Comedian Jonathan Winters has signed to voice the Papa Smurf character for an upcoming CGI adaption to the 1958 Belgian comic strip turned 1980’s NBC cartoon, “The Smurfs.” Not much has been revealed about the movie other than it will be directed by Raja Gosnell and released through Columbia Pictures. Ropes of Silicon has sample […]
Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee is working on a new series called “Super Seven.” The story resolves around seven stranded aliens on earth who are befriended by Stan. “Super Seven” is to be introduced as a comic book and an animated series in the fall of 2010. Lee's POW! Entertainment is working with Archie […]
King Features Creative Vice President Frank Caruso has been asked to serve as one of the jurors for the national Doodle 4 Google Competition. The competition is open for all K-12 students in the United States and is base on this year’s theme, “If I could do Anything, I Would…” A Google “Doodle” is the […]
Frank Interlandi, who served as the Los Angeles Times editorial cartoonist from 1962 to 1981, passed away on February 4 due to age related causes. He was 85 years-old. Frank shared the opinion page with Paul Conrad for most of his career doing more social commentary cartoons to Conrad’s political work, according to Conrad. His […]
Ruben Bolling has raised $4,674 with his “Tom the Dancing Bug Haitian Relief Challenge.” The money raised will go to Save the Children Haiti Earthquake Emergency Fund. The top two donors would be given an original drawing created special for the donor. Ruben’s fundraiser had a tie for first place, so he’s creating three original […]
This week’s Tall Tale Features tackle’s the iPad’s impact on comics. Hey, everyone else is talking about it, so why fight it? Tall Tale Radio takes on Steve Jobs and the iPad! Will it change the business of print as we know it? Will it impact cartoonists everywhere? Is it a glorified iPod? And most […]
Post-Gazette’s Rob Rogers has upset Pittsburgh police officers. The cartoon responds to a news story where three white officers are accused of beating a black teenager. The cartoon depicts a man and a woman in a cafe talking about the incident and during the multi-panel cartoon, one of the characters suggests that the police training […]
Pet Sitters International has announced it will begin using characters from the Garfield comic strip to help its member programs market their services. From the press release: “PSI is all about educating our members and our members are all about pampering their clients’ pets,” said Terry Chance, PSI marketing director. “Garfield is definitely an intellectual […]
I believe the point has been made here on this blog previously, but nice to hear CBS’ Face the Nation anchor Bob Schieffer say it as well. Do you think Jon Stewart is taking the newsman mantle from the traditionalists like yourself? Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are to television what the editorial page cartoonist […]
South African editorial cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (“Zapiro”) has reinstated the shower head above President Jacob Zuma’s head. In several cartoons, the shower head was present but floating above the presidents head slowly inching closer. Zapiro affixed the plumbing fixture as more criticism is leveled at the president for his sexual behavior.In an interview with Zapiro […]
From Jason Chatfield, the current cartoonist with the Australian Ginger Meggs comic strip, we learn that the strip is celebrating several milestones. It’s closing in on 90 years old, became a daily 17 years ago and has been syndicated with Universal Uclick for 10. It was 17 years ago that Australia’s oldest comic strip went […]
Over the years, I’ve received media kits from most of the recent syndicate launches. After reviewing them, I’ve kept them in a box, but now I need to clear out the office. I’m offering the following media kits to whomever wants them (collectively or individually). Contact me if you’re interested in any of them. I […]
This Sunday, Perfesser Cosmo Fishhawk, chief reporter for TheTreetops-Tattler, will be arrested for refusing to reveal the source of his shocking story about the true identity of Bo, the White House dog. The story-line plays off a story that ran on the comic’s companion website, The Treetops-Tattler.From their press release:In the SHOE comic, which is […]
BOOM! Town, a new imprint of BOOM! Studios, announced they will be printing a collection of rejected cartoons submitted to The New Yorker by cartoonist Shannon Wheeler entitled I Thought You Would Be Funnier.Regarding the volume Shannon says, “This is some of the best work I’ve ever done.”
Bob Andelman interviewed Ziggy cartoonist Tom Wilson yesterday in his latest Mr. Media podcast.