As attendees of the 2011 National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Award weekend return home and post their thoughts, experiences and photos of the previous weekend, I’ll link to them here.One pre-Reuben item: this weekend, Tom Richmond takes the helm of the NCS for a four year term as NCS President replacing outgoing president Jef Keane. Correction: […]
The LA Times reviewed the traveling exhibit of The Art of Tim Burton that originated at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In all 700 or so artifacts from his original sketches and movie memorabilia are on display.The LA Times wasn’t that impressedArt museums often have a tough time with shows about […]
Jeff Kinney, creator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will be the featured guest at the Schulz Museum on June 11th. The event is free while tickets last. Jeff will talk about the books success and his participation in the movies based on his feature. He’ll also sign books.
Bob Andelman (AKA Mr. Media) has posted an interview with Ivan Brunetti, author of the new book, “Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice” described as, “literally a 15-week master course in the art, grown from his practical experience teaching at the University of Chicago and Columbia College Chicago. In a mere 88 pages, Brunetti dispenses exactly what […]
As stated here and elsewhere, there are some strips I have to restrain myself from using too often, and “Cul de Sac” leads that small group. But today’s strip is not just timely in light of Richard Thompson’s having won the Reuben this past weekend but is also a very solid demonstration of why he […]
A comment on yesterday’s Reubens posting noted that webcomics don’t have an awards category. As I noted in my reply, the wall between syndicated cartoonists and web cartoonists seems to be breaking down.I went down to Boston yesterday for the grand finale of John Read’s “One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages” traveling exhibit and […]
Last night was the 2011 Reuben Award and division award. Richard Thompson took home the top honor of Cartoonist Of The Year for his feature, Cul de Sac. The other two nominees were: Glen Keane and Stephan Pastis.In the division awards, the winners are:TELEVISION ANIMATION Dave Filoni ? Supervising Director / Production Designer, ?Star Wars: […]
Despite the lag between deadline and publishing date, both Mark Tatulli of “Heart of the City” and Wiley Miller of “Non Sequitur” managed to make stunningly spot-on predictions about the Reubens, which were held last night in Boston. This is kind of inside-baseball humor, but, in both cases, they kept it generic enough for a […]
A vignette of coastal life from Non Sequitur.Wiley Miller has been living on the stern and rockbound coast of Maine for about a dozen years now, but, given that he moved there from the stern and rockbound coast of Santa Barbara, he’s probably seen french fries filched several times.People say that pigeons are “rats with […]
Nobody in the business does observational humor quite like Jimmy Johnson. The artwork in Arlo & Janis is perfectly – perfectly – wedded to the deadpan observations that are key to its conceptual tone.Arlo’s utter lack of expression in panel 4, particularly in contrast with Janis’s expression of disgust in 3, is like George Burns starting […]
Earlier this week, it was questioned whether a cartoon drawn by Columbus Dispatch editorial cartoonist Jeff Stahler was lifted from a fake headline by Andy Borowitz. According to Jim Romenesko, Jeff’s editors have investigated the cartoon in question and have concluded the timing of the two was a big coincidence.Email from Dispatch editor Ben Marrison […]
Matt Bors raises an old issue with all sorts of new implications.Victims of sexual assault have always faced the daunting prospect of proving a crime took place. Barring bruising, scratches and other signs of a physical fight, much of the evidence is based on an interaction often conducted without third party witnesses.In this case, while […]
The Cartoonists Rights Network International has awarded its Courage in Editorial Cartooning award to Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwarul Haque, better known as Zunar, according to Tom Spurgeon. A ceremony will be held on July 7 in Florida.Tom writes:Zunar plans to be in St. Petersburg, Florida for the event, and I believe is taking the group […]
Tom Racine has posted his latest podcast with interviews with Soup to Nutz creator Rick Stromoski and Tundra marketing guru Bill Kellogg.