Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes of the New York Times Media Decoder blog write about the $4 billion acquisition of Marvel by Disney may become entangled in legal mire as the heirs of Jack Kirby, who created many of the iconic Marvel heroes, have already begun sending notices of copyright termination to Marvel, Disney and […]
A new exhibit of original artwork has opened in Ocala, Florida featuring 11 cartoonists from the state. The exhibit, which opened September 12 is entitled Florida Inkslingers: Cartoonists of the Sunshine State and runs through October 18. Featured cartoonists include: Tom Armstrong, Henry Boltinoff, James Casciari, Dick Giordano, Jim Ivey, Bob McLeod, Fran Matera, Jeff […]
Mike Lane, the former editorial cartoonist for the Baltimore Sun, has announced that he will retire from syndicated editorial cartooning. Mike was one of the first to join Daryl Cagle’s new syndicate, Cagle Cartoons Syndicate. In an email to Daryl, he writes that he’ll spend his time doing “watercolors, greeting cards, perhaps, whatever.”
The Ohio State University Board of Trustees today approved the naming of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in recognition of a $7 million gift from the Elizabeth Ireland Graves Foundation to support the renovation of Sullivant Hall, an historic building located at a main gateway to the university’s campus.The project is estimated to […]
Interviews» Over on Tall Tale Radio, Tom Racine interviews Kimberly Krautter about her book, “Foreclosure on the Fourth Estate: How ‘spin-fluence’ and ‘info-tainment’ killed the American Newspaper.” In earlier weeks, he interviews Jonathan Lemon about the Monsters of Webcomics exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum and Jeff Ranjo, story artist at Disney, and John Sanford, […]
From the press release:To mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of political cartoonist Herbert Block (Herblock), the Library of Congress and the Herb Block Foundation, in association with W. W. Norton & Company, have published “HERBLOCK: The Life and Works of the Great Political Cartoonist.” Authors Haynes Johnson and Harry L. Katz will discuss […]
This November, IDW will release “The Family Circus Library, Volume 1” – the first two years of Bil Keane’s classic comic panel that was published almost 50 years ago. This hardbound first volume will include the first two years in chronological order, including Sunday’s and dailies, as well as a essay by Bil’s son, Christopher, […]
Xkcd, a successful, quirky, nerd, geek, math webcomic is now available in book form beginning this week. The collection is entitled, “xkcd: volume 0,” and features the first 600 xkcd comics and includes “lot of doodles, notes, and puzzles in the margins.” It’s only available for purchase online and a portion of the profits go […]
Thomas Nast, considered as the Father of American Editorial Cartooning, is one of this year’s nominees for the New Jersey Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame honors citizen “who have made invaluable contributions to society and the world beyond.” Nast lived in Morristown, New Jersey after receiving death threats from Boss Tweed. Also in […]
Pickles creator Brian Crane will be the guest cartoonist this Saturday at the Charles M. Schulz Museum where he will teach an class on cartooning. Later in the day, he will be available to sign books and talk to fans.
Comic strips» Luann creator Greg Evans is profiled in the Arizona Daily Star.» Wee Pals creator Morrie Turner is profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle. Morrie has an 45 year retrospective exhibit of his work in the San Francisco Main Library that is running now.» The Downtown Carlisle Association (PA) is bringing Close to Home […]
Editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle and comic strip creator Jan Eliot are among several international cartoonists attending the 2009 Festival International de la Bande Dessinee d’Alger. The two are the only cartoonists representing the United States out of the two or three score individuals from around the world. Daryl will participate on a couple of presentations […]
For four Sundays, starting September 27th, Baldo will be drawn by different hispanic artists to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month. The five artists include: David “Lebo” LeBatard, Carlos Saldana, creator the “Burrito” comic books, Anthony Oropeza and Lorenzo Lizano, artists for “Amigoman: The Latin Avenger” and David Alvarez creator of Yenny on GoComics.com.According to their blog […]
Books» Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell has illustrated a book by spiritual guru Eckhart Tolle about “living in the moment.” It’s entitled “Guardians of Being.”Comic Strips» Frazz will replace Night Lights & Fairy Flights in the Hartford Courant.Editorial Cartooning» An editor with the San Marcos Daily Record had to deal with two readers who took issue […]
Over at the Yesterday’s Papers blog, John Adcock has posted scans famous comic artists’ autographs. Included in the post: Billy De Beck, Ernie Bushmiller, Milt Caniff, Bert Thomas. Clare Briggs, W. A. Carlson, AD Carter, E. Simms Campbell, R. M. Brinkerhoff, Jack Cole, Walter Berndt, and Wally Bishop.Hat tip to Tom Spurgeon for finding this […]