Yesterday, Meet the Press host David Gregory displayed a Mike Keefe cartoon without citing the creator. According to Rob Tornoe, this isn’t the first time. “Too many mainstream media folks treat cartoons like they’re shells found on a beach or forwarded e-mail attachments,” said John Cole, the staff cartoonist at the Scranton Times-Tribune. “They wouldn’t […]
Rhymes with Orange cartoonist Hilary Price recently went on a cultural tour to Havana, which she blogs about here. Included in that is the information that, instead of going crazy trying to get ahead on her strip, she turned it over to fellow Northamptonian Mo Willems for a week. His stuff begins today. She’s got […]
This was part of a series of Duke strips that I recognized all too well. I was, at the time, being “Dad” during the day and “the author” at night, and I set a clock for 12:30 AM in my office, knowing that anything I wrote after that would have to be re-written in the […]
Matt Davies is a Pulitzer Prize winner who was recently cut by his newspaper, then rehired after an outraged response from the public and within the profession. Cartoons like this explain both the prize and the re-hiring.
Darrin Bell has a talent for thoughtful self-mockery, assuming that Lemont Brown, protagonist of Candorville, is Bell’s doppelganger. I think that’s a pretty safe assumption, though, if so, I hope that’s a scenic overlook and not the driving lane. Darrin’s got a couple of books out.
Sometimes the best laugh is over a joke so silly that you can’t help snickering. But it’s easy to ruin a silly joke, and even a one-panel gag contains an element of timing — This one wouldn’t work if it showed people reacting to the signs. John Deering’s Strange Brew does a nice job of […]
Steve Breen’s Grand Avenue raises a question I had never pondered before. And the clever line would be “and will never ponder again” except that I really think this silly complaint is going to stick with me. Collection here.
This is the second day of an arc in the quasi-autobiographical strip “The Knight Life” that has Keith nominated for an “Idiot Grant.” Stay tuned. And if you want to catch up with rest of his only semi-fictional life, here’s the collection.
Scott Stantis answers the question of whether a conservative can do a funny political strip. This one could get a laff from either side. Prickly City is here, and he does have a collection out.
Phil Dunlap’s Ink Pen is about a booking agency for cartoon characters. You can see it here, and buy a collection here.
Judge Parker artist Eduardo Barreto was recently been hospitalized. His son, Diego and former Judge Parker ghost artist John Heebink are pitching to give Eduardo time to recover. Diego’s work is running this week and John’s work will begin on February 15 and run for four weeks.King Features comic editor Brendan Burford says that Eduardo […]
Tom Spurgeon reports that R. Crumb’s Genesis graphic novel sold 120,000 copies. Two comments: First, after all the hype for Genesis, I actually think that book was underplayed a bit in comics circles, perhaps because a lot of typical opinion-makers were slow in catching up to it. I think I’ve encountered more “I finally got […]
The Heat Vision blog (part of Hollywood Reporter) notes that comic book artists are becoming a hit in Hollywood. Not that Hollywood is likely to resist. It already has succumbed to such waves of outsiders as commercials directors and music video helmers, and comic artists bring a lot of the same visual flair. But they […]
The Belgian Comic Strip Center is celebrating its first 20 years of operation with an exhibit the explores the “medium of comic strip art over the past two decades and highlights the considerable changes it has experienced.” Exhibit runs through March 28.
With the upcoming Marmaduke movie, Twentieth Century Fox and USA TODAY’s pet community post are inviting readers to submit video of their dog’s antics. Four winners will be selected and their dog will be featured in the ending credits of the Marmaduke movie.The Marmaduke movie is set to release on June 4. Contest ends February […]