I have, in the back of my mind, a small list of strips which I need to be aware of not featuring too often. In part, it’s because part of what I like to do is to introduce new strips to readers, and in part it’s because I don’t want the blog to become too […]
A couple of weeks ago I reported that a 50+ year old comic about the life and non-violence movement of Martin Luther King, Jr. had been translated into Arabic and distributed among the Egyptian protestors in Tahir Square. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picks up on how the comic book was found and it’s connection to the […]
The Deseret News interviewed Pickles creator Brian Crane when he came through a couple of weeks ago for a book signing. Article covers how Brian got into comics, how the strip was originally perceived to be a 50 paper comic (now runs in over 700).Crane also originally envisioned Earl and Opal as “more cranky, cantankerous […]
Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot has been a supporter of Habitat for Humanity and has used her strip to do so. She’s written up a post for the Habitat’s blog about why she’s used her strip to bring awareness to the program.My job is to entertain, but my public position in newspapers is an irresistible […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominees for their prestigious Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees are:Glen Keane Stephan Pastis Richard ThompsonFrom their blog, here are the bios for each of the three:Glen Keane is an animator, author, illustrator and director who?s credits include The Little Mermaid (Ariel), Aladdin (Aladdin), Beauty […]
The Chicago Tribune profiled editorial cartoonist Dick Locher and his career behind the iconic Dick Tracy comic strip.“Never show him slumping, never show him blue, never show him depressed and never show him defeated,” said Dick Locher, who spent 32 years drawing the world’s most famous gumshoe. “He’s in charge. People expect that.” … Dick […]
I always wondered when Pixar was going to jump the shark.
One of those rare two-fers, in part because I don’t think this general topic is going away soon but I don’t want to turn into a one-issue blog, and in part because, while I like both cartoons, they feature different but critical takes on the issue.At the top, Clay Jones goes after the alleged […]
The Dallas-Fort Worth Tribune reports that Warner Bros. has a new animated video due out in March entitled, “Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown.” The Schulz family agreed that the work had to stay true to Charles Schulz the late director Bill Melendez’ earlier animations. The new video will be directed by Pixar director […]
I’m finding it interesting that conservatives in Wisconsin are happy that Wisconsin State Journal editorial cartoonist Phil Hands (a self described progressive) has taken their side on state budget issues.I can only assume that Phil is being honest about what he feels is best for the state regardless of the party in power. The caricatures […]
Sherman’s Lagoon is a successful strip, but, for some reason, Jim Toomey’s masterful cartooning seems to fly under the radar. There is occasionally some buzz when he takes on an ecological issue, like the brutal and wasteful massacre of sharks for shark fin soup. But, on a daily basis, he produces a strip that […]
Nothing to add to this 1895 Punch classic, except that it is the work of George du Maurier and that it added a phrase to the lexicon that has not lost its value over the years. (If the caption is not legible, click on the picture for a larger version)
Stuart Carlson not only calls upon the Old Testament concept of the scapegoat, but depicts someone already living on hay, which brings to mind a Joe Hill parody of an old hymn. (Those links provide the lyrics to each)The issue in Wisconsin, and of public employees generally, is not as simple as either side paints […]
Yesterday I wrote that attorney’s representing Funky Winkerbean creator Tom Batiuk sent a cease and desist letter to WordPress.com asking for them to remove two blogs that allegedly infringed on Tom’s intellectual property. WordPress.com shutdown the blogs and the blog author has since moved his blog to a private server and removed the Funky Winkerbean […]
The Wilton Patch profiles Hi and Lois cartoonist Chance Browne and his non-cartooning interests – namely playing in a band named Chance Browne and Friends where he plays guitar. They play tonight in Georgetown, CT.Moving first to Cambridge then to Burlington, Vermont in the late 1970s, Browne broadened his artistic scope as a graphic illustrator, […]