The NFL is seriously considering a 15-yard penalty for, as it is explained, use of the N-word. Some commentators are already asking how on earth they plan to police that, which is a worthwhile question, given that some of the most effective trash-talking is done where the refs won’t hear it.Clay Bennett points out something […]
Hollywood Reporter reports that after the surprise success of The LEGO Movie, a sequel is already in the works for a Memorial Day release in 2017. The announced date is significant. February is typically a month for not-your-blockbuster movies which I think is why The LEGO Movie proved to be so successful – nobody was […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the nominees for the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. The nominees this year go to Wiley Miller, (Non Sequitur), Stephan Pastis (Pearls Before Swine, and the Timmy Failure series), Hilary Price (Rhymes With Orange,) and Mark Tatulli (Heart of the City, Lio). I won’t be disappointed […]
Break out the credit card!The original artwork featuring the first ever appearance of Wolverine, by artist Herb Trimpe, on the final page of The Incredible Hulk #180 (1974) has surfaced from the private hands where it has resided for more than three decades. It’s going to be auctioned on May 16.The backstory of where the […]
As a tool for awakening the masses, this is probably hopeless. But Tom the Dancing Bug at least gets credit for sticking a sharp stick in Facebook’s ribs.Yes, there are click farms organized to boost the visibility of their clients’ posts. However, while giving Facebook money to advertise your products is a waste, there is plenty […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to GoComics and give it a listen. In this episode: “Pearls Before Swine” mastermind Stephan Pastis is off on another world tour to give talks, meet the fans, and to sign the new “Pearls” book “Pearls Falls Fast,” and his latest Timmy […]
The upcoming release of Dave Kellett and Fred Schroeder’s documentary Stripped got a big win when Bill Watterson provided artwork for the poster.From The New York Times Arts Beat: “In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and an elegance that really I would put against any other art,” Mr. Watterson says in […]
Fantastic news from Santa Monica where the city council voted 6-1 to keep Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad’s Chain Reaction sculpture near the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Proponents of the sculpture raised over $100,000 in an effort to save the art work after the city said it would not provide funds necessary for […]
The awesome Anne Morse Hambrock is gearing up for another fantastic Kenosha Festival of Cartooning this year. If you haven’t heard about the festival or know a lot about it, it’s a small (but growing) festival in Wisconsin that is a three-day love affair of all things comic art. Fans get meet their favorite cartoonists, […]
German cartoonist Burkhard Mohr has apologized for drawing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as a hooked-nose octopus in a cartoon related to the recent Facebook acquisition of Whatsapp. The cartoon generated controversy because it was viewed as a anti-Semitic and bore a close likeness to 1930 Nazi anti-Jew propaganda.According to Silicon Republic, the apology said, “Anti-Semitism […]
(Clay Bennett) (David Horsey)I’ve complained about political cartoonists who didn’t bother to examine the situation in Ukraine before sitting down at their drawing boards (or booting up their drawing boards or whatever one does). I don’t like to belabor a particular current event, but these two pieces certainly deserve mention.Both are by remarkable draftsmen, though […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to GoComics and give it a listen. In this episode: Greg Johnson, who was awesome enough to help out “The Daily Cartoonist” Kickstarter by purchasing some time on Tall Tale Radio, is here to talk about the development of his first attempt […]
Interesting post over at Mental Floss about 21 notable actors who did voice work for various animated series and movies. I didn’t know John Ritter voiced Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Adam Huber with a dissenting vote in a discussion nobody seems to be taking beyond discussion. How can a serious medical condition effect nearly a third of American adults and yet not be taken seriously? I don’t mean by Adam. I like it when he fails to take things seriously, because he’s kind of a reverse-bellwether […]
I’m a bit surly this morning after reading the news that my one-time local paper The Standard Examiner hired a freelance cartoonist to do local cartoons once drawn by the genius cartoonist (and personal friend) Cal Grondahl. The Examiner laid Cal off last month a couple years shy of his retirement. Now I learn the […]