Garfield creator Jim Davis is working on a stage musical production to feature his signature cat. According to Playbill.com, 14 songs have been created so far and a director and choreographer is working on the national tour.Jim described the show: Davis has conjured up an elaborate escapade for Garfield’s stage debut. “Even though he’s lazy […]
The recent auction of Detective #27, which includes the first appearance of Batman, became the highest price ever paid for a comic book. The stunning price of $1,075,500 for a single comic book wasn’t the only record set in Heritage Auctions’ Signature(R) Vintage Comics and Comics Art Auction. The $5.6 million total for the event […]
Mark Tatulli is getting a lot of attention for Lio these days, but eight years before he developed that strip in 2006, he put himself on the map with Heart of the City, a charming strip about an overly dramatic, ambitious little girl who I think is going to grow up to be Lucy Ricardo. […]
Brock Heasley of Super Fogeys fame won February’s Zuda competition for a feature he co-created entitled Monsterplex. The other two co-creators are David Schlotterback and Michael DeVito.Brock talks about what it means to win on the Tall Tale Features blog: This month has been a whirlwind of hard work and emotions for me and my […]
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a report detailing how people are now getting their news. Still the top source: local and national television news. The internet is ahead of local print and radio. Other interesting shifts from the report:The internet and mobile technologies are at the center of the story of […]
Received a note that the San Francisco Chronicle is moving to a full color daily comics. The paper let readers vote on which strips should run in color first. The top vote getters were: Pearls Before Swine, Doonesbury, Bizarro, Lio and Non Sequitur. I’m not sure I understand why the paper is announcing it’s moving […]
Bill Hinds, creator of “Cleats,” also has a long-running feature, “Buzz Beamer,” in SI For Kids and is half of the team that produces “Tank McNamara.” Cleats is my favorite of the three because I spent enough time coaching youth soccer, and being a sports parent in general, that there are few of his characters […]
The Omaha World-Herald announced in yesterday’s paper that they are bringing back two of the 13 dropped comics after more than 1,000 readers complained. Starting today Non Sequitur and Hagar the Horrible return to the funny pages.Regarding how the decision was made on which comics to drop, the editor wrote: I set a goal of […]
Newsarama is reporting that DC Comics has replaced their “local outside counsel with Los Angeles “Super Lawyer” Daniel Petrocelli.” Time Warner’s decision to bring on such a high-profile litigator as its new outside counsel would seem to signal that the company does not expect a settlement with the Siegel family in the foreseeable future. It’s […]
Nemi is a Norwegian cartoon by Lise Myhre that presents a younger, sometimes darker perspective than the bulk of what is on the comics page. Of course, it isn’t really on the comics page in the US. This link is to a British magazine that tends to be a little spotty in its updates. Consider […]
Shrek Forever After will open the Tribeca Film Festival in April. This will be the fourth DreamWorks Animation film featuring the world’s most famous ogre, but the first ever released in 3D. Mike Myers returns as the voice of Shrek. Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas are also coming back as the voices of […]
The Denver Post has dropped 21 comics today and picked up one. The Post picked up all of the Rocky Mountain News’ comics last year when the paper folded. After 18,000 people responded to their survey, the following comics were dropped: The Argyle Sweater Speed Bump Cornered The Flying McCoys Loose Parts Pot-Shots Prickly City […]
The Daily Plitiken printed an apology for running the Mohammad cartoon along with other Danish papers in a show of solidarity after the New Year murder attempt on cartoonist Kurt Westergaard. But not all are happy with the apology for reasons you might not expect. Politiken said that it was apologising for the offence caused […]
Two years after being pulled from the South African network line-up, Jonathan Shapiro’s (“Zapiro”) satirical puppet show will finally hit the air tomorrow night. The show was set to air in 2008 and the pilot was partially funded by the SABC, but the network pulled the show before it could debut citing “sensitivity of viewers.” […]
Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder has announced that his television show based on his former comic strip will be returning to the small screen on May 2nd. His announcement was posted on his twitter account. Hey folks… Boondocks coming back May 2nd! (We swear!) Please follow @boondocksBTLG for the latest info and updates.