One of my long-time favorite strips is taking advantage of that long-time factor. Here’s yesterday’s Arlo & Janis:We’ll all see, and be happy to do so. I hope it goes for more than a week.On the other hand, it’s possible to get a flashback fix even when he’s not providing one in the current strip. […]
Comic legend Joe Kubert has passed away at age 85. Tom Spurgeon, as usual, has the obit of record.Like many cartoonists born in the 1920s, Kubert was a precocious drawer. He first drew around the home and in the neighborhood, encouraged by his family and neighbors. “I was really blessed and fortunate that I could […]
Jeff Danziger points out a potential issue with the selection of Paul Ryan as runningmate.His heartless budget proposal will play to a certain dogmatic segment of the population and not a small one. The past few years have demonstrated beyond any doubt that there are a lot of people who will accept a simplistic solution, […]
I wasn’t drawn to my father’s copy of “Male Call” as early as I was to his small collection of figure studies. I guess the subtlety of Miss Lace is wasted on those whose lust is — or remains — at a six-year-old level.One classy dame, however, and Milton Caniff did a lot with Lace […]
Sufi Comics is an entertaining but thought-provoking piece of work by two brothers from Dubai, Mohammed Ali Vakil & Mohammed Arif Vakil, that reminds me of the Analects of Confucius and zen in general, a playful, gentle form of teaching that puts the burden of contemplation, rightfully, upon the student.I know that Sufis have their own […]
The Comics Journal’s Michael Dean writes a more in-depth piece on the recent announcement that MoCCA is merging with Society of Illustrators. In a little more than a month, this radical transformation of MoCCA’s future went from a tentative germ of an idea to nearly a fait accompli. With the lease coming to an end […]
Jim Toomey’s Sherman’s Lagoon is taking on “Shark Week”. From King Features PR: Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the ocean, along comes a Sherman?s Lagoon ?Shark Week? fish tale funny enough to propel you out of the water. In a special weeklong comic strip series, cartoonist Jim Toomey?s Great […]
I suppose I was in elementary school when “Rebel Without A Cause” came on TV. I wasn’t old enough to care about the movie, but I was most impressed with the “chicken” scene where Buzz’s sleeve gets caught in the car’s door handle and he plunges to his death.Several decades later, I am most impressed […]
The Willamette Weekly reported yesterday that The Oregonian may cease to be a daily based on actions by Advance Publications, Inc who dropped the New Orleans Times-Picayune to a 3x week paper and has said that it’s considering altering printing schedules of other papers in the chain – the Oregonian being one of their papers. […]
If you haven’t been to “Retail” lately, you’re probably out of the loop.Here’s the necessary update: Marla is not only back from maternity leave but has been promoted to store manager, which might be good except that her former boss, Stuart, is now district manager but has set up his office in the local store, so […]
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum has a blanket or quilt with 120 classic cartoon characters stitched into it. They’ve identified most of them, but there are some still needing to be identified and they’re asking for your help. From their blog: When we received the Bill Blackbeard collection, among it was this textile […]
Tom Tomorrow on inevitability and futility.I’m not 100 percent sure this message of passivity is being preached so much by “experts,” however, because I’m no longer sure who the “experts” are anymore, and I don’t think that’s because of my being out of the loop. I am out of the loop, however, to the extent of […]
Recently I had dinner with friends whose son asked if I was a “Browny.” A Browny is an adult man (or maybe even a teen) who watches My Little Pony. Apparently it’s the raging thing to do.From Film School Rejects: These days, adults watch children?s shows; it?s a fairly normal occurrence. Long-running cartoons like Spongebob […]
Daryl Cagle reports that a recent Chick-fil-A cartoon by Jimmy Margulies received quite a bit of reaction. The cartoon depicts a Chick-fil-A restaurant having two water fountains – one straight individuals and another for gay – reminiscent of segregated water fountains for African-Americans.Here’s Jimmy’s response to the reaction: I received both praise and condemnation for […]
Anne Hambrock has an informative comparison of crowd funding solutions Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Each have their pros and cons that you need to be aware of. Her last bit of advice is key. No matter what solution you go for – make sure you have a social network to generate publicity.