Cagle Cartoons and MSNBC.com have released an iPhone app devoted exclusively to editorial cartoons about President Barack Obama.From Daryl Cagle’s blog: This new app focuses on cartoons chronicling the presidency of Barack Obama. Now you can follow as cartoonists from both sides of the political aisle weigh in on the decisions and policies, pitfalls and […]
Bill Day, the former editorial cartoonist for Memphis Commercial Appeal, was honored by the Annual National Press Foundation Awards this last Wednesday. He received a Special Citation for “his work addressing the growing rate of infant mortality in the United States.”“I was honored to join Bill, his wife Susan and their three sons last night […]
Good news from Editor & Publisher. “We love cartoonists and cartoons which is why we like to show them on ‘Meet the Press,’ the show said in a statement released by an NBC Universal spokesperson. ” So often they perfectly capture and get to the heart of the matter. Not mentioning the cartoonists by name […]
Came out last week.There are supposed easter eggs in the above trailer. Click here for the spoilers, otherwise watch it and see how many you can find.
Sarah Palin called the recent Family Guy episode that poked fun of Down Syndrome a “kick in the gut.” The episode featured a female character who explains that her father is an accountant and her mother is the former governor of Alaska – a clear reference to the Palin family. Palin’s youngest son has Down […]
United Media and LTL PRINTS are now launching a series of artwork and giant character cut-outs from Scott Adam’s Dilbert comic. Sizes vary up from one foot tall to seven. Peanuts characters are also in the works.
From their press release: The App features information on the ToonSeum including hours, location, exhibits, events and admission. It also features content pulled from the ToonSeum’s blog and Youtube page. Plans for the inclusion of a video docent tours via the app are also in production. “New technologies such as the Iphone help museums go […]
Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis is auctioning off an original drawing of the Pearls characters on eBay with the proceeds to be donated to the Red Cross. Three days into the auction, the current bid is $1,300 with four days left.From his blog: Speaking of strips, I’m often asked if I sell my strips. […]
Randy Glasbergen, one of the most prolific cartoonists in the industry has launched a new blog on his website (which was also reworked).Mike Rhode reports that The Onion’s editorial cartoonist “Kelly” returned in the February 11th issue, with a Star Trek / NASA parody. Kelly is the pen name for Ward Sutton.Justin Thompson, co-creator of […]
The B.C. team has decided to keep “Wolf” around making the dog the first new character in Johnny Hart’s strip since 1964 when Grog was introduced.
The Dallas Art News will be starting a webcomic section in April after recent post featuring webcomic art broke web traffic records for the site. Be warned, for now, they are “considering compensation.” Here are some of the specifics for the Guest Webcomic Artist Program: Each guest webcomic artist will product 4 to 5 web […]
Dan Piraro has launched an iPhone app for his comic Bizarro. The app takes advantage of the subscription capabilities of the app store to charge $1.99 a year. With the Bizarro app, a NEW COMIC is added EVERY DAY! (The same comic that appears in newspapers.) PLUS, at any given time there is a YEAR’S […]
Mistake or not, the first run of issue 602 of Captain American just became more valuable than otherwise would be after Tea bagger references were discovered and corrected for future editions. Tea Party Coalition members demand apology from Marvel. In issue No. 602 of Captain America, “Two Americas, Part One,” Captain America and his partner […]
Those in the New York area might be interested in this exhibit of original Charles Addams work: Charles Addams’s New York is an exhibition of original artworks by the legendary New Yorker cartoonist that capture Addams’s quintessentially idiosyncratic and slyly subversive view of the city, depicting his signature macabre characters, twisted situations, and distorted reimaginings […]
Wiley Miller’s Non Sequitur is officially 18 years old (as of yesterday). Here is the debut strip:A couple of notes about Non Sequitur. It’s one of those strips that makes me wish I didn’t have to wait until the creator dies or retires before a complete volume can be printed.And My first syndicates strip submission […]