Alan Gardner

\MAD Magazine has launched a blog called “The Idiotical.” It has the same line of humor as the magazine but the content is heavy on Photoshopped images.

Jeff Keane wrapped up 2 terms as President of the National Cartoonists Society. Only three other individuals in the history of the society have served more than one term. Jeff was gracious enough to submit to a few questions reviewing his tenure.Alan: Of the 34 presidents so far, only four have served more than one […]

On the topic of the cost for an online NYT or WSJ account, Mike Lester asked in the comments how people got their news and comics – online. Rather than have that question buried in the comments, I’ve created a survey. I’ll post the results in a tomorrow.Poll closed. See the results.

Richard Gehr interviews here for The Comics Journal.GEHR: When did you first approach The New Yorker? CHAST: In April of ?78 I was still living at home with my parents, which was not good. I don?t think they wanted me there any more than I wanted to be there, but I didn?t know what else […]

Coming Soon has posted what looks like a mobile phone pic of a Despicable Me 2 poster. It’s not very revealing but confirms a 2013 release of the sequel.

I’ve been following the challenges faced by Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaque (better known as Zunar) of Malaysia who was arrested for sedition last year and his books were seized by the government the day before they could hit book shelves.The latest news is that he’s suing the government. Zulkiflee, who was also arrested during the […]

Anton Emdin, the winner of this year’s NCS Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration category, has created a new feature called Shrinks Comics which is described as, “The concept is simple. Send in a question that you would like answered. A celebrity will answer you, and I will illustrate the whole thing. If you send in a photo […]

A couple of weeks ago I posted a trailer for Cars 2 and noted, “My stomach knotted up after watching this trailer ? and not in the good way.”IGN has interviewed John Lasseter, Disney and Pixar Chief Creative Officer and director of Cars 2, and asked why the spy theme (among other questions). GN: What […]

File this one in the must-have category: The MAD Fold-In Collection: 1964-2010Here’s Amazon’s description.Al Jaffee’s ‘Fold-Ins’, which have graced the back page of “MAD Magazine” since 1964, have become an icon of American humour, issue after issue, year after year, each fold-in requires the reader to simply fold tab A to tab B to reveal […]

After months of delays and becoming a running joke “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” will finally open tonight. Here’s a run-down of some of the press it’s gettting: T.V. Carpio, the woman playing the villainess Arachne is interviewed on some of the difficulties the production went through to get to tonight. The Empire State building […]

Tom Racine interviews Rex Morgan, M.D. and Sunshine State cartoonist Graham Nolan on Tall Tale Radio. Topics include his work in comic strips, comic books, and everything his webcomic Sunshine State.

Jonathan Shapiro (AKA Zapiro) has once again depicted South African president Jacob Zuma preparing to rape a woman. This cartoon depicts Zuma with iconic shower head in front of a woman labeled “Free Speech” being held by the ANC with Lady Justice (the target of the last rape cartoon) warning Free Speech “Fight, sister, fight!”The […]

The Ledger, (Lakeland, FL) has added four comics to their comic line-up. They conducted a reader survey that yielded more than 1,200 responses. The new comics include Between Friends , Dustin , Pearls Before Swine and Sherman’s Lagoon. The article didn’t mention which strips were dropped, but mentioned the low vote getters were Sally Forth […]

MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond took the helm of the National Cartoonists Society this year. He has big shoes to fail. Tom succeeds Jef Keane who lead the organization for 2 two year terms. He’s been a member of the professional organization since 1998. I asked him a few questions regarding his new role as […]

As always, a hilarious video via The Doozies and Learn to Draw series creator Tom Gammill: