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: Ruben Bolling, writer and creator of “Tom the Dancing Bug,” one of the greatest comics ever, is branching out into the world of kid’s novels with his first EMU Club […]
Cartoonist Lars Vilks speaks in Finland regarding the events in Europe and free speech.
The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee creator John Hambrock talks about art at Carthage College.
As I mentioned on Tuesday, the Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis was awarded the Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience. This video was posted by the Buffalo Guild wherein Adam talks about his career at the Buffalo News.
Editorial cartoonist Milt Priggee has come under filre for a cartoon (above) that is claimed to be in very bad taste considering recent shootings.From MyNorthWest.com: “A cartoon is a simple machine to make the reader think, not joke,” Priggee said. “It’s not a comic strip, it’s not entertainment, and this is where newspapers have fallen […]
Brian Fies has announced that his graphic novel, Mom’s Cancer is returning to the web where it started. Starting next Monday, the comic will be hosted on GoComics.Mom’s Cancer started as a free webcomic, on a primitive site I hosted myself. When I signed my book contract with Abrams, they quite reasonably asked me to […]
Buffalo News editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis has been named as this year’s recipient of the Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience. The award is given to journalists whose work “brings to light widespread injustices, their human consequences, underlying causes, and possible reforms.”Adam will be given the award during a ceremony on April 24 at […]
Universal Uclick adds maybe 37 or so comics a day to the GoClick roster. That might be a slight exaggeration, but they certainly add a substantial number each month. I noticed that they started a new feature by Dan Collins called Looks Good on Paper – which is an ironic title for a webcomic.Good luck […]
Brian Walker, comic historian, author and son of Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker, posted the first week of proposed strips to be included in the 1950 launch of the iconic comic, but three of the strips were rejected by the syndicate and were never published.Here’s the first one.Head over to Beetle Bailey to see the […]
Last week Doonesbury creator Garry Trueau was honored with the George Polk Awards – the first cartoonist to ever be so honored. His speech as has created a stir in cartooning circles (and anyone in the larger free speech circle) because he laid the blame of the attack at Charlie Hebdo on the magazine’s cartoonists. […]
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: Tall Tale Radio tackles the ongoing beast that is Social Media! In a wonderfully fun roundtable discussion, Lucas Turnbloom (“Imagine This”), Irma Eriksson (“Imy”), and Francesco Marciuliano (“Sally Forth”) join […]
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: Dana Simpson is back to talk about her amazing strip “Heavenly Nostrils” which is now “Phoebe and Her Unicorn” and has launched in 110 papers, in one of the biggest […]
Tom the Dancing Bug creator Ruben Bolling has published a new book for children called Alien Invasion in My Backyard. It’s getting strong reviews and publicity. It seems like if you’re a cartoonist and want to get paid for it, a children or middle-grade book is the way to go. Hmmmm. Cartoons in print form. […]
I found the “A Case for Pencils” blog this morning via Michael Maslin’s Inkspill. It’s a blog where New Yorker cartoonists show the tools and process they use for their cartoons. Some are more in-depth than others. The latest one from Shannon Wheeler is excellent. Photo below is one from Shannon’s process.