Alan Gardner

I’m intrigued with the movie, but admit I’m confused by this trailer.

King Features has temporarily suspended its ad server after last week’s hack into their ad database. Hackers used a recently discovered exploit to inject malware into the database using the Adobe Acrobat 0-day exploit. King Features, according to a press release, assures its clients that Comics Kingdom has not be compromised and is safe to […]

Yesterday’s Non Sequitur announced the winner to the caption/sign-off contest. The winner went to Mary Cameron of Leander, TX. She’ll receive a signed original cartoon and an autographed replica of the sandwich board featured in the cartoon.

I’ve posted video of the director talking about the show, but here is the first teaser for the movie which has a release date of June 14, 2010.

Animation» Some suspect the Homer Simpson character is a caricature inspired by Irish comic strips of the late 1800s – dumb and drunkard.Children’s Books» Stephanie McMillan has put together a video preview of the children’s book she’s illustrating. The book is entitled “Mischief in the Forest” Editorial Cartooning» David Willson, the editorial cartoonist for the […]

The Washington Times, after cutting their daily comics section last month, ran an announcement in yesterday’s paper stating that they have cut the Sunday funnies as well. The announcement read, “Effective today, The Washington Times will no longer run Sunday comics. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

Shahid Mahmood, a Toronto-born architect and cartoonist has not been able to fly into the U.S. since 2004 after Air Canada placed him on their no-fly list. He and the Human Rights Commission have been investigating why his name was placed on the list and if racial profiling was involved. So far they’ve only found […]

Mort Walker has entered into a co-development agreement with Yowza Digital & Kavaleer Productions to create a television program based on for Mort’s Hi & Lois comic strip. The co-development agreement gives Kavaleer the exclusive right to represent the property in Europe, allowing them to seek distribution and broadcaster interest as well as meeting with […]

The Bil Keane family has generously donated $50,000 to support the new Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum facility (formerly the Cartoon Research Library). With the matching grant from Jean Shulz, the total impact of the donation will be $100,000. Bil is the creator of The Family Circus. His son Jeff Keane assists his father […]

The Washington Post computer security blog is reporting that readers of the Timesunion.com Comics Kingdom section was compromised by hackers who injected code that prompted readers to download malicious software. The exploit was a newly discovered security flaw in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. The Comics Kingdom is King Features’ online revenue sharing comic product for […]

Editorial cartoonist Tim Quinn was found dead Saturday. Tim has been the editorial cartoonist for the Sequim Gazette (WA) since 1984 and established himself as a multi-faceted artist working in chain saw carvings, stained glass, painting and drawing. Police do not suspect foul play, but natural causes. An autopsy will still be performed. Tim was […]

Wednesday’s Pearls Before Swine was the culmination of a story-line regarding Rat’s protest that the Ziggy character never wears pants. Pearls creator Stephan Pastis writes on his blog that he had a telephone conversation with Ziggy cartoonist Tom Wilson explaining the story-line and asking if on December 16, if Ziggy could wear pants to coincide […]

The International Society of Caricature Artists polled their members to come up with their top 10 most interesting faces to caricature in 2009. The list includes: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Rod Blagojevich, Susan Boyle, Michael Jackson, Kim Jong Il, Bernard Madoff, Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Herman Van Rompuy, and Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. Visit their website to find […]

Fort Knox cartoonist Paul Jon has created five special pieces of line art for a USO coloring contest for kids. The art features Fort Knox characters, Major Joe Knox, his wife, Jane, and their two boys, Donald and Wesley, as well as typical scenes of USO events for kids. The top entries will be featured […]

Based on what I see in the trailer, this is going to be a must see.