Slowpoke’s latest, in which Jen Sorensen is as puzzled as I am over the amazing Mom from my hometown who keeps discovering things the experts haven’t figured out.I’m a little — but only a little — puzzled by this strange intersection of Madison Avenue and “1984,” whereby advertisements are, at least to my mind, targeted […]
Ray Billingsley is profiled in The Stamford Advocate. Walker, 88, passed the moniker on, and still refers to Billingsley, 55, as “Kid.” The tag carries some baggage for Billingsley, who says his emergence as a wunderkind artist did not make him the most popular kid on the block or with art teachers whose own aspirations […]
Sad news from Anne Hambrock about her blog Spot the Cartoonist: Also, since launching this site, I started the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning and am also working on developing a speaker’s bureau for cartoonists and, frankly, those endeavors take a tremendous amount of time and energy and will probably yield better results as far as […]
Tucker Stone takes an ignorant review of Doonesbury over at The Comics Journal: At this point you?re probably thinking one of two things: either that Doonesbury is such an easy target at this point that criticizing Trudeau for being a complacent self-important boomer is about as shocking as the assertion that Orson Welles put on […]
Another great interview by Tall Tale Radio podcaster Tom Racine talking to Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis about his new treasury collection, and “a bittersweet/hilarious story bound to cement his place as a rock-star cartoonist that involves a limo, late night partying and a midget. ”
Believe It Or Not!Pab Sungenis, of “The New Adventures of Queen Victoria,” created a gag about zombies that was both fresh and humorous!Believe It Or Not!In BC, Mason and Mick Mastroianni wrote a “Hunger Games” gag that actually demonstrated some basic familiarity with the story!Believe It Or Not!Kevin Kallaugher drew a cartoon about the presidential race […]
Because he makes money and y’all didn’t. Duh.The Argyle Sweater hits the mark a fair number of times, but rarely in a way that inspires commentary. Today’s does, in large part because it comes up by happenstance in the wake of the conservative show of feigned puzzlement over Chick-fil-A, a purposeful stupidity that is also regularly […]
It’s nice to see a political cartoon tackle a mainstream issue that impacts someone under 60. Before I agree or disagree with Matt Bors on this one, let’s pause to consider that most cartoons advocating on behalf of people under 30 are either so alternative-oriented that 90 percent of young adults wouldn’t identify with them, […]
Susie MacNelly, Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins, who are carrying on the legacy of Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe comic strip, are producing six original Shoe strips for an online companion website for the USA Network original miniseries Political Animals. The show’s fictional national newspaper, The Washington Globe features weekly updates of plot points and the show’s […]
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) has announced it is transferring all its assets to the Society of Illustrators. From the press release: Commenting on the transfer of MoCCA’s assets, including its permanent art collection and the MoCCA Fest name, Society Executive Director Anelle Miller observed, “The Society of Illustrators has a long, […]
Michael Cavna talks to Diary of a Wimpy Kid creator Jeff Kinney about the three movies based on his hit books – the third book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days opens today in theaters. MC: Three films in, what?s most enjoyable and most challenging about making them now? JK: I think the most […]
Today’s Rudy Park reminds me of a guy named Bob whom I worked with, back in 1972. You have to realize that, 40 years ago, the veterans had not yet learned not to tell their stories, and both Bob and Dan, a Marine recently returned from Vietnam who was a bartender at the restaurant, would […]
Finding Nemo will be back in September and Monsters Inc. in December as Disney/Pixar re-releases the films to theaters in 3D. From Cinema Blend: When the 3D release of The Lion King ended up being a huge hit last year, Disney immediately sprung into action and announced that they would be re-releasing a number of […]
Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaqur, better known as Zunar, did not take long to voice his displeasure with the recent ruling by a Malaysian court that said his 2010 arrest for sedition was lawful, but the continued confiscation of his cartoons was not.Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon has the full statement released by Zunar. The fighting words part: […]
Another great post on the art of cartooning from Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo – this time on the lost art of hand lettering comics: I draw ?Tina?s Groove? with an ink brush and black india ink. I letter the word balloons with a pen nib dipped in the same ink. Hand-lettering my comic strip […]