Nine more NCS members have returned from a tour through Germany and Washington D.C. with the USO. This tour sent out Ray Alma (Mad magazine, caricaturist), Chad Carpenter (Tundra), Rob Harrell (Big Top and Adam@Home), Bruce Higdon (Army cartoonists and caricaturists), Mason Mastoianni (B.C.), Dave Mowder (licensing artist for Warner Bros, Disney and Peanuts), Stephen […]
Jack Ohman, editorial cartoonist for the Oregonian, was awarded this year’s Society of Professional Journalism’s Sigma Delta Chi Awards for editorial cartooning in the 100,000+ circulation category. Dwayne Booth (AKA Mr. Fish) took the prize for the 50k-100k circulation category and Terrence L. Nowicki, Jr. won for the non-daily publication category.No prize was awarded for […]
Comingsoon.net has three photos of Hank Azaria in character as Gargamel. Apparently they’re shooting part of The Smurfs movie in New York City.
From NYPost: According to a person familiar with the matter, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are locked in negotiations over which of the watchdogs will begin an antitrust inquiry into Apple’s new policy of requiring software developers who devise applications for devices such as the iPhone and iPad to use only Apple’s […]
Caught by Comics Riff:MacFarlane, speaking in a Reuters Television interview, said the Arizona law was more shocking than his own irreverent, hot-button shows. His animated comedies “Family Guy,” “American Dad” and “The Cleveland Show” all air on Fox.“It’s too much. It’s kind of a slap in the face, it’s not the way to handle it. […]
Rina Piccolo, creator of Tina’s Groove and one of the Six Chix, has launched a tri-weekly webcomic entitled, “Velia, Dear.” The comic launched today and is about a young woman named Velia who leaves the inner city to take care of her aging Italian mother.Regarding the new strip (and why she’s launching a web comic) […]
The New York Daily News is reporting suspicions that the weekend bombing attempt at New York Times is tied to threats against South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Police hunting the man who parked a crude but powerful car bomb in Times Square Saturday night are looking into a possible link to a […]
Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker: Who could have guessed that the clash of civilizations would be fought by cartoon characters? Couldn’t say it better myself.
Tom Richmond was tasked with the responsibility of drawing the NCS Reuben weekend art that is used on the official T-shirt, grab bag, etc. This year’s drawing is posted. See if you can identify all 16 of the speakers and honorees.
Just noticed the early organization of a new movement inside the Tea Party movement called Replace This Face March. Looks like some capitalist activity taking advantage of the Tea rage, but anyway… the goal is to get two or three million Americans (party affiliation agnostic) all wearing the same t-shirt on October 16 for “the […]
For those planning to participate in “Everyone Draw Mohammed Day”, Ruben Bolling has some sage advice for you.
Andrew McGinn and David Neitzke have published their first graphic novel, “The Legacy – a Graphic Novel.” For those who are sensitive to critique of the American newspaper comic strip, this book probably best be avoided. John Hogan over at Graphic Novel Reporter describes it as, “about a young man named Chas who inherits a […]
Time Magazine has listed Penny Arcade creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik as one of their top 100 most influential people. The comic is published three times a week and boasts 3.5 million readers. Lev Grossman writes for Time: For a lot of people, that would have been enough. But in 2003, Krahulik and Holkins, […]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist and blogger Jay Bookman provides us with a funny story about how on the day that Georgia House Speaker David Ralston was to be the guest speaker at a dinner to honor Mike Luckovich, Mike’s cartoon that morning depicted the speaker as a stripper. Ralston admitted later to being a bit […]
A restaurant man who was featured in Doonesbury back in 1997 for a eminent domain dispute between Donald Trump and the restaurant owner has died. Just a reminder, The Boondocks returns to the Adult Swim this Sunday.Political cartoonist Ed Stein will speak to the Redlands Forum on “the art of using political cartoons to comment […]