Jan Eliot is the creator of the comic strip Stone Soup that was launched in 1995. Jan Eliot is now up talking about her comic “Stone Soup.” Jan notes that she loves her syndicate and being syndicated. I think that was a reaction to Dave Kellett’s presentation. Jan Eliot’s influences include McManus, Linda Barry, Claire […]
Steve Breen is the editorial cartoonist for the San Diego Union-Tribune. He is also the creator of the comic Grand Avenue which he now collaborates with Mike Thompson. Steve Breen is up now. Title of his talk is “Editorial Cartooning: Humanity’s Last Hope” Breen: Sparky was asked if he ever thought of doing editorial cartoons […]
tony cochran: “I might be significant.” “I’m too old to be be a prodigy, but young enough to be a genius. please start that rumor.” tony cochran: “I have been in syndication longer than bill watterson!” agnes creator tony cochran is throwing out the one liners faster than i can capture them. hilarious. tony cochran: […]
Jen Sorenson is up now speaking about the “lighter side of impending doom” Jen Sorenson: showing a few of her cartoons. You can see Jen’s work here: http://bit.ly/9ZRvKm According to Jen Sorenson, if you want a cartoon to go viral, work in the topic of “iphone,” “palin,” or “Obama” Should alt weekly cartoons be considered […]
I should preface these notes by saying Dave did a superb job on this presentation – which is remarkable because he reworked his presentation late into the early morning. Dave Kellett now up with a response to Bill Watterson’s famous 1989 “the cheapening of comics” speech. Dave Kellett what are web comics? print comic + […]
James Sturm is a co-founder of the Center of Cartoon Studies in Vermont. James Sturm is showing us the artwork for his new book Marekt Day. Check it out: http://amzn.to/cTT54D James Sturm now talking about his 4 month sabbatical away from the internet. You can read about it here: http://slate.me/9y1WqO James Sturm now talking about […]
Bizarro creator Dan Piraro is one of those cartoonists that have stage comedian timing and material. It’s not a big stretch to know he does have a one man comedy show. The following are my notes (first blasted as tweets, now cleaned up and expanded for the blog) from his presentation, “My life as a […]
I’m in Columus Ohio at the Festival of Cartoon Art. If you want to follow the events here, follow my Twitter account: @dailycartoonist.
Gene Payne, former editorial cartoonist for The Charlotte Observer has passed away at the age of 91. During his career he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968. “He had a loyal following of readers, particularly people who were interested in local issues and local government,” said former Observer publisher Rolfe Neill, who was a reporter […]
George Herriman, the creator of Krazy Kat, was the topic of Michael Tisserand keynote address. Michael is writing a biography of Herriman. The following are some of the notes I took from the address:[Editor’s note: Michael has corrected a few of my notes. Please skip down to his comments for the corrections.] Title of upcoming […]
The Cartoon Art Museum has announced that Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey and founder of the National Cartoon Museum, is the recipient of the 2010 Sparky Award, which was presented to him by CAM curator Andrew Farago during a spotlight panel at last weekend’s New York Comic-Con.The Sparky Award is named in honor of […]
An Idaho middle school teacher has plead guilty to possession of animated child porn. The U.S. Attorney’s office said Steven Kutzner, 33, had downloaded more than 70 animated cartoon pornographic images on his computer. Many of them depicted child characters from The Simpsons. Kutzner was a former middle school teacher at Lake Hazel Middle School […]
Norm Feuti, creator of the syndicated strip Retail, is celebrating his five year mark. Norm has also launched new website for his comic. The new website runs the strip daily and has a full archive going back to the beginning. Congrats, Norm.
Dilbert creator Scott Adams writes about writing humor on the Wall Street Journal.The topic is the thing. Eighty percent of successful humor writing is picking a topic that is funny by its very nature. My story above is true, up until the exaggeration about the French fry in the sinus cavity. You probably assumed it […]
Bill Gallo, who has been The Daily News cartoonist and columnist for over 50 years, was honored with the New York Press Club President’s Award last Saturday. “We’re delighted that the New York Press Club has chosen to shine a light on our colleague and friend Bill Gallo,” said Daily News editor-in-chief Kevin R. Convey. […]