Archie will die a hero’s death in July – at least in one of the many comic book series bearing his name.From CNN:CNN: Can you explain the “Life With Archie” series for the uninitiated? Goldwater: “Life With Archie” is Archie’s future — it gives readers a look into what his life would be like after […]
You may not know that Zits and Baby Blues writer Jerry Scott also does oil painting. He has an exhibit of his work at the 1821 Gallery & Studios in Fresno, CA. The exhibit runs through May 31.From the Fresno Bee:“I’ve spent the last 25 years being the guy behind the scenes,” Scott muses about […]
There have been floods of selfie cartoons lately, most likely as a result of a convergence of the faux-outrage over the selfie the Prez was in at the joyous commemoration of Nelson Mandela’s life, plus the annual announcements of what is new-and-hip that come up each January.Selfies are tiresome not so much for the form, […]
Michael Cavna talks to Craig Schulz about the new Peanuts movie. The result is a very long and in-depth story about how the family selectively picked the animation studio and efforts to stay true to the strip.Amid this lasting appeal, the cartoonist?s son had a short-format concept for a ?Peanuts? film. And once he had […]
While publishing my last post about Brian Fies’s discovery of a Kids say the Darndest Thing book illustrated by Charles Schulz, it reminded me I had a miss-fired blog post that never went live a couple of months ago about Brian’s latest endeavor, a web comic called The Last Mechanical Monster. Very much worthy your […]
Interesting find by Brian Fies who came across a book entitled Kids Say the Darndest Things by TV and radio personality Art Linkletter who hosted a radio show of the same title. The book had an introduction by Walt Disney and was illustrated by Charles Schulz.Brian writes:The wild card is Schulz. Peanuts had debuted in […]
Okay, after two days of “Guess you had to be there” Andy Rooneyisms, here’s a Pardon My Planet that falls under the category of “I was there and I still don’t believe it.”While the young folks — that is, everyone under about 55 — get all rhapsodic about “Mad Men,” I watched a little bit […]
Below are two excerpts from an unsold pilot for a 1966 live-action Li’l Abner television show. The show was produced by Gilligan’s Island’s and Brady Bunch producer Sherwood Schwartz and starred Gilligan Island’s Bob Denver.Part 1: Part 2:
Mike Lynch reports that Jeff Pert, who was a frequent participant in the comments here, has died from a massive heart attack. He was only 55. Jeff was an award-winning cartoonist in Maine who did a lot of cartoons and merchandise for New England tourists. He also did two years with DreamWorks animation in the […]
First, this word:The Indiegogo campaign for the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning is down to the last five days, and they’re at about 90% of goal, which is good, except that, if they don’t make goal, they pay a higher processing fee. So figure that your support, if it helps them raise that last grand, is worth […]
I think the 7 million sign-ups for the ACA takes some of the edge off this Kirk Walters cartoon, which appeared so soon after the deadline that it was probably drawn before. Still, the overall “Young Invincibles” debate goes on.Besides, the projection of 7 million signups was made with the YI factor in mind. A […]
Matt Bors is the progressive equivalent of Scott Stantis: Prone to thoughtful commentary from a direction you don’t always expect. This pragmatic take on a very unpragmatic phenomenon surprised and delighted me.I’m not going to project any further motivations on him, but, letting the piece speak for itself, I can say that this cartoon helped […]
For those in the Atlanta, GA area, there will be a memorial for GA Voice art director and former AAEC president Mike Ritter who passed away on Sunday. “A CELEBRATION OF MIKENESS” will be held Tuesday, April 8, 5 p.m. at Atlanta Botanical Garden, Trustees Garden. Event will feature music, cocktails and stories.I’m told that […]
I haven’t featured Madam & Eve much here recently, not because it hasn’t been just as sharp as ever, but because — apart from them hogging all the good weather for the past several months — it’s been commenting on news stories that, like the aforementioned weather, haven’t really made it out of South Africa.That […]
I don’t report much on the weekly ups and downs of which comics are getting picked up and dropped, but the recent results of a comic survey in the Capital-Journal (Topeka, KS) is interesting. In fine pie-chart form, they report the popularity of the comics they run in the paper. Obviously this is specific to […]