Vars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who was head-butted at a university lecture last week and the target of an alleged murder plot hatched here in the U.S., has gone into hiding. Two men, ages 21 and 19, were arrested Sunday attempting to set his home on fire Friday night. Lars was not home at the […]
» Via Richard Thompson and Mike Rhode comes news that Steve Brodner will be on PBS’ Need to Know program tonight. Check the schedule to see when it broadcasts in your area.» Speaking of Richard Thompson, check out his new Cul de Sac website. » While much discussion is made regarding the threats to the […]
Wallace & Gromit fans can rejoice – but only if they’re in the UK. Marketing Week reports that Titan Comics and Aardman Animations have agreed to create a daily comic strip of the animated feature. The comic launches on Monday in The Sun.
Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who was attacked at a university while lecturing on free speech, remains defiant against extreme religious views that censor free speech through intimidation. While the university doesn’t seem keen on inviting the cartoonist again for the lecture, the artist has expressed anguish over the fact that the incident showed the […]
Tribune Media is ending Little Orphan Annie’s newspaper run after 85 years. From Phil Rosenthal’s business column in the Chicago Tribune: In the changing media landscape, however, Little Orphan Annie has run into adversity not even she could overcome. The sun will come out tomorrow, but the tomorrow after June 13 will be the first […]
The last couple of days, The Grand Rapids Press has announced that it was add Frazz and dropping Luann, but the reader reaction in one day gave editor Paul Keep pause. Today they announced that Luann stays but are asking readers if they can dump Peanuts.
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks was attacked yesterday at Sweden’s Uppsala University while giving a lecture to a classroom of 250 people on the topic of the limits of free speech. CNN international edition reports that soon after the lecture began five individuals started to protest, but were calmed by security. As Vilks continued into his […]
Interesting piece in next month’s The Atlantic on efforts by Google to save high-quality journalism. Publishers would be overjoyed to stop buying newsprint-if the new readers they are gaining for their online editions were worth as much to advertisers as the previous ones they are losing in print. Here is a crucial part of the […]
Iron Man 2 took in a weekend total of $133.6 million to become the fifth most top grossing film sequel. The other top sequels include The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 3, Twilight Saga: New Moon and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Interestingly, it was $5 million less than the the studio’s estimates.An open thread […]
The 17 Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists who condemned the alleged threats against South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker after their 200th episode aired depicting the Prophet Mohammed in a bear suit can add one more cartoonist to their ranks: Pat Oliphant.The full statement:“We, the undersigned, condemn the recent threats against the creators […]
More details have been posted regarding The Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Cartoonist” contest. The Post is asking for comic strip aspirants to sumbit six original unpublished strips by June 4th. Ten finalists will be selectedd by a panel of professional cartoonists that include Garry Trudeau, Stephan Pastis, Jerry Scott, Hilary Price, Richard Thompson, Tom […]
The New York Times is reporting that Frank Frazetta has passed away at the age of 82. Frank was best known for his “fantastic worlds of musclebound heroes fighting with broad swords and battle axes to defend helpless women from horrible beasts.” He also worked as an assistant to Al Capp doing Lil’ Abner and […]
Senator Al Franken, a former comedian and comedy writer (painfully) uses a cartoon by Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Tole to argue support for his bill.
An article on Foxnews.com reports the chilling effect the South Park threats and the New York Times bombing attempt have had on the topic of Islam in the media. In the current, supercharged climate, it just isn’t worth endangering the safety of an entire production staff or network by pursuing a storyline that Muslim extremists […]
Congrats to Seth, Michael DeForge and Marc Bell. Press release:Canada’s finest comics and graphic novels were celebrated last night as the 6th annual Doug Wright Awards touched down in Toronto?s Bram & Bluma Appel Salon in a ceremony hosted by ReGenesis actor Peter Outerbridge. This year?s top honours included:BEST BOOK: George Sprott: (1894-1975) by Seth […]