From Beehivecity.comGreen Lantern is not the only superhero offering to suggest that interest in men-in-tights in waning. Kenneth Branagh’s Thor opened with $66 million last month, a satisfying result for Paramount and Marvel comics but no match for the $115 million pocketed by the 2002 Spider-Man reboot in its first days. Matthew Vaughn, director of […]
Stuart Carlson is one of many cartoonists commenting on New York’s legalization of same-sex marriage, but one of the few who didn’t simply shout “Hurray,” most with some variation on the “I love NY” icon.Carlson does a nice job of contrasting the exuberant nature of the change with the irrational fear that resists it — […]
The Denver Post has again reduced their comic line-up in order to “lower costs”. The announcement on their website didn’t list those that were eliminated, but an email from a frequent reader of this blog listed 12 features. Those features reportedly include: Rhymes with Orange F Minus, Bizarro, Doonesbury, Frazz, Brevity, Heart of the City, […]
As announced last week, Brian McFadden was tapped to be the featured regular cartoonist for the rework of the New York Times’ Week in Review. His first comic was entitled “The State of Unemployment” and appeared yesterday.Michael Cavna interviewed Brian about the new arrangement:“I’ve been given a lot of leeway,” says McFadden, whose online comics […]
Before “Pros & Cons” was called that, it was called “A Lawyer, A Doctor and a Cop.” Here we see the first and third of them in not much of a conversation.Kieran Meehan has a merrily twisted view of reality, but it doesn’t keep him from having created characters with well-established and consistent personalities. Stan, […]
Last week I wondered aloud if Cars 2 would be the first Pixar dud. I was wrong. The film took the top spot on its debut weekend and based on the numbers I found on the-numbers.com, the estimated $68 million Cars 2 earned this last weekend makes it the fifth highest grossing Pixar film on […]
A landmark moment in one of my favorite strips, as Marla, the beleagured assistant manager in “Retail,” gets married.Retail has always maintained a level of reality that makes its occasional moments of whimsy that much more ridiculous. Its hallmark is the undercurrent of fury that creator Norm Feuti clearly carries for the combination of exploitation […]
Are we at the point where I can just say “Michelle,” the way we once just said, “Jackie”?Michelle and the girls have been visiting South Africa, and it’s hard for anyone over 50 not to recall JFK’s quip, “I am the man who accompanied Jacqueline Kennedy to Paris, ” except that the president didn’t even come […]
Big Fat Whale creator Brian McFadden will be the commissioned cartoonist in the New York Times’ Week in Review section starting Sunday.According to Matt Bors Brian will the featured cartoonist for “a few months” and before the space is rotated to other cartoonists. “The strip will cover something topical, but it can be anything from […]
Long time NCS and AAEC member Jim Orton has passed away at the age of 81. Jim, for a time, did editorial cartoons for Roll Call. According to the obituary, Jim had a varied career. He was born June 11, 1930, in Oneida, NY, and was high school valedictorian in 1947. He later received his […]
I’ve mentioned before my love of Pixar movies and angst over Cars 2 (based on the trailers). From early reviews, I’m not the only one.Russ Fischer writes over on Slashfilm.com: ‘Cars 2’ Will Be Pixar’s First ‘Rotten’ MovieI certainly take no joy in noting this, and curiously enough I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else […]
TIME magazine has listed their top 25 animated films of all time. Here’s the link to the start (#25). You have to go through 25 pages to get to the number one. I’m going to spare you a bit of time by giving you 25-6. The last five you’ll have to visit their site.25. Lady […]
Las Vegas Sun editorial cartoonist Mike Smith took first place in the Best of the West journalism contest. The Best of the West is an award honoring professional journalists in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. Second place went to Mike Keefe of the Denver […]
On Tuesday, Gannett laid off 700 people at their papers around the country, in an attempt to save money and maximize short-term profits. Although this sort of short-staffing handcuffs local papers and makes it virtually impossible for them to matter to the people in their own communities, it does have other benefits. In this case, […]
The Saturday Evening Post’s Diana Denny profiles Randy GlasbergenThere’s always someone around the corner ready to make a liar out of you. I’ve recently told you how hard it is to be a cartoonist. Except for Randy Glasbergen, who sold his first cartoons to the The Saturday Evening Post while still in high school.Excellent selection […]