Atlanta Magazine delves into the rebirth of Dick Tracy under the new team Joe Staton and writer Mike Curtis.For starters, the art is crisp and creative with a strong visual homage to “Tracy” creator Chester Gould’s heyday in the strip in the 1940s and 1950s while the writing is fast-paced and loaded with wit and […]
From the NY Daily News:LOS ANGELES – A politically motivated comic book pitting a blond superhero called “Foreskin Man” against a sinister-looking “Monster Mohel” is causing a serious flap in California. The colorful series was created by the “intactivist” group MGMBill.org as part of its campaign to ban circumcision through ballot initiatives.
More attendees of the Reuben Award weekend have posted:Sunday’s Non Sequitur has Wiley Miller’s take on the Reubens.Anne Hambrock has posted cell phone video footage of one of Tom Gammill’s short videos presented to the attendees. Tom was the master of ceremonies. Can’t wait to see the final release from Tom.Stephan Pastis visited MIT while […]
Richard Thompson continues to get positive press after winning this year’s Rueben. He was down in Charlotte this weekend for the Heroes Con and the Charlotte Observer wrote up a profile.A lifelong suburbanite, he’s happy with the lifestyle. From soccer league ordeals to the rituals of school, his experiences provide storylines for the strips. “Petey […]
From The West Australian we learn that Jason Chatfield is still recovering from being dragged by a taxi earlier this year. While the local funnyman is still in rehab for injuries sustained to his writing arm, Chatfield is back at work. He soldiered on to perform 42 shows in 25 days during last month’s Melbourne […]
It appears having gained freedom from Mubarrak this spring, Egyptians are still working out the free speech part. A conservative group of Muslims took offense to a cartoon by Mustafa Hussein and allege that a recent cartoon of his defamed Islam and made a mockery of Salafists (Salafists being the conservative Muslim group). In retaliation, […]
Pat Bagley on how far we’ve fallen in four decades.There was a time when political leaders thought about their positions on various issues. They certainly weren’t immune to the concept of party loyalty, but neither were they slaves to it. We could justifiably point to Congress and say we preferred our system to Parliamentary democracy, […]