There are a number of cartoons about the Tucson shootings, ranging from “weepers,” which serve the important purpose of informing people that death is sad, to those suggesting a direct, specific correlation between the rhetoric and the action, as if the right wing had purposefully delivered a detailed “to do” list into the hands of […]
Comics Alliance reports that in a blog post entited, “1 down, 534 to go” Travis Corcoran, the president of Heavy Ink (online comic book retailer) rejoiced in the shooting in Tucson, AZ that injured Congress Woman Gabrielle Giffords and killed six others including a federal judge.He writes on this blog that it was unacceptable that […]
United Media is premiering Dude and Dude today on Comics.com. The strip is by Keith Poletiek about the eternal question of why we can’t all just get rich by sleeping in, flirting with “the honeys,” and hanging at the beach. But while most people eventually succumb to the pressures of “real life,” the two twenty-somethings […]
Not sure how to gauge who was first to post/publish a cartoon reaction to last weekend’s deadly shooting in Tucson AZ that injured Congress Woman Gabrielle Giffords. There are two staff cartoonists in Arizona Steve Benson at the Arizona Republic and David Fitzsimmons so we’ll start with them first:This is David’s first cartoon:See all of […]
Last night was the debut of “Bob’s Burgers” on the Fox Network.The Boston Globe gave it a favorable write-up:“Bob’s Burgers” has a more sharply offbeat sensibility than its more pop-culture rooted Sunday night neighbors, veering between absurd, endearing, and crude – which fits with the avant stand-up stylings of folks like Schaal and Mirman. Some […]
Here’s the run down of the latest changes in the comics that newspapers are running:The Post-Star (Glens Falls, NY) is publishing a local comic described as a Doonesbury-esque strip on “local issues, politics and events regarding the Adirondack Park.” It’s called Parkview. Runs for 10 weeks.Here’s a preview of the first.Here’s a link to where […]
Saturday, I posted a response by Arizona Daily Star editorial cartoonist David Fitzsimmons regarding that day’s shooting in Tucson that has placed Congress woman Gabrielle Giffords in the hospital, killed a federal judge and five other individual. David, moments after the shooting on CNN said in part:“The right in Arizona, and I’m speaking very broadly, […]
I don’t think there was ever enough lag time between the announcements of the teams and the playing of the games for a cartoonist to comment on the specific matchups, back when all the games were played in a three-day orgy of college football at New Year’s.Now, Arlo & Janis has the luxury of getting […]
Today’s “Edison Lee” is a good example of why some gags work better on Sunday. The dialog necessary to simply make the joke could be compressed into a daily, but the necessary cuts would seriously undermine the humor. The more expansive Sunday format allows for more give-and-take and a more natural conversation, as well as […]
Arizona Daily Star editorial cartoonist David Fitzsimmons was interviewed by CNN on the shooting of Congressman Giffords. Daryl Cagle has quotes from the interview:The right in Arizona, and I?m speaking very broadly, has been stoking the fires of a heated anger and rage successfully in this state. It?s stunning because Congressman Giffords was a centrist, […]
Yes, African-American James, you should say “oops.” The preferred term is “enslaved person.”Jeff Danziger is only one of many cartoonists who have taken up the topic of a bowdlerized “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” but he’s done the best job of it I’ve seen so far.As it happens, I wasn’t an English or American Lit major […]
While we await for Ruport Murdoch’s The Daily to launch (rumored/reported for January 17), Google is making noise that it isn’t going to let Apple own the digital subscription plans for newspapers and magazines apps. News organizations such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal currently have free iPad apps but are free for […]
Jim Romenesko reports over on Poynter an email from Washington Post Publisher Katharine Weymouth that they’ve returned to profitability in 2010.From that email: That said, we accomplished a tremendous amount last year and have strong results to show for it. I committed to Don and to the Board that we would return to profitability by […]
The next Ice Age (Ice Age: Contintal Drift) movie is scheduled for a summer 2012 release. Here’s the animated short teaser now in theaters:
James Sturm, co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies, was featured twice today. Tom Spurgeon posted an extensive interview with Jim about his work, the school, and his new book Market Day. Next the Star (Malaysia) features James in an article entitled: Getting to know cartoonist James Sturm – covers the same topics in a […]