Joe Strupp, writing in Editor & Publisher look at how the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) and National Cartoonists Society (NCS) are holding up in this struggling economy with membership numbers and conference attendance.Rex Babin, president of the AAEC talks about membership in his organization: “We are not solely a newspaper editorial cartoonists group,” […]
USA Today has photos, video and interview with the director of the production of the live action Marmaduke movie. Director Tom Dey: “We’ve approached the movie like a John Hughes movie with dogs,” Dey says. “The dog park is like high school for dogs. To make this kind of movie, you really have to understand […]
Comic history» Allan Holtz looks at the cartoonists of the former DBR Media syndicate.Comic Strips» Richard Thompson reminisces on his first meeting with Wizard of Id co-creator Brant Parker.Humor» The Salt Lake Tribune ran a story about how Cal Grondahl broken open the stoic, stuff culture of Mormonism with his cartoon collection book “Freeway to […]
Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor & Publisher since 2002 writes of receiving the news of the publication’s closing and the outpouring of attention the announcement has received. He also hints that there is a small chance the publication will continue in some form. In any case, the outpouring of support â?? staggering, really â?? has […]
The deadline for the National Newspaper Award has been announced: January 11, 2010. The Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists websites notes that the required number of cartoons increased to five editorial cartoons instead of the “up to three” in previous years.
Last week I mentioned that an online exhibit of Beethoven’s work that has been featured in Charles Schulz’ Peanuts was going to launch and today, Beethoven’s birthday, the site is now live. The exhibit features 60 or so Peanuts cartoons where Schroeder is playing Beethoven and the musical notes above the piano are actual music […]
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation has announced the deadline for the Jay Kennedy Scholarship for the best college cartoonist. Students in North America (Mexico, U.S., Canada) are eligible. Entries and samples must be postmarked by February 6, 2010. The winner is treated to the annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards weekend. Visit the NCSF website […]
Gotta admit, the special effects look incredible. There’s even a flash of a scene that looks like things got out of hand with mops and buckets of water like in Mickey’s episode in Fantasia. The one thing that has me wondering if I’ll see it: Nicholas Cage.
Todd Leopold, writing on CNN.com, looks into the success and slow fade of “The Simpsons” as it turns 20 years old this Thursday. As it turns 20 on Thursday, “The Simpsons’ ” greatest enemy may be itself. For many fans — particularly hard-core followers in the mold of the show’s sneering Comic Book Guy — […]
The Cartoon Art Museum is celebrating 25 years as a “a non-profit, educational museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and display of original cartoon art in all its forms.” The museum was started by a group of cartoon art collectors and enthusiasts, led by Malcolm Whyte back on December 14, 1984. The museum operates in […]
Former The State editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail has won this year’s United Nations’ Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award. Robert is the first American cartoonist to win first prize in the award’s 10-year history. Second and third place went to Silvan Wegmann of Switzerland and Shlomo Cohen of Israel. Robert takes home a $10,000 prize which […]
I took my four kids to see Disney’s return to hand drawn animation on Saturday. The two boys wanted to go see “The Fantastic Mr. Fox;” the girls the princess movie. Since we’ve been renting mostly action adventure movies lately as a family, despite the protests of my tween girls, I figured a princess movie […]
The HamptonRoads.com follows up with Rex Morgan M.D. writer Woody Wilson as to why the strip’s title character has been missing from the feature these last five months. But there was another reason to feature her. Call it a case of art imitating life. Wilson had a family member stricken with Alzheimer’s. He felt compelled […]
I’m tossing ideas around for an iPhone app (one that can also be ported to other devices). One idea I had was a comic related app where users can look up titles, comics, artists, relevant dates, etc. I’d like to include as many areas of the industry as possible (comic strip, editorial cartooning, comic books, […]
Peter Brookes, editorial cartoonist for the Times (UK), has been honored as this year’s “Cartoonist of the Year” by the Political Cartoon Society. This is his second such honor. He said that he was more proud of some drawings than others. “The great thing about working for daily papers is that if you feel you […]