The Wolf, by Sgt. Leonard Sansone, was the kind of insider humor for GIs produced by GIs like Sansone, Bil Keane, Al Jaffee and others. Less biting than Mauldin, it still traded on experience rather than stateside fantasies and had its own type of edge.My dad had a collection of The Wolf, and I didn’t […]
(David Fitzsimmons) As it happens, I’m in Denver, where I just did two journalism workshops at the Post for young writers, one which is an annual event for kids who want to learn about reporting, photography, etc., and the second a more focused training session for the young reporters (roughly 8 to 14) at the weekly […]
I think VIP — Virgil Partch — was the first cartoonist I could identify by style, which is to say, I think seeing his work is part of what made me, maybe about the time I was six or seven, hip to the idea that, when the pictures looked the same, they were drawn by […]
In the St. Louis area? Check out the new Al Hirschfeld exhibit set to open September 7. Al is best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars. The exhibit includes 100 original pieces of drawings, paintings, prints etc. from his career. Al was born in St. Louis.
The Plain Dealer is reporting that a New York man, Roger Rautio, is hoping to build a Comic Book Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH. Aside from a logo, trademark and a handful of comics, it appears the vision is still very much a hope than on a track to reality.Also, he notes, comic books […]
Randall Munroe’s XKCD is a nerd’s webcomic. Randall answering hypothetical questions about physics is taking nerdom to the highest levels – with comics. Something tells me Randall wasn’t the cartoonist that sat at the back of the glass drawing to impress the girls.Here’s the first three questions (and snippet of an answer):What would happen if […]
From the NY Times:DreamWorks Animation is leading the bidding for Classic Media, the closely held owner of characters like Casper the Friendly Ghost and the Lone Ranger, according to a person briefed on the matter. DreamWorks Animation has offered more than $150 million. Like all studios, DreamWorks Animation needs a constant supply of source material […]
The Emmy nominations have been announced. The two categories involving animation include Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program and Outstanding Animated Program 2012. The nominees for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program include: Phineas And Ferb (The Doonkleberry Imperative), Disney Channel MAD (Kitchen Nightmare Before Christmas / How I Met Your Mummy), Cartoon Network Regular Show (Eggscellent), Cartoon Network […]
I’ve used JJ O’Malley as my avatar since joining Facebook, but I used him as a screen name well before that, and, before I even had an Internet connection, I had a dog named JJ O’Malley.I’ve mentioned this several times, how, as a wee lad, I would take down my parents’ “Barnaby” book and, even […]
I recieved a note from Thaine H. Allison, Jr., an actor in a new movie Barmy. If ever there was someone who should play Lee Salem in a movie it would be Thaine, but I digress. If you’re in the Hollywood area on Sunday August 5th, make plans to see the premiere screening of Barmy […]
Deadline.com is reporting that Finding Nemo writer/director Andrew Stanton will be producing a sequel to the famed lost fish. I’m told he’s now officially come aboard the Finding Nemo sequel and has a concept the studio loves. Pixar continues to not be helpful on this, as they don’t comment on development. It’s understandable why Disney […]
Like most cartoonists Rob Tornoe drew an obit cartoon featuring Joe Paterno being welcomed into heaven upon his passing, but with the recent news that Paterno was much more complicit in the Jerry Sandusky abuse cover up, Rob decided to “retroactively updated my obituary cartoon and redrawn it to expel Paterno from paradise”Here’s the original: […]
R.C. Harvey has an interesting write-up over on The Comics Journal about the trouble Milt Caniff would get into with editors over the women he drew – more accurately the plunging necklines he often drew.A little over a year later, Caniff made another foray into the forbidden territory. A woman called Fancy, another version of […]
To say it again, timing is everything in comedy, and when the first of these Rhymes With Orange comics appeared last month, it put me on the floor but it also happened to coincide with the verdict in the Jerry Sandusky trial, which demanded more urgent cartoon commentary.So I filed it away because I wanted […]
The Penny Arcade gentlemen, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, are using Kickstarter to take their site ad-free. According to their promotion video, to get rid of all the ads will require them to raise $1 million. They’ve set up a milestone chart with levels of support equating to ads being removed and new features being […]