A friend emailed me a link to a blog dedicated to bento (a japanese single portion box/package meal) proving once again, there’s a blog for every niche no matter how small. This particular blog post was a dedicated bento box to Calvin and Hobbes. See photo below. The blog has many more photos, plus the […]
Over on Daryl Cagle’s blog, Dan Reynolds talks about his battle with cancer and how he’s using his cartooning to raise money for the American Cancer Society. He writes, Since my cancer was an aggressive type, it had to be fought with aggressive chemo. I received 6 to 7 hours of chemo Monday through Friday […]
I emailed Etta Hulme’s son, Charlie, for an update on Etta’s health and received an email explaining that she’s recovering from both back surgery and a heart attack and doing well. Sounds like she is indeed doing better given the circumstances. Now if we can only get someone to sneak in a burrito and beer!Here […]
Ted Rall, president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC), has issued a letter expressing concern about the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s (NAACP) recent calls for “serious disciplinary action” against New York Post editorial cartoonist Sean Delonas and his editor Col Allen. Ted writes that while the cartoon might be […]
» The Denver Post is picking up some of The Rocky Mountain News’ staffers, features and comic strips. If you know which features are going to stay on in the Mile-High city, please post them in the comics.» Comic Book Resources’ Brian Cronin is dedicating this month to profiling Pulitzer Prize winning cartoons. He notes […]
Bill Hinds and Jeff Millar, creators of Tank McNamara, have named Plaxico Burress the “Sports Jerk of the Year 2008” in last Friday’s strip. The New York Giants wide receiver gained notoriety last November when he accidentally shot himself in the leg while in a nightclub. He turned himself in to police the following day […]
The Fox network has announced that it has ordered another two seasons of “The Simpsons” which will take the show into 22 seasons making it the longest running prime-time U.S. television show. Currently it is tied with “Gunsmoke” which ran for 20 years ending in 1975. Interestingly, Law & Order has been running since 1990 […]
Last week, most newspapers ran a 2008 Doonesbury re-run featuring its character Rick Redfern getting laid off from the Washington Post after 33 years at the job. The Washington Post didn’t run that one or more specifically, it started the story-line on Monday and Tuesday, but printed another rerun on Wednesday and Thursday. Alert readers […]
ComicsDC Mike Rhode notes that Andrews McMeel has posted animations of Richard Thompson’s Cul de Sac and Scott Hilburn’s Argyle Sweater on YouTube. I also notice that they have a Mark Tatulli Lio animation as well. The animation is reportedly done by RingTales who does all the New Yorker and Dilbert animations.UPDATE: Received notice from […]
According to a CNN profile, Matt Groening’s “Life in Hell” is being dropped by its flagship paper, LA Weekly, after 22 years: CNN: To the root of animation, cartooning: You’re still doing “Life in Hell,” correct? Groening: Um, yes, but … well, I feel like the floodwaters are rising. CNN: Really? Groening: Yeah, the alternative […]