably due to the large number of entries.
The new Garfield movie “A Tail of Two Kitties” opens up in theaters on June 16 and the first Garfield movie will be re-released on DVD as a collectors edition by Fox Home Entertainment. The collectors version will have several special features such as: games, 10 jigsaw puzzles, 17 deleted scenes, a Garfield documentary, story board and of course the ever popular feature often called “and a whole lot more.”If that wasn’t enough, two new Garfield books will be published next month according to E&P.
Yesterday I mentioned David Horsey had taken first place for editorial cartooning in the Western Washington SPJ, but he’s not the only cartoonist to go home with an award. Milt Priggee who draws for the Puget Sound Business Journal has also took first place in the category of “cartoons” (meaning local business editorial cartoons) and again in “illustrations.”
Ted Rall has announced on his blog that his new book “SILK ROAD TO RUIN: IS CENTRAL ASIA THE NEW MIDDLE EAST?”… A follow-up of sorts to TO AFGHANISTAN AND BACK, SILK ROAD TO RUIN is part travelogue, part current affairs, a comprehensive look at the “Stans” and why Central Asia will be to the 21st century what the Middle East was to the Middle East: the lynchpin and perrenial hotspot that will keep American and other Western foreign policy makers jumping.
From the press release:The lively team of characters in the comic strip include Ronaldinho?s brother Asis; sister Daisy, number one fan Diego, his mother and two lovable dogs named Champ and Fireball. Readers can follow their adventures on and off of the soccer field in this daily and Sunday comic strip.De Sousa has already taken Ronaldinho to star status in publishing, licensing, animation, television syndication and social campaigns.
Via Mike Lynch, comes word that Paul Conrad has launched a new web site…. Times during which he made President Nixon’s infamous “Enemies List.”The site promotes is a tribute to his work and features a portfolio and a sneak preview at a documentary of his career.
E&P writer, Dave Astor, has a follow up story on The Courier-Journal’s editorial cartooning position that has been vacant since Nick Anderson moved to the Houston Chronicle earlier this year. In short, it hasn’t been filled and to quote their editor, “we still haven’t decided what to do.”Doesn’t sound like it’s going to be filled anytime soon.
If I posted a story for every headline about Dan Piraro, I’d have to rename the Daily Cartoonist to the Dan Piraro web site…. Mike Peters, the columnist for the Dallas Morning News takes a look at all things Piraro.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial cartoonist, David Horsey, has won first place in the Western Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
To tell a story without text while updating the pantomime concept with a modern audience in mind.”The result is a funny journey into the darkly detailed world of young Lio and his bizarre creature co-stars.In addition to his cartooning experience, Tatulli also is an accomplished filmmaker and animator and is the recipient of three Emmy Awards for his television work. His recent experience includes graphics and animation for such shows as “A Wedding Story,” “Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls” and “Epicurious.”
Last week I mentioned the 2006 Glyph awards, of which three newspaper cartoonists Aaron McGruder, Darrin Bell and Keith Knight were up for “Best Comic Strip.”… Keith Knight with “The K Chronicles”Congratulations Keith.
Part of it may be the fact that writing a comic strip is a lonely job. Writing your peers into your strips is sort of their version of goofing off at the office water cooler or playing pranks on each other.”As I said to Darby before, it’s like we’re 6th-graders passing notes to each other, except we’re doing it in front of 25 million people,” Pastis says.
Michael Fry and T Lewis’ movie “Over the Hedge” was up against two other new movies this week end…. The third and last place honor went to “See No Evil” which earned $4.4 million over it’s initial weekend.Over the Hedge has three more weeks to be the top animated movie in the theater until Disney/Pixar’s movie “Cars” is released on June 9.All figures are according to IMDB.