Randy Glasbergen has announced that he’s retiring from the feature The Better Half. Randy took over the panel in 1982 from Vinnie Vinson. He tells me that with his decision to not renew his contract with King Features Syndicate, the syndicate has opted to retire the panel completely.Randy cites that his freelance business has been […]
Today, Blue Sky Studios released the official trailer for The Peanuts Movie. I loved the first teaser they put out. This trailer has me a bit more worried about the film. Despicable Me didn’t feature the minions enough. Once the studio saw how likable and entertaining they were, Despicable Me 2 featured them too much. […]
The must-watch video of the day: The Art of Richard Thompson from GVI on Vimeo.Michael Cavna has interviewed the filmakers. Head over to his Comic Riffs blog to read the exchange and background info on the documentary short.MICHAEL CAVNA: Congratulations on the beautiful documentary, guys. When did you first discover Richard?s work, and what inspired […]
Today marked the 50th anniversary of The Wizard of Id. The strip was created by Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. Here’s today’s strip marking the milestone. Today Wizard of Id is produced by Brant’s son Jeff Parker, his wife Nicola Parker along with Johnny’s grandsons Mason Mastroianni and Mick Mastroianni.Johnny’s other strip B.C. also paid […]
When Australian Canberra Times editorial cartoonist David Pope was alerted that one of his original cartoons had been altered and posted on the Facebook page of Senator Jacqui Lambie, he did what many would do in 2014 – he tweeted about it saying, “Politicians re-captioning cartoons without permission for their own political purposes probs needs […]
Art Wood, editor, cartoonist and comic collector, passed on November 4 at the age of 87. He held one of the largest private/personal comic collections – which he donated to the Library of Congress. He was also a founding member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. From his obituary: His own original cartoons have […]
Great news from Cartoonists Rights Network International:Meanwhile, Turkish cartoonist Musa Kart was found not guilty of ?insulting through publication and slander? Turkey?s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a cartoon published in the daily Cumhuriyet on February 1, 2014. The offending cartoon depicted Erdogan, then prime minister, as a hologram fecklessly looming over a money-laundering operation […]
Those of us celebrating judicial victory last month over the sedition charges and a ban on his cartoons, Malaysian editorial cartoonist Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, better known as Zunar is being harassed again. Cartoonists Rights Network International reports that his assistants were arrested while selling his book at the Palace of Justice.
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau is interviewed the the New York Times about the second season of his TV show Alpha House. Also mentioned, editorial cartooning and his comic strip.But do you think making big statements about politics is harder to do on TV than in a comic strip? The show is really not about statements. […]
Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has produced the poster to promote the annual Angoulême International Comics festival held in France. Bill was the Grand Prix recipient last year which by tradition requires the winner to contribute the official poster for the following year. It wasn’t clear whether Bill would provide the poster after his […]
Pulitzer Prize?winning political cartoonist Pat Oliphant Pulitzer Prize?winning presidential biographer David McCullough appear together for an event at Yale. David offers insights into each president as Pat draws the president live.
Bruce MacKinnon, editorial cartoonist for The Chronicle-Herald, drew a cartoon in response to last month’s the shooting in Ottawa’s Parliament building. The cartoon has resonated with many. Global News has a video interview with Bruce about drawing that cartoon.From the Global News: MacKinnon said the response has been overwhelming. ?I think it also speaks to […]
Israeli cartoonist Amos Biderman is coming under fire for a cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flying a plane labeled “Israel” into a skyscraper with a US flag – a clear reference to the 9/11 destruction of the New York Twin Towers. The Anti-Defamation League demanded an apology. Amos, so far, isn’t giving one. […]
With almost super-human strength, Stan Lee Media continuously takes legal losses like the recent loss in the 9th district court that ruled that it’s “claims over being denied the fruits of such characters as the X-Men, the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man had been previously adjudicated.” In other words – you lost previous battles gentlemen. […]
Andrews McMeel Publishing will be releasing a paperback box edition of Gary Larson’s The Complete Far Side on November 25th. The three book volume is approximately 1278 pages of Gary’s zany panel that ran from 1980 to 1995. Amazon has it currently listed at $73.49 ($100.00 retail).