Politico has written a pretty good profile of Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles. Turner hired him part time as a caricature artist and, after a few months, started nudging him toward editorial cartoons. “I said ‘No, I don’t want to do that,’” Toles recalled. “‘I don’t have the skills. I don’t have the interest. […]
Movie crittic Roger Ebert, who has entered the New Yorker caption contest regularly since it began, has finally won. Robert Mankoff writes about the win on his blog. Roger was being a bit hyperbolic when he claimed to have entered practically all of the contests since its inception. Out of a possible two hundred and […]
Women’s Voices for Change has profiled Nina Paley and discusses her film “Sita Sings The Blues: The Greatest Break-Up Story Every Told.”Kicked to the curb by a beloved husband, many women would turn off the phone, grab the H”aagen-Daz and crawl under the covers. But Nina Paley channeled her own sorrow and rage into a […]
I’m not trying to shift into all-politics all-the-time; that’s just what seems to be hot the past few days.And this Jeff Danziger cartoon is irresistable. There was a point in this war where the escape of 500 prisoners would have felt like a disaster, but that point has passed. It seems like just one more […]
I’m reminded that Eisner Award voting is now open.If I understand the criteria – voting is open to: Comic book/graphic novel/webcomic creators (writers, artists, cartoonists, pencillers, inkers, letterers, colorists) All nominees in any category Comic book/graphic novel publishers and editors Comics historians and educators Graphic novel librarians Owners and managers of comic book specialty retail […]
Pixar changed animation forever back in 1995. USA Today has posted a pretty good overview of the big six animation studios and what they’re releasing in the next couple of years.Regarding Dreamworks/Paramount:No fewer than 24 features are in various stages of production, including everything from a racing snail (Turbo) to a full-length film based on […]
I broke the news last week that Gary Varvel would be this year’s Robert F. Kennedy award for editorial cartooning and now it is official. The award is given to journalists to recognize their work on human rights, social justice, and the power of individuals to make a difference. Varvel’s 11-part series, “The Path of […]
Bill Watterson came out of retirement – albeit briefly – to submit a oil painting to Richard Thompson’s Team Cul de Sac effort to raise money for a cure for Parkinson Disease.As Richard tells it on his blog…So I was floored when I got a call yesterday from Chris [Sparks] saying that Caty Neis, who’s […]
The western media has had plenty of cartoons about the price of oil, but at Cartoon Movement today, Kenyan cartoonist Victor Ndula comments on its cost, not in terms of reindeer and polar bears, but from an African perspective.I’m certainly aware of the price at the pump — I recently spent $62 for a fillup […]
Senator Arthur Vandenburg (R-Mich) would have fit pretty well into the current Republican party, as far as economics goes, since he was a staunch opponent of the New Deal. But I doubt the current Republicans would forgive his support of the United Nations and, in particular, they would not want to hear that the author […]
Among the things we might consider to save tax money, how about cutting off these bloodsuckers? Tom the Dancing Bug on the scam artists and thieves who recruit the underemployed to apply for Pell Grants and student loans, and to use up their GI Bill funding on their behalf, pressuring people to sign up who […]
I may be a daily blogger, but I still have my Luddite side, as well as my cheap side, and have not gone to a Smartphone. This is in part because, as a struggling freelancer, I have enough to do just to pay for access at home, never mind adding another monthly bill so […]
Oh Brother! co-creators Jay Stephens and Bob Weber, Jr.s ran a contest entitled, “Is Your Kid A Character?” to find a child who according to their parent’s account should be in a comic. The winner is drawn into a Oh Brother! panel (yesterday). The contest was judged by a panel of mommy bloggers. The winner, […]
You knew that there are only a handful of voice actors behind the myriad of Simpson’s characters, right? But did you know who voices which character? Hector Cortez, over at the Animation Blog, has posted an infochart on which voice talent is behind the various characters and towns peoples. Check out his blog for a […]
Daryl Cagle has written an interesting post about the perceived value of editorial cartoons on the web.With the poor performance of their artist-name cartoons page, there was no way I could convince the Yahoo News people that editorial cartoons had value ? even with the popularity of our topical cartoon content on Cagle.com. Unfortunately, this […]