The Richmond Times-Dispatch profiled Jeff Kinney about the success of his Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. I think this admission is a life lesson for all of us.“I always think of myself as a cartoonist who couldn’t crack into newspapers,” he said recently by phone. Kinney created the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” main […]
This last weekend was a rare event at the Savannah College of Art and Design. SCAD brought together several of the cartoonists from MAD Magazine: Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Paul Coker, Jr., Nick Meglin, ?Duck? Edwing, Sergio Aragones, Sam Viviano and Tom Richmond. The AP did a story covering the event with the angle of […]
Mark Anderson (Andertoons) has scanned and posted several panels from Bil Keane’s 1966 book Jest in Pun. Bil was the master of Pun.
Today being Veterans Day, I thought it might be nice to look back at some of the cartoonists who put their talents to use while serving in the military. The National Constitution Center, who created the exhibit Art of the American Soldier, was kind enough to send me a list of cartoonists they featured in […]
Hark a Vagrant webcomic creator Kate Beaton is on her book tour promoting her book and as the CTV National News reports her fans were lined up around the block (click through link to watch video).Her book was also named in Amazon’s Best Comics and Graphic Novels for 2011. And has been on the New […]
Scott Coen profiles Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price for WGGB. Here’s the video interview:
Tina’s Groove creator Rina Piccolo has written that for the next story-line in her webcomic Velia, Dear, she’s experimenting with starting a story-line with no end in mind.What am I getting at? It?s this ? the next story line is one that I am writing without a clear end in mind. This is a very […]
Ger Apeldoorn has posted a considerable collection of Bil Keane’s other feature Channel Chuckles that ran from 1954 through 1976 (Family Circus launched in 1960). Here’s Ger explaining Channel Chuckles: Like Family Circle it was a daily cartoon series with a larger selection of gags on the Sunday. Keane kept this going for almost 20 […]
The National Constitution Center featured Family Circus creator Bil Keane in their exhibit “Art of the American Soldier.” They’ve now posted video of an interview they did about his work during his time in the Army in World War II. Part I Interview with Bil Keane, Part 1 from National Constitution Center on Vimeo.Part II […]
I’ve mentioned the webcomic Axe Cop before. For those who aren’t familiar, the older brother, Ethan Nicolle, decided to have his younger brother (at the time at age 6) write a story that he would then illustrate. As you can imagine the mind of a six year old has no limits and the resulting work […]
A big thanks to those who donated yesterday (see below). Tyson Cole, creator of the college cartoon The Deep End Scott Nickel, MAD cartoonist and creator of EEK! Jerry Scott, co-creator of Zits and Baby Blues Howard Tayler, creator of Schlock Mercenary Tom Heintjes, Editor of Hogan Magazine Kelly Ferguson, creator of Basket Case Comix […]
From Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis:I was lucky enough to spend time with him on a couple of occasions, even interview him at his house for the Charles Schulz Museum. When I was there, we talked about the parodies I did of the Family Circus. He told me he didn’t mind them at all. […]
Bil Keane, the creator of the iconic Family Circus comic panel has passed away at age 89. He was born in Philadelphia in 1922 and according to his bio on his website he was a self taught artist. After WWII, he worked as a staff artist at the Philadelphia Bulletin for 15 years and created […]
A painting by Roy Lichtenstein, the father of pop art and noted for using cartoon images and techniques, has sold for $43 million. The painting, “I Can See the Whole Room! … and There’s Nobody in It!” was created in 1961. From the BBC:The comic strip-inspired work was part of a sale of post-war and […]
Great news for Scary Gary creator Mark Buford. His strip was optioned by Jack Black’s production company, Electric Dynamite, and William Morris Entertainment to create a television series based on the strip. As many of you know getting optioned is the first step. A draft pilot episode will be written and then the episode will […]