Posted on: September 10, 2014

One of my favorite artists Florian Satzinger has an exhibit of his work in Austria that opens today. If you’re not familiar with Florian, check out his blog.Good luck with the exhibit, Florian.

Salt Lake Comic Con set another attendance record with over 120,000 attendees. This is only its second comic con. Earlier this spring was the sibling convention FanX which also set records of more than 72,000. With numbers this large, there were long lines and dealing with these numbers posed issues for the organizers for a […]

With the Salt Lake Comic Con over, it’s been good to see the local press highlight some of our local talent. City Weekly did a Q&A with Mike Lovins who does the online series “We Go Anywhere“.Gavin: What was it like for you making the series and what made you decide to go digital rather […]

Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Well, hiatuses are good and all, but it’s time to get back to work!  Welcome to the new Tall Tale Radio, with 30% more podcasty goodness and now…completely Gluten Free!  […]

Tall Tale Radio is back! After a seven month hiatus Tom Racine announced that he’s back behind the mike with a co-host Lucas Turnbloom, creator of Imagine This.From Tom:First off, welcome to my new Co-Host, Mr. Lucas Turnbloom! We all know Lucas from his amazing work over at ?Imagine This,? and he has all sorts […]

Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro has announced that he’s been cast as the host of a FOX network reality TV show, Utopia. From his blog:Think about it. I?m at home in my sweatpants working on my cartoon career like I?ve been doing for the past 30 years, a friend asks me if I?d like to do […]

Yesterday kicked off the Salt Lake Comic Con. When I heard Dave Kellett and Fred Schroder were going to be in town to screen their documentary “Stripped“, I suggested we get together with other area cartoonists/illustrators for a post-first day convention dinner. Below are several of the best talent in Salt Lake City. We’re lucky […]

Oliphant’s cartoon from September 13, 2001 (Pat Oliphant/Universal Uclick)Les Daly interviews legendary editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant in The Atlantic: Daly: Have you liked any of the presidents you have met? Oliphant: I like to stay away from politicians. The first lesson I had in that was meeting Goldwater, although it was after the election. I […]

Rolling Stone Magazine profiles XKCD cartoonist Randall Monroe and his new book, “What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions” Since 2012, Munroe has also been answering weekly reader questions about science, ranging from “What would it take to stop an out-of-control freight train using only b.b. guns?” to “What would happen if you tried […]

From Newsday’s Rita Ciolli on how Matt Davies landed the Newsday gig:Here?s how he got to Newsday. The decision on replacing Handelsman was postponed until the arrival of a new publisher. Gordon McLeod started on April 1, and the next day he asked me whether the Opinion Department had all the resources it needed. I […]

From the Toonseum:It is with very mixed feelings that the ToonSeum Board announces that Joe Wos, founder and executive director, will be leaving the ToonSeum to pursue new and exciting creative opportunities. Since 2007, Joe?s vision, leadership and boundless energy has propelled the ToonSeum from a tiny hallway in The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh into […]

Living legend cartoonist Mort Walker turned 91 years old today. Normally, I let Tom Spurgeon call out the birthdays, but hitting 91 and still drawing deserves a bit of praise here as well.Happy birthday, Mort!

Sad news in the cartooning community as news that Archie cartoonist Stan Goldberg has passed away at the age of 82 after suffering a stroke.Tribute from National Cartoonists Society President Tom Richmond:It?s with great sadness I pass on the news that comic book legend Stan Goldberg passed away today at age 82 from complications of […]

The Columbus Dispatch editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler was named this year’s John Fischetti award winner for 2014. The award is unique in that it is based on one single cartoon. Nate’s cartoon depicted the Statue of Liberty and Lady Justice in a joyful kiss after the Supreme Court ruled on the Defense of Marriage Act.From […]