Adam@Home is on an arc about the creative process that actually began yesterday, so here’s the Comic Strip of the Day and the Comic Strip of the Day Before. Bonus time, eh?A cartoonist who also works as an illustrator (not at all uncommon, of course) posted something about freelancing the other day that included a […]
David Palumbo on creating your own style:Among the most frequently asked questions of the aspiring visual artist, I would expect to find ?how do I develop my style? near the top of the list. The answer I typically give is to not worry about finding your style because once you?ve mastered the fundamentals of drawing, […]
Jim Keefe posted a video of Stan Lee and John Buscema talking about inking with a brush from their book “How to Draw comics the Marvel Way”. Without a doubt, inking is an art. As things continue to go digital – will it be a lost art?
I thought of one of my favorite films, Jules et Jim, this morning, when I came to The Quixote Syndrome and Peter Mann’s absurdist dialogue — or, actually, non-dialogue — between real-life spouses.I first saw the film a few weeks after breaking up with a spectacularly beautiful, impossibly turbulent woman and, by “breaking up with,” I mean […]
Steve Benson offers this depiction of the Supreme Court ruling in Abramski v. United States, in which the Court ruled against so-called “straw purchasers” or people who purchase guns on behalf of others.Despite the straw man’s argument, the Court did not grant an exception for bogus purchases made on behalf of sweet, innocent little Dorothy, ruling […]
Most of the cartoons in support of the Trademark Office’s cancellation of “Redskins” as a trademark have been kind of low-level: Not bad, but nothing that jumps out as proclaiming any great truth. Not surprising, since the injustice of the term had been already well established.But I like Steve Kelley’s take, because it deals with […]
There are so many political cartoons now that are based on outright fabrication or deliberate misinterpretation that the Prime Directive is sorely tested each morning, because the part of the mission that says “made me think” is clearly being pinged by them. But, since what they make me think is that either the cartoonist is a […]
Last week, I praised Humon as an artist willing to try variety and new things.Now the latest Tom the Dancing Bug makes an argument about the web as innovation killer, which, at first glance, seems counterintuitive. The promise of the web was that artists and musicians would no longer be in thrall to gatekeepers.And that’s true, […]
I posted the teaser a while back. I’m excited to see this one.
He told us so. Ruben Bolling reposts a Tom the Dancing Bug from 2002.As was noted in the comments yesterday, it’s not like nobody saw this coming. But nobody in power saw it coming, or, if they did, they pretended they didn’t. I railed against chickenhawks, but it’s not that simple: Some of the people who […]
New Yorker cartoonist Charles Barsotti has passed away at age 80.From the New York Times:“He got the maximum out of the minimum,” said Robert Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker magazine, which has published nearly 1,400 Barsotti cartoons since the 1960s. “With just a few lines he could delineate a hobo, a spy, a […]
Please, let’s start with the funny one: (Between Friends) (Zits)Between Friends has had a wonderful arc going that might be called, “Fine, Make Your Own Damn Lunch!” except she couldn’t quite say that. However, the first strip in the arc — complete with family friendly substitution — starts here. The arc is well worth the clicks.The […]
The SFJ Excellence-in-Features awards have been announced. The Washington Post’s Michael Cavna places in three categories. Michael takes first place win in the Blog category for his Comic Riffs blog, a second place win in the A&E Commentary, a shares a third place with Tall Tale Radio’s Tom Racine in Video Storytelling.Congratulations to Michael and […]
On a Claire Day creators Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett have announced that they are bringing their comic strip to an end. The feature launched eight years ago, but as Carla writes, “we?ve done it for eight years now, and with all that?s happened with the newspaper business (going away, basically!) we?ve had to bring […]
I said the other day that I have mixed feelings about the World Cup. And the metaphor is “mixed” feelings because they’re not blended: They’re quite distinct, one from another.1. I love seeing the best footballers of each nation get together once in four years for a great tournament.2. I hate the greed and corruption of […]