» Michael Cavna interviews five notable cartoonists who will be at this year’s Con. The five are: Sergio Aragones, Neil Gaiman, Lynn Johnston, Stan Lee, and Stephan Pastis.» Tom Richmond is “live blogging” the con. » The son of legendary Gene Roddenberry, Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Jr., is debuting a new Roddenberry Productions graphic novel series, […]
Comic Strips» Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis writes a touching compliment to Richard Thompson’s decision to go public with his Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis. In summary, “Courage is being diagnosed with Parkinson’s and writing chainsaw-juggling jokes about it.”» Dan Piraro was the answer in a recent Merl Reagle’s crossword puzzle. The clue for 61 Down […]
This is the big one. The San Diego Comic-con opens tomorrow and there will be lots of goings on. I’ll do my best to keep the most relevant announcements and news updated on the blog. Several of you have emailed me your schedule of where you’ll be (booth, panels, etc.). I couldn’t possibly make individual […]
Yesterday’s B.C. comic has upset some dog lovers and has been replaced with a substitution strip on GoComics.com. The offending cartoon is a parody of the Dick and Jane (and Spot) books that ends with the dog being doused with kerosene. Animal care organizers felt that the joke promotes animal abuse.The response was overwhelming enough […]
Animation» Ted Rall and David Essman team up for another editorial animation. Books» Moonbase Press has announced that it has the fourteenth collection of cartoonist Bill Holbrook’s groundbreaking webcomic Kevin & Kell is now available. They’ve also released a treasury edition collection of the early years of cartoonist Bill’s webcomic Kevin & Kell.Comic Strips» Stephan […]
Animated News reports that the animated TV show Family Guy has been nominated for the Best Comedy Series Emmy Award. This is only second time an animated show has been allowed into this category. Family Guy is up against 30 Rock, Entourage, Flight Of The Conchords, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, and Weeds. […]
John Stacks is being sued by DC Comics for selling figurines resembling Batman characters. Stacks’ figurines resemble the actors of the 1960s Batman TV series, and he has permission to use the likeness of the actors, but apparently he didn’t get permission to use the Batman trademark. In the last decade he says he’s made […]
Comic History» Over at the AV Club blog, Seth responded to a list of well known comic book, strip, magazine and children’s book artists with his opinions of and personal associations.Comic strips» Aaron Johnson’s What the Duck (or WT Duck) hit 3 years old yesterday.» Tom Gammill, pays tribute to Walter Cronkite with his latest […]
Coming this September 9th (9-9-09) is Tim Burton’s movie “9.”
Those attending this year’s San Diego Comic Con will get to see a screening of the feature-length documentary called “The Cartoonist” about the life and work of Bone creator Jeff Smith. The special screening is on Friday, July 24. From the press release: “The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE and the Changing Face of Comics” tells […]
The Treasury Departments put out a RFI (Request for information) – the first step in hiring a cartoonist to “conduct two, three-hour presentations for its employees on the benefits of humor in the workplace and the connection between humor and stress relief.” But the plan came to a screeching halt after the job posting hit […]
Editorial Cartooning» TheDartmouth.com has a write up of Jules Feiffer’s presentation that he did about his cartooning career. This summer, Jules is doing a Summer term Montgomery Fellow where he is teaching a comparative literature course titled “Graphic Humor and 20th Century America.” He will also participate in a panel discussion with fellow cartoonists Edward […]
Universal Uclick is attending this year’s San Diego Comic Con (booth #1217). The Uclick GoComics booth will be one of five locations throughout the convention center offering exclusive Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles memorabilia as part of the TMNT 25th Anniversary promotional event, and will also hold drawings Wednesday through Friday for tickets to the TMNT […]
Good and bad news from Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson. He posted on his blog today that he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Parkinson’s is a brain disorder that affects body muscle and movement. The good news is that he says that it hasn’t affected his drawing hand and the disease is treatable.On […]
Interviews» Scott Nickel interviews Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis. » Bob Andelman, (AKA Mr. Media) interviews Pajama Diaries creator Terri Libenson. He also talks with Tim Pilcher of Erotic Comics: A Graphic History, Vols. 1 & 2.