As reported by Animation Magazine:Parallax Media Ventures is developing a new animated feature based on John Hart’s classic comic series B.C. The feature, titled B.C.: Back to Civilization, will be eyeing an early 2021 release date.Above: presentation artwork for the project.“Today, Johnny Hart’s grandsons Mason and Mick are the wizards behind the daily comic strip,” […]
As the AAEC tells us,Fourth Estate, a startup dedicated to “fostering, supporting and incubating a sustainable and vibrant free press” is looking to add a freelance cartoonist to their team.Following the link at the AAEC we find the Fourth Estate mission:To contribute to a healthy society by fostering, supporting and incubating a sustainable and vibrant […]
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The ridiculously prolific Bill Holbrook has announced two new book collections of his King Features syndicated comics On the Fastrack and Safe Havens.Safe Havens: http://www.lulu.com/shop/bill-holbrook/safe-havens-dodos/paperback/product-23607554.html On the Fastrack: http://www.lulu.com/shop/bill-holbrook/invasion-of-the-goth/paperback/product-23578311.htmlYou can read his third comic “Kevin and Kell” here.
Michigan and Chicago cartoonist Cliff Wirth has passed away.Clifton Robert (Cliff) Wirth 1927 – May 8, 2018Cliff Wirth began his career as a newspaper cartoonist and artist in 1950 at The Detroit News, later he would move to The Chicago Sun-Times. He would also contribute gag cartoons to magazines.From the Sun-Times obituary:When someone at school […]
Start off the non-political parade with a Bliss cartoon which is less humorous on its own than in tandem with the strangest conversation of the week.Charley horses and other cramps are a common side effect of taking statins, so it’s not hard to get a conversation on the topic going if you hang out with […]
Georgia “Breaking Cat News” Dunn posted this response to an 11-year-old fan on her social media platforms. You can find her on Twitter here @GeorgiaDunnBCN .From Georgia: An 11 year old long time reader wrote to me asking for tips to begin cartooning. I wrote this up for them, and thought that I might share it here […]
From Today’s New York Times: This crumbling, beer-splotched wall in the back of a sports bar on East 44th Street is one of New York’s more neglected cultural treasures. Created in the 1970s, it is a veritable Sistine Chapel of American comic-strip art: the 30-some drawings across its face were left by a who’s who of cartooning […]