The always interesting and entertaining podcast interviewer Tom Racine talks to Pickles creator Brian Crane this week.Here’s the description of the show:Brian Crane, writer and artist of the great strip “Pickles” is with me today to talk about his road to syndication, how he goes about his daily business of bringing the funny old people […]
From Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot who writes about her writing process.Having secured two acceptable notebooks, I headed over to my favorite cafe. The requirements are this: 1) Not too quiet. Background noise helps me concentrate. If it’s too quiet my mind wanders away from the task at hand. College crowds are good ones- they […]
The AV Club has posted an extenstive interview with the legendary Jack Davis. AVC: What artists were important to you growing up? JD: Growing up, of course, Walt Disney. Donald Duck?the big feet?and Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs. And Harold Foster, who drew Prince Valiant, and he also drew Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs? bit. […]
Earlier this month an Irish-Catholic fraternal group objected to the nomination of Thomas Nast to the New Jersey Hall of Fame due to Nast’s anti-Catholic cartoons of the era. The opposition has gained a bit of traction with the addition of two State Assemblymen Wayne DeAngelo (D) and David Rible (R).From NewJersey.com: “One cannot view […]
The recent cases of alleged plagiarism by Jeff Stahler (Post Dispatch) and David Simpson (Urban Tulsa) in the last couple of months has raised the question of journalism standards and cartooning.Editorial cartoonist Rob Tornoe writing for Editor and Publisher writes reactions from AAEC President John Cole, a statement from Jeff MacNelly from 1990 and Matt […]
Mike Lynch took the time to scan photos of Jerry Robinson from various NCS events.
Based on a report by Mediabistro’s Fishbowl LA, several of us reported that misdemeaner charges against cartoonist, journalist Susie Cagle had been dropped after the Co-Chairs of the Freedom of Information Committee of The Society of Professional Journalists wrote a letter to the mayor and police chief. According to a letter posted on Daryl Cagle’s […]
Jeff Stahler has resigned from his staff postion at the Columbus Dispatch yesterday according to an email from his editor to Steve Myers at the Poynter Institute. Jeff’s work came under scrutinty this week after his Sunday cartoon was found to be strikingly close to a 2009 New Yorker cartoon by David Sipress. A couple […]
Personally, the supporting cast (the penguins and King Julien XIII) are the funniest things about the Madagascar movies. Trailer got a couple chortles out of me (scenes involving penguins and Julien). Opens June 8, 2012.
The Nucleus Gallery is opening an exhibit of homage art to Jim Henson’s influence tomorrow night.Their description:Jim Henson’s accomplishments have left a widespread and enduring impression on generations of admirers since his first endeavors in the late 1950s. From his iconic and colorful cast on Sesame Street to the groundbreaking fantasy Dark Crystal, Henson’s imagination […]
City Paper, a weekly in Philadelphia, is charging cartoonists to donate their cartoons AND pay $5 to submit cartoons for the annual Comics Issue. The collective $5 is then divied out to those cartoonists that are published.According to Jim Romenesko, the plan didn’t go over so well.I saw the one comment from a cartoonist who […]
Jerry Robinson, perhaps best known for creating Batman’s famous enemy The Joker, has passed away at the age of 89. From Comic Book Resources: Over the course of his early years in comics, Robinson proved a creative and social dynamo, moonlighting as a comics artist on projects such as the infamous “created in one night” […]
Reporters Without Borders and French newspaper Le Monde have announced the recipients of The 2011 Press Freedom Prize. Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat was honored for his cartoons that “depict the abuses of Syria’s regime, which has come under growing criticism this year for its efforts to tamp down a growing pro-democracy movement”Also honored was the […]
Bob Andelman talks to American Association of Editorial Cartooning President John Cole about plagiarism cases within the editorial cartooning community. John mentions that the association is looking at whether some kind of ethics guidelines is needed within the group or even what the role of the association should be in cases of alleged plagiarism.“There is […]
Charges against comic journalist Susie Cagle have been dropped according to Media Bistro. Susie was arrested on Nov 3 while she was covering the Occupy Oakland protest despite clearly showing her credentials. She was booked and charged with “being present at raid” – a misdemeanor.The charges were dropped after Co-Chairs of the Freedom of Information […]