Matt Bors interviews three Hungarian editorial cartoonists who are grappling with a repressive new “fairness law.”Matt Bors: The implications of this law are frightening if fully implemented. Assaulting the “human dignity” of politicians is what editorial cartoonists do for a living. How might this new media law effect cartoons? Gábor Pápai: The consequences of the […]
Bluewater Productions is releasing a bio-comic on Charlie Sheen. Comic Riffs’ Michael Cavna has more details.I’m sure it is winning.
Ronald Searle has sold 2,000 sketches, 50 books of drawings and lithographs – the bulk of his original artwork – to a German museum who paid 1 million Euros ($1.4 million). The work spans six decades.
Editorial cartoonist Dick Locher is ending a 32 career working on the Dick Tracy comic strip. This Sunday is the last strip with Locher as the writer. The local ABC station interviewed Dick. Video is below.
The AP is reporting that five media groups have asked UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to intervene in a case of a missing Sri Lankan cartoonist/writer who disappeared over a year ago.“Ekneligoda?s disappearance and the failure of the government to conduct a credible investigation underscore the degree of impunity in crimes against journalists that is […]
John Glynn reports that Matthew Inman new book “5 Very Good Reasons to Punch a Dolphin in the Mouth (And Other Useful Guides)” has hit #2 on Amazon.com The book is published by Andrews McMeel. Amazon is selling it for only $7.72 (48% off list price.)
Speaking, as we were yesterday, of strips that you need to read for awhile to get, here’s a chance to get in on the groundfloor of a continuity webstrip.Terry Laban, otherwise known as the husband in the husband-and-wife team that creates “Edge City,” has launched a webcomic called “Muktuk Wolfsbreath: Hardboiled Shaman,” that will update […]
Terry Laban, co-creator of Edge City, is launching new online graphic novel entitled, Muktuk Wolfsbreath, Hard Boiled Shaman. Here’s how he describes it:The mean streets of LA have nothing on the frigid forests of Siberia when it comes to danger, and Muktuk Wolfsbreath needs all his shamanic power s to deal with the wicked women, […]
The Sacramento Bee reports that its editorial cartoonist Rex Babin has requested a leave two weeks ago to attend to a health issue. It doesn’t report the issue in question or how long Rex will be out of the office, but suggested anyone wanting to wish him well contact him at: topics@sacbee.com or at our […]
Western animation film Rango took the top seat at the box office last weekend taking in $38.1 million. Rango lassoed $38.1 million on approximately 5,200 screens at 3,917 locations, which surpassed The Green Hornet’s $33.5 million as the top-grossing opening so far in 2011. Though it grossed less than a third of Johnny Depp’s Alice […]
“Watch Your Head” is one of the most character-driven strips out there, with a cast of a half-dozen students at fictional Oliver Otis University, a thinly disguised stand-in for artist Cory Thomas’s alma mater, Howard.It’s not clear what year everyone is, since they are in Comic Strip Time and, like comic strip students everywhere, begin […]
From the press release:Classic works by Jerry Robinson of Batman, Robin and a rogues gallery of villains, including Robinson’s creation, the Joker, can be seen on www.JerryRobinsonArt.com. In the coming days more art by Robinson and other legendary artists will be added. The new web site covers Jerry’s career of over 70 years ? from […]
The Las Vegas Sun ran a full, front page cartoon by their editorial cartoonist Mike Smith. The cartoon is about NASCAR which were in Vegas this last weekend. Probably no other cartoonist knows NASCAR as well as Mike. (He’s even wrote/cartooned a book it).The cartoon was also made into an animated piece for the website […]
The big change is now official. The Comics Journal has relaunched its web edition. This site is divided into several sections which will continue to grow over the days and weeks and months to come: Feature articles, including lengthy interviews, investigative journalism, and long-form critical and historical essays; regular columns on a variety of subjects; […]
Tom Gammill is back – this time at the Center for Cartoon Studies.