To begin with, I really didn’t know how big a deal the New England Webcomics Weekend was until Saturday morning, when I discovered that the place was sold out for that day and I’d have to scramble to get in on Sunday. Fortunately, I discovered this on-line and not at the door, so I dropped […]
Obituary cartoons are usually pretty awful stuff, but Jack Ohman uses the occasion of Sorensen’s death to make a point.
One of the first artists I worked with as an author was Christopher Baldwin, who drew the web comic “Bruno” from 1996 to 2007. There was a period when Bruno’s dark musings on life began to match my own and I decided to take a break from her, but I got over myself at some […]
Washington Examiner editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler was highlighted in a recent local Fox station coverage of the election.h/t: Mike Rhode
Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes shows us how she draws and animates her cartoons for the Washington Post.
The Comics Journal has posted a three part interview with Bizarro creator Dan Piraro. When asked if he’s considered ending Bizarro and turning to fine art, Dan replied: In 21st century United States, you certainly cannot complain if you?re making a living as an artist ? period. You just can?t. It?s like complaining that you […]
There’s been a bit of excitement after Perry Bible Fellowship creator Nichols Gurewitch posted a new cartoon earlier this week. I asked Nichols how often fans should expect new comics to which he replied, “I don’t think I’ll be posting new ones on any kind of a regularized basis.”Nichols has been busy with more animation […]
Former Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Clyde Peterson is pushing his City Council to ban texting while driving. According to the MyFoxHouston.com’s website, Clyde is emailing city leaders and drawing cartoons to elevate the awareness. Unfortunately, city hall isn’t listening. The Mayor’s office tells MyFoxHouston that they have no plans to put such a ban on […]
Just enough of an exaggeration to be funny. Stone Soup hits the mark again.My mother didn’t carry a change of clothes for herself in her purse, but, boy, the rest of it was in there. She carried a cloth diaper for years after any of us were young enough to need a diaper. That […]
I buy comic collections for a number of reasons. Pure entertainment, “behind the scenes” information, interesting comic history and love of the art (or humor). A good book satisfies more than one of these justifications. The latest Doonesbury book, Doonesbury and the Art of G.B. Trudeau by Brian Walker, hits all of them in spades. […]
Interesting documentary.The National Cartoonists Society’s top honor, The Rueben is named after Rube Goldberg.
I’m not sure how often happens, but Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovch has a feature on his blog called, “Lunch with Luckovich” wherein he takes questions through his blog’s comment section and answers them. As you can imaging, some questions are more interesting than others. Here’s a sample: “you were probably the least talented. […]
Again, I follow a cartoon that made me think with one that just made me giggle.Except that this strip also made me think, after it made me giggle. But it made me think about technical issues.The name of this strip is “Pros and Cons.” For its first three years, it was called “A Lawyer, A […]
I can’t imagine many editorial cartoonists went home early yesterday. On a night like last night, where could one possibly be other than behind the drawing board?Here’s a quick cruise through those I was aware of doing live cartooning/blogging/tweeting of last night’s historic election. Clay Jones did 22 cartoonsDavid Horsey produced several during a 12 […]
One of the delights of Cul de Sac is that, unlike the characters in other strips about imaginative little children who live in their own dream world, Alice is not withdrawn, unpopular and ignored by her peers. I do not believe that this means that, unlike other cartoonists, Richard Thompson spent his formative years […]