Alternative ComicsRuben Bolling, creator of Tom the Dancing Bug, was named Association of Alternative Newsweekliesâ?? 2009 award for Best Cartoon. Books» IDW Publishing is announcing a partnership with Archie Comics to reprint some of the propertyâ??s most iconic stories in deluxe hardcover and trade paperback editions. The newspaper strip collections will be incorporated into the […]
While I try to keep up with this stuff, a few audio interviews have passed me by unnoticed. Bob Andelman, AKA “Mr. Media” has interviewed Gary Groth and Kim Thompson, Editors of The Comics Journal, Fantagraphics, Paul Fitzgerald, Will Eisner and PS Magazine author, Brendan Burford, Editor of Syncopated comics and King Features Syndicate, Jonathan […]
Bob Andelman’s 2005 biography on Will Eisner (“Will Eisner: A Spirit Life”) is now available for download through Audible.com narrated by Bob as well. Bob spent nearly three years interviewing Eisner, his contemporaries, family and friends to create this definitive book on the legendary career.With the release of the book through Audible, it will also […]
Andrews McMeel Universal, the parent company of Universal Press Syndicate and Uclick has merged the two companies to create Universal Uclick. From the press release:Andrews McMeel Universal is now composed of two distinct but collaborative organizations: Universal Uclick and Andrews McMeel Publishing (AMP). AMP is a leading publisher of humor, gift, general trade, cookbooks, and […]
I received an email from Nevin Martell the author of the upcoming book, “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip”. He is offering Daily Cartoonist readers a free sample chapter from the book if they email a request to lookingforcalvinandhobbes@gmail.com. The book comes out October 1 […]