Alan Gardner

Opening in theaters on November 25, 2015.

I’ve seen Mark present a couple of times now. He’s both funny and informative.

Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Brian Fies, Eisner award winner for his amazing graphic novel “Mom’s Cancer,” recently finished up his latest foray into the comics world with “The Last Mechanical Monster.”  It’s 170 pages […]

We’re down to the last six days of the Kenosha Festival Of Cartooning Indiegogo campaign and Anne could use your help. The festival is a 3 day festival in (you guessed it) Kenosha WI. Those three days are packed with presentations, workshops, comic art exhibits, and panel discussions by some really great cartoonists. Putting on […]

Matt Bors explains changes are afoot at The Nib, which in the last couple of years has become a notable place the web for comics.But a daily lineup was in many ways a very traditional approach to publishing. And a traditional approach to publishing has never been Medium?s thing. So we?re making changes to focus […]

Outgoing National Cartoonist Society President Tom Richmond explains the difference between the new Medal of Honor and the Caniff award – both are lifetime achievement awards. At issue is the Caniff is the only lifetime achievement award, but if the cartoonist has already won a Reuben, the Caniff is not a possibility. What to do? […]

Brian Karem, the Executive Editor at The Sentinel Newspapers, has issued an apology and statement to the cartoonist’s whose works William Charles copied, manipulated and signed off as his own. But the troubling line in the statement was that the paper will continue to use cartoons by William Charles in the future.Here’s the full statement:On […]

Rockville MD councilman Tom Moore has exposed an ongoing blatant case of mass editorial cartooning plagiarism wherein the artist is removing the original artists’ name and signing it as his/her own. A cartoonist is identified only as William Charles who used a variety of editorial cartoonist and New Yorker cartoonist’s work. The Montgomery Sentinel is […]

Vulture interviews Daniel Clowes about his career and books. The topic of Shia LaBeaouf came up.Speaking of grudges: Have you forgiven Shia LaBeouf? I don?t know. No, not really. I mean, I don?t hold a grudge. I don?t think about it that much. But I don?t think what he did was really forgivable. I don?t […]

If you’re in the Glen Echo, MD area, Garfield: The Musical with Cattitude is a new musical written by Jim Davis and Michael J. Bobbitt. The show begins June 19 and runs through August 23. The plot: Garfield, a chubby and sarcastic tabby cat fantasizes about having the most amazing birthday in the history of […]

Last month the Cartoon Art Museum announced that they were losing their current space on Mission street due to higher lease rates in the Bay Area. They’ve now announced that they’ve been able to extend their current lease until September 2015.From their press release:In light of the booming commercial rental market, the museum?s situation is […]

Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: The great Dan Piraro, writer and artist of “Bizarro,” one of my all time favorite comics, is here to talk about his recently announced path of riding off into the […]

Stephan Pastis was in England last week promoting his latest Timmy Failure book. He had a couple of interviews that hit the wire. The Economic Times focused on his career. Curiosity and courage In this volatile environment, what does it take to be a cartoonist? “Curiosity and courage. Curiosity because you are only as good […]

Steve Bell, editorial cartoonist for The Guardian, reflects on cartooning after the Charlie Hebdo attacks and the balance between free speech and offending people.

Richard Thompson is releasing a paperback chaser to his The Complete Cul de Sac that came out last fall. The new book, Compleating Cul de Sac, includes material that was overlooked or left out of the complete collection. Here’s how Mike Rhode describes Compleating Cul de Sac.The Complete Cul de Sac isn?t. Complete, that is. […]