Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Dick Locher was selected to create a new trophy for the annual rivalry football game between Northwestern and Illinois. The schools previously battled for the Sweet Sioux Tomahawk Trophy, but that prize was retired out of respect for Native Americans. Dick’s trophy, the Land of Lincoln Trophy, was modeled after President […]
Three stories caught my eye regarding graphic novels and libraries. The good news is that the Milford public Library (NJ) has received a $3,000 grant from the state Library to grow its graphic novel collection. The money will also be used to pay for panelist visits from experts to come and talk about various aspects […]
The International Animated Film Society has announced this year’s recipients of the Winsor McCay Award. This year’s honor goes to Tim Burton, Bruce Timm and Jeffrey Katzenberg. The award is given for a “lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation in producing, directing, animating, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical […]
Sandra Guzman, who was fired from her editing job at the New York Post for being critical of the paper after it ran Sean Delonas’ dead chimpanzee cartoon has filed a lawsuit against the paper. The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan alleges the she was “subjected to a hostile work environment in […]
They people over at GoComics.com have announced that they have a new comic offering, Bewley. Bewley by ant blades has launched on GoComics. The strip focuses on the day-to-day lives of a family of blue birds. The hero, the husband and the father. The ever-optimistic Bewley is consistently undermined by the shenanigans of his over-protective […]
Voltaire Press at Duke University has published a book “Muhammad: The “Banned” Images” by Dr. Gary Hull that includes reprinting the 12 cartoons that originally ran in the Jyllands-Posten that ignited an international violent reaction in the Muslim world. The book also includes several other images from William Blake, Gustave Dore, Salvador Dali, and several […]
A lawsuit filed against the San Diego Union-Tribune by their former editorial cartoonist, Steve Kelley, has been thrown out due to lack of “evidence of any unfair or unlawful business practice.” The ruling is a set back for Kelley who accused his former employer of intimidating current Union-Tribune Steve Breen from developing a comic strip […]
Title above is the title taken from an interesting piece over at McSweeny’s where author Mark Paglia writes a description of a famous comic strip in the style of an famous author. Peanuts meet Jane Austin for example (below). Miss Lucy van Pelt, young, witty, and handsome, found it unavoidable that she play a game […]
Last spring I reported that actor Warren Beatty had filed a lawsuit against Tribune Co and that Tribune Media Syndicate had filed an adversary complaint in a dispute over the television and movie rights to the Dick Tracy character. Beatty, who bought the rights in the 1980’s contends that he had started a television special […]
Rob Tornoe reports that Iranian cartoonist Hadi Heidari has been released from prison. Hadi was arrested October 22 while attending a religious ceremony honoring political prisoners.
Dana Simpson’s Girl has won the Andrews McMeel and Amazon.com Comic Strip Superstar contest. She wins a publishing contract with Andrews McMeel, a development contract with Universal Uclick and syndication on gocomics.com. You can see her samples on Amazon.com
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Titan publishing has released its first digital comic for the iPhone and iPod Touch featuring Wallace & Gromit. The cartoon is celebrating its 20th anniversary of its first screening. “The W Files,” the first episode in the iPhone App series is free, the other three episodes are $.99.
Several stories have been filed about last weekend’s Chicago Humanities Festival featuring several notable cartoonists. The Chicago Tribune writes about New Yorker cartoonists Pat Byrnes, Edward Koren, Roz Chast and New Yorker cartoon editor Robert Mankoff about cartooning humor for The New Yorker.The Tribune also write about Jules Feiffer, Chris Ware, Lynda Barry and Matt […]
MAD Magazine artist Tom Richmond has been working on an iPhone app with movie director/entrepreneur Ray Griggs that allows users to search a database for contact information of every congressman. Tom did 540 caricatures – one for every representative in union and territories – for the app. Unfortunately, they have learned that Apple has rejected […]