Posted on: February 9, 2011

Scott Stantis strikes back at Groupon’s hipper-than-thou Super Bowl commercial, and I’ve got nothing to add but applause.For those who haven’t see the TV spot:

Sketchaholic interviews For Better of For Worse creator Lynn Johnston. It’s broken up into six parts – but they bleed into each other. I’ve written out what topic they are talking about at the beginning of each video.First video: Lynn talks about her start in cartooning. What’s harder? Getting exposure or gaining the talent? Where […]

Washington Post Staff Writer Peter Marks offers a stinging review of the “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” broadway musical. The 8-year-old boys in the audience might be able to key on the Cirque du Soleil-style stunts on wires and video-game graphic elements, and probably not worry too much that “Spider-Man” is a tangle of disjointed […]

The webcomic Axe Cop inspired film school director Peter Muehlenberg to turn the first two episodes into online movies. Muehlenberg’s fan video, which he posted on YouTube late last month, turns the first Axe Cop webcomic into a 2-minute blast of cheesy flames, dinosaur blood and exposition. He said he shot Axe Cop the Movie: […]

Bob Scott’s Molly and the Bear has moved up from Comics Sherpa to join other web only comics on Gocomics.com. Bob is a veteran animator who has worked with Pixar and Dreamworks Animation. Tom Racine interviewed Bob back in 2009 for this Tall tale Radio podcast.

I’ve been using The Daily every day since it launched last week. The new iPad only app is being touted as a futurist newspaper. News Corp chairman Rupert Murdock has reportedly spent $30 million building the app (and the newsroom) from the ground up. It’s a huge undertaking and there’s been a huge buzz about […]

In “Watch Your Head,” Cory Thomas celebrates Black History Month with another in a series of sharply targeted comments.It cracked me up because I’m as guilty as anyone at judging people by their names, though I don’t think it’s entirely a black/white thing. I wrote a piece on naming babies some 20 years ago in […]

Editorial cartoonist Michael Pohrer (AKA: “MJ”) returned to his Alma Mater, Francis Howell located in Weldon Springs, to discuss the art of cartooning. The Cartoonist, MJ stated “I met and talked with the current student body. I was impressed* with the level of quality material that the students were producing. I got to watch quite […]

Andre Trantraal, a cartoonist for the Cape Times, alleges that police searched his home without a warrant pointing guns at his family – including children. Describing the incident, Andre Trantraal said: “I was about to enter my front gate when two police vans pulled up and 10 to 15 heavily armed policemen got out. One […]

Interesting story from Daryl Cagle: When discouraged political cartoonists sit behind a beer and complain, sometimes the talk turns to the idea of pretending to draw as a woman, to take advantage of affirmative action minded editors who might prefer cartoons by a woman, and affirmative action minded award juries who might be more inclined […]

I mentioned the 30 year anniversary of Bob Englehart with the Hartford Courant back in December. Fox CT has posted a video profile on Bob.Hat Tip: Rob Tornoe

A 1935 animation cel featuring Mickey Mouse in The Band Concert will be auctioned off on February 24-25. The animation art is estimated t be worth over $100,000. It is thought to be the only production setup in existence from the first Mickey cartoon that features Mickey and the entire band.“This cel is, in many […]

Bone creator Jeff Smith has hinted on his blog that he’s working on a Superman project for DC Comics. The mention is on his blog along with a sketch of the man of steel.

Still can’t find any cartoons Joe Heller, the editorial cartoonist in Green Bay, however Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers was down in Dallas to cover the game. He’s posted several cartoons that he drew during the game.Seven cartoons in all. Last won captioned with this explanation:Oh, great! Here I was sitting in Cowboys Stadium […]

Comic page changes for the weekThe Yuma Sun wants to replace Peanuts and are asking for suggestions. Appeal-Democrat (Marysville, CA) adds Stone Soup, Diamond Lil and Brevity. Stone Soup was dropped late last year but readers demanded it be reinstated.The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) is adding Pickles and Argyle Sweater to their Sunday pages.