Pickles creator Brian Crane was featured in BYU Magazine. The site appears to be down for the moment, but luckily YouTube isn’t. Here’s a video “The Art of Making Pickles” which includes some very early versions of his characters.
The ToonSeum will open a new exhibit next Friday called “Overture: Looney Tunes Behind the Scenes” which will feature original art, character designs, model sheets, advertising artwork, animation pencil art, and comic book art of several headlining Looney Tunes characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite […]
Jeff Sonderman reports over on Poynter that the Wall Street Journal launched a Facebook app to allow “friends” to personalize news that show up on their wall. Jeff points out three interesting things: Facebook users don’t click on links that go to WSJ – everything stays in Facebook. WSJ’s app uses ads and allows users […]
Over on The Animation Blog Hector Cortez has posted some cool, rare concept art for Disney’s original Lion King animated feature film.
Politico reports that the Centers for Disease Control has contracted with a comic book publisher to create digital motion comics for digital devices such as smartphonnes, iPads and Xbox 360s, etc. to build an awareness and educational HIV program targeted at 15 to 24 year-olds.The early success of the still-evolving motion comic animation field, which […]
The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning was last week. Here’s an radio interview featuring Tom Bancroft, Sandra Bell Lundy, Anne Hambrock, Paul Gilligan, John Hambrock, Michael Jantz, and Tom Richmond.Direct MP3 download.Paul has a small recap, Sandra has a lengthier one.
In honor of the passing of Ziggy creator Tom Wilson Sr. , GoComics has posted the most visited Ziggy cartoon of the last 365 days. Here’s how they introduced it:I admit that I laughed and then I said eww, and then I washed my hands and drank a small non-toxic dose of some anti-bacterial hand […]
King Features comic editor Brendan Burford tackles the question – which is more important in cartooning the writing or art?I suppose I can agree that good writing can save bad art better than good art can save bad writing. But this whole debate frustrates me. Comics are a medium that relies on words and pictures […]
Lim Cheng Tju of Singapore took an opportunity to meet and interview Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ul Haque better known as Zunar about his struggles with free speech in his country. Here’s an excerpt from the first question skipping the how he got interested in cartooning response:Q: How did you get started drawing political […]
Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price will teach the Cartooning Master class at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco on October 19. She’ll teach students how to brainstorm and develop cartooning skills. Rhymes with Orange has been in syndication since 1995 and has twice won the NCS’ Best Newspaper Panel award.Visit the Cartoon Art […]
Tom Pappalardo notes that many of the visual props (newspapers, televisions, music players) used to create context for comics are getting smaller and harder to use. The visual language is evolving as technology evolves:In many ways, technology?especially consumer-driven technology?has been striving for the same thing as cartoonists for years now. Simpler, smaller, more streamlined. Minimalist. […]
Michael Ventrella has posted an interview with Candorville creator Darrin Bell.Excerpt: VENTRELLA: How did that get you into doing comics as a career? BELL: In a roundabout way… I was in gifted and talented programs in Jr. High and High School, and I realized my interest in history and civics was outpacing my interest in […]
Tom Wilson Sr., the creator of the iconic Ziggy comic strip passed away last Friday at the age of 80. From Universal Uclick:Ziggy which celebrated 40 years in syndication in June 2011, continues to be produced by Wilson’s son, Tom Wilson Jr., who has handled the day-to-day operation of the panel since 1987. Ziggy is […]
I’ve taken a couple of respectful lumps for siding with the newspapers that opted to drop Doonesbury for the week. Now that I’ve seen the entirety of the storyline, I can see how a reasonable editor would say, “this is out of bounds.” John Kass wrote an article for The Chicago Tribune about the whole […]
The Las Vegas Sun has laid off 12 employees today citing lower profits derived from a joint operating agreement with the Review-Journal. Unfortunately one of those let go was editorial cartoonist Mike Smith. Mike has been with the Sun since 1983. His editorial cartons are syndicated though King Features and he also draws for USAToday. […]