I’ve learned not to predict too much about what I’ll never do, but I did like today’s Rudy Park.Rudy Park is a partnership between Darrin Bell of Candorville and Theron Heir, who is actually Matt Richtel of the NY Times, using a pseudonym for reasons that probably made sense once but now mostly bring up […]
At this year’s HeroesCon Mike Rhode moderated a panel of cartoonists Jim Scancarelli (Gasoline Alley), Marcus Hamilton (Dennis the Menace), Alex Saviuk (Spider-man) and Joe Staton (Dick Tracy) on the topic taking over an established, classic comic strip. Here’s the link to the audio of the panel. I was unable to get it to play, […]
Malaysian cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque (AKA Zunar) has had his day in court and didn’t come away the winner. A Malaysian court has upheld the ban on two of his cartoon books that were banned and confiscated in 2010 on the grounds that they threatened public order.Mr Zulkifli said the judge did not specify how […]
I’m pretty sure I mentioned this before, but Sergio Aragones will have his own monthly title through Matt Groenings’s Bongo comics. Entitled Sergio Aragones Funnies, the first edition hits stores next week on the 20th and on newsstands on August 9th.From the press release:Mr Aragon’es became a regular featured artist and writer in Bart Simpson […]
In case anyone was wondering what it takes to become “Comic Strip of the Day,” here’s a quick lesson from Hilary Price of Rhymes With Orange: It doesn’t hurt to base your cartoon on something you read here.When Hilary asked to use the quote, my initial highly flattered reaction was to say yes and then […]
I’ve been waiting for news about last week’s annual American Association of Editorial Cartoonists convention held at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida. The buzz was especially low this year. Usually the local paper will run something announcing the association was in town. The only blurb I found was from St. Petersburg Times – […]
A new “hi-def” trailer for Steven Spielberg’s Tintin movie has been posted (quite honestly on my small laptop screen, I couldn’t tell it was hi-definition unless you count the longer amount of time it took to load to play).My general impression of the movie was negative when the first teasers were released. This trailer has […]
As noted on Richard Thompson’s blog, his Cul de Sac Golden Treasury: A Keepsake Garland of Classics book is ridiculously priced at $6.80 over on Amazon. Normally $16.99.
Podcasters Tom Racine (Tall Tale Radio) and Justin Thompson (Comics Coast to Coast) have launched a new website and podcast called GeekPapas aimed at “geeky dads” or better described on their blog as, “proud geek parents who have unbridled passion for their kids and want to share their lifelong love of all things Geeky with […]
The Canadian Business Journal has announced that they will now be featuring Michael de Adder’s cartoons for their monthly magazine. Earlier this month Michael de Adder announced that he had been laid off from New Brunswick Publishing. He’s also got another paper lined up to run his work 3 times a week.
Editorial cartoonist Vic Harville has officially retired from the Stephens Media’s Little Rock Bureau where he drew editorial and sports cartoons for the newspaper chain since 2000. Vic says his retirement plans include fishing, painting, visiting family and traveling.
Between Friends has a grip on normalcy that works for me on a regular basis.I can, for example, remember those … um … interfaces with middleschool aged offspring in which you would begin to get this sense that it was no longer a debate or a discussion or even an argument but simply a test […]
Jack Newcombe has been named as president and chief operating officer of Creators Syndicate replacing his father Rick as president. Rick will continue to serve as CEO and chairman of the board. From the press release:For the past two years, Jack has served as executive vice president/general manager of the third-largest syndicate in the country, […]
I can’t remember whether I took Junior Lifesaving at 14 or 16, but Big Nate is giving me a small dose of Post Traumatic Swimming Disorder.Big Nate is a cartoon that provides adults with memories of how it was while providing tweens with laughs about how it is, and, given his paperbacks and ibooks […]
Chattanooga Times Free Press editorial cartoonist Clay Bennett was awarded this year’s Green Eyeshade Award for editorial cartooning. The Green Eyeshade Award is presented by the regional Society of Professional Journalists covering Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia.This is Clay’s second win in two years and […]