Video: 1993 Herblock interview on C-SPAN2 on his work and career
Great interview from 1993 with the legendary Herbert Block (Herblock) regarding his career and his work.
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Check out Calvin and Hobbes reimagined as other sidekick duos
Illustrator Mike Miller has created a series of posters casting Calvin and Hobbes as other sidekick duos from comic books and the big screen. Think Rocket and Groot, Batman and Robin, Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. Below are a couple of my favorites. He created 25 of them in total which you can see in […]
Jeff Koterba exhibit opens on September 11
Jeff Koterba, the editorial cartoonist for Omaha World Herald, has an exhibit of his work that opens September 11 and runs through October 10. The exhibit is entitled “Drawing Many Sides: Cartoons by Jeff Koterba“. If you’re in the Ohama area, the exhibit is at Gallery 72.
Herblock Foundation sponsors editorial cartooning award and scholarship
The Herblock Foundation is sponsoring a new category in The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers’s annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Three $1000 scholarships will be awarded to teens for their “outstanding drawings, illustrations, or animated short films offering commentary on current events or political topics.” From the press release: The Alliance for Young […]
Courage in Cartooning award given to Atena Farghadani
Cartoonists Rights Network International has bestowed its 2015 Courage in Cartooning award to Iranian artist, activist Atena Farghadani. From CRNI: CRNI’s 2015 Courage in Cartooning award is being given to Iranian artist-activist Atena Farghadani. Ms. Farghadani was jailed in Tehran in August of 2014 after publishing a cartoon in protest of proposed legislation that would […]
Randy Glasbergen, one of the most prolific cartoonists ever, passes at age 58 (UPDATED)
Randy Glasbergen, who is perhaps one of the most prolific cartoonists in America, has passed away at the age of 58. During his career he was the cartoonist for The Better Half which he took over in 1982 and just retired last year to concentrate on his cartoon licensing operation Glasbergen Cartoon Service. He also […]
Check out the 1980’s Fantistic Funnies tv show with your fav newspaper comics
Charles Brubaker has posted a fascinating piece over at Cartoon Research about the 1980’s ?The Fantastic Funnies? television show wherein actress Loni Anderson, best known for WKRP in Cincinnati, introduces and talks to cartoon characters from newspaper comics of the day. Here’s the intro video. Charles has posted seven other YouTube videos from that program […]
Garfield fan creates Garfield, Metallic mash-up called ‘Hetfield’
From Loudwire: Are you a fan of the ?Garfield? comic strip, but always thought it needed a few Metallica references? Well, here?s a treat for you. Since May of this year, a cartoonist has been churning out a comic strip called ?Hetfield,? which clearly spoofs the popular ?Garfield? comic while cleverly throwing in some fun […]
Steve Sicula brings Home and Away to an end
Steve Sicula’s Home and Away is going away. On GoComics Steve confirmed the end by stating: Thank you all for the kind words. Yes, unfortunately the strip has ended but Go Comics will be rerunning from very close to the beginning. Just working out some details. Thanks again, it was a fun ride. The last […]
AAEC calls for independent investigation into LAPD tape used to fire Rall
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has released a statement calling for an independent investigation of the audio tape that the LAPD provided to the LA Times that resulted in the newspaper’s decision to end its relationship with columnist and cartoonist Ted Rall. Here’s the full statement: The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists board […]
HBO acquires rights to run “Very Semi-Serious” documentary
From Real Screen HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. rights to Leah Wolchok?s Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists (pictured). Directed and produced by Wolchok, the film takes a look behind the scenes of the iconic American magazine and follows cartoon editor Bob Mankoff as he reviews piles of weekly […]
Video: Zapiro talks about his cartoons in South Africa
Ted Rall releases enhanced audio, proclaims himself vindicated in LA Times firing
Over the weekend, cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall released what he describes as “enhanced” audio of the recording provided to the LA Times by the LAPD refuting claims Ted made in an online column he wrote on May 11 describing an “ugly scene” created by police while giving him a jaywalking ticket in 2001. Ted […]
Never been seen before Dr. Seuss book published
Brainpickings.org reports that previously unpublished Dr. Seuss book has been found and now published. In the spring of 1957, almost two decades after his little-known ?adult? book of nudes, it was an animal book ? The Cat in the Hat ? that led critics to declare Dr. Seuss an overnight success, despite the fact that […]
Alison Bechdel appears on Seth Meyers
Fun Home, Dykes to Watch Out For creator Alison Bechdel was on Late Night with Seth Meyer’s on Wednesday. Her segment comes in at about minute 28. Also part of the segment includes actors performing a scene from the Broadway play Fun Home based on her graphic novel.