The Discover Channel has announced their specials and series for 2010-2011. They’ve teamed up with Pixar talent for a television event entitled “Reign of Dinosaurs.” Their description is… Avatar meets Jurassic Park as the latest paleontological research meets Hollywood story telling. Discovery Channel teams with the top creative talent from Disney and Pixar to create […]
Editorial cartoon animator Mark Fiore is the recipient of this year’s 2010 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Mark’s work appears on SFGate.com, Slate.com, CBSNews.com, Motherjones.com and NPR’s web site. The judges noted, “for his animated cartoons appearing on SFGate.com, the San Francisco Chronicle Web site, where his biting wit, extensive research and ability to distill […]
This year’s 2010 Will Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Lots of worthy artists and creators. Best Short Story “Because I Love You So Much,” by Nikoline Werdelin, in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the 3rd Millennium (Fantagraphics/Aben maler) “Gentleman John,” by Nathan Greno, in What Is Torch Tiger? (Torch Tiger) “How and […]
Lincoln Peirce’s first of six novelized Big Nate books debuted at #5 on the New York Times best seller list in the children’s category. The books published by HarperCollins and is entitled, “Big Nate: In a Class by Himself”
Greg Evans, the creator of Luann, is launching another play entitled “Wrinkles: The New Old Age Musical.” Greg composed 14 songs for the musical. His first musical, based on his Luann character “Luann: Scenes In A Teen’s Life” has been on a couple of different stage productions and will again this May by the South […]
Today at 3pm EST, the Pulitzer board will announce this year’s winners of the Pulitzer Prize. I’ll be watching the announcements and will post the winners here as soon as they are announced.
Congratulations are in order for Dave Astor (do I need to clarify who he is?), former senior editor at Editor & Publisher. Dave took first and second place in the New Jersey Press Association’s annual contest in the Reporting, Writing and Illustration ? Opinion Column category. His “Montclairvoyant” appears in the weekly The Montclair (N.J.) […]
James Sturm, co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies is giving up on the web. At least for four months. He’ll “blog about it” on slate (faxing and writing in his “posts”). Over the last several years, the Internet has evolved from being a distraction to something that feels more sinister. Even when I am […]
Found this link on Tom Spurgeon’s Comics Reporter. Worth the read since we’re all in the publishing business. Every once in a great while in the life of a writer, one is afforded the opportunity to correspond with one of the ethical giants of the publishing world. For me, this chance came a few years […]
The Hugo Awards have been announced for the Best Graphic Story. The Hugo is an award for writers, artists working in the fantasy and sci-fi field. Five stories have been announced including Howard Tayler’s’ “The Longshoreman of the Apocalypse” (of webcomic Shlock Mercenary and a friend of The Daily Cartoonist).The nominees are: Batman: Whatever Happened […]
Normally by this time, E&P has sniffed out the finalists or there are veiled whispers on who are the Pulitzer finalists for editorial cartooning. Lacking the buzz this year, let’s see who you all think should take the prize this year.Name your top three in the comments.My finalists in no particular order: Rob Rogers Scott […]
For some reason, R. Stevens comes to mind when I watch this.
Good news for Kung Fu Panda fans. Technicolor announced that Nickelodeon has awarded Paprikaas, the Kung Fu Panda TV series, which will be produced as an animated series for the worldwide broadcast market, initially comprising 26 episodes. Nickelodeon and Technicolor have developed a strong production relationship based on Paprikaas’ work on the CGI production of […]
Back in July, Uclick and Universal Syndicate merged to become Universal Uclick. Now Atlantic Syndication has merged in with the parent company. Atlantic Syndication, the international division of Universal Press Syndicate, the largest independent syndicate in the United States, has combined with Universal Press Syndicate to form one company under a new company name, Universal […]
The Atlantic Journalism Awards nominations were released today. The nominees for editorial cartooning are: Michael de Adder (Times & Transcript), Bruce MacKinnon (The Chronicle Herald) and Wayne Wright (Journal Pioneer).The awards will be presented on Saturday evening, May 8, 2010.Good luck gentlemen.