Announcements for various national awards are popping up nearly daily now. This year?s Best of the West award goes to Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley. His portfolio featured cartoons on the NRA?s grip on Congress, the gay-friendly Mormon Church and the bulldozing of public lands.From Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker who judged the contest:?Pat […]
As far as syndicates go, Universal Uclick has always been a leader in the mobile space. They were the first to have a mobile friendly website and one of the first to release iPhone apps for various comic titles. But I failed to realize that they didn?t have a native mobile app available. They?ve now […]
Hearty congratulations to Tyson Cole who won The Cartoonists Studio?s fourth annual cartooning contest. Tyson is a student at Utah State University where his feature runs in The Utah Statesman. You can follow his comic panel on his blog or on Facebook. And another congratulations to Tyson on the new baby girl.Keith Brown, creator of […]
The 2013 National Headliner?s Award has been announced and in the category of Editorial cartoons, the winner is Steve Breen of the U-T San Diego, San Diego, Calif. This is his second Headliner?s award (previous was 2009). The award was founded by the Press Club of Atlantic City to hightlight the best journalism in newspapers.Second […]
Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants is the number one book most likely to be challenged for removal from a school and library in America according to the annual study released by the American Library Association. The Huffington Post reports that it’s due to “offensive language, unsuited for age group”.From the Post: “It’s pretty exciting to be […]
With better special effects and better writing, super-hero movies have been doing really well in theaters in the last decade. Sure there have been some stinkers, but when you think of Batman, The Avengers, Ironman, many have done quite well. Directors finally figured out that treating the comic book movies more like action thrillers make […]
Out of the YouTube archives (also known as old video uploaded 3 days ago), comes a CNN report about the changes Mort Walker made in Beetle Bailey after complaints of sexism. Video was aired in 1997.Definitely a change for the better.
The Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Several nominees are of interest to readers of this blog. Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman are nominated in the category of Best Humor Publication for their collection BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2. Also in this category is a nomination for Naked Cartoonists edited by Gary Groth. […]
This year’s Pulitzer Prize winner is Steve Sack of the the Star Tribune, Minneapolis For his “diverse collection of cartoons, using an original style and clever ideas to drive home his unmistakable point of view”. Steve was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for cartooning in 2004. He’s no stranger to national awards. He has […]
Today the winners of the biggest award in journalism is announced. I used to get tipped off on the nominees, but alas the Pulitzer committees have kept the lips tight for the last couple of years. I’ll be waiting impatiently as everyone else, except due to air travel, I won’t get the notice until I […]
Nearly four months after a claim of plagiarism and repurposing old cartoons were leveled at Bill Day, Bill has finally responded with his side of the story. This is first time I have spoken publicly and given my side. Most of you probably don’t even know it happened. I thank Daryl for this column he […]
Last year I reported that Jayme Gordon had sued DreamWorks Animation alleging the studio stole their ideas for the feature film Kung Fu Panda. I didn?t see much more about that story and quite frankly just about every successful movie has to deal with someone who thinks it infringed on their previous work.But according to […]
The documentary Dear Mr. Watterson debuted in Cleveland yesterday. I?ve mentioned it several times on this blog. Word and Film talks to Joel Schroeder, the director. I know there?s been some criticism about the film as invading the privacy of Bill Watterson, but I think the record is pretty straight what this film is trying […]
Last January, the Daily Mail reported that Peter Robbins, the man who voiced Charlie Brown in the Peanuts tv shows, pled not guilty to charges of stalking a girlfriend and her plastic surgeon. The Daily Mail is now reporting that Robbins has now pled guilty. He will be sentenced next month and could get up […]
The Palestinian cartoonist Muhammad Sabanah, who was detailed by the Israelis in February as he crossed to the West Bank, has finally been sentenced. He was charged with contacting “enemy entities” according to his attorney. He was sentenced to five months in jail and ordered him to pay a 10,000 shekel ($2,755) fine.From FARS News […]