For those of us who are attending the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning vicariously, here are sources to watch: The official blog. Mike Peterson has a great post about the cartoonists gathering for the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning. Attending cartoonist Twitter accounts (some are more verbose than others): Mike Cope John Hambrock Rick Stromoski Terri Libenson […]
I didn’t know this existed until today, but I’m adding it to my feed reader. Very cool insight into the Peanuts Studio that oversees all licensing, art and editorial content for all Peanuts products worldwide. I?ve always said that the Peanuts Studio (Charles M. Schulz?s studio) is one of the best-kept cartooning secrets because no […]
Short interview with Alison Bechdel on cartooning, her work and being a MacArthur Fellow recipient. Also something I’ve never seen before – she writes and “draws” as she goes along using what looks like Photoshop. The drawings, during the writing process, are nothing more than images grabbed off the Internet as placeholders until she draws […]
The legal fight between San Diego Comic-Con and Salt Lake Comic Con took another step forward – and hints at a possible settlement. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Salt Lake Comic Con filed their official response to San Diego’s lawsuit asserting that “comic con” (no dash) is generic term and used by several […]
Another reminder that we’re in the last hours of the National Cartoonists Society Foundation Fundraiser for Children’s Charities in Kenosha WI. The goal was to raise $2,000 and by “auctioning” off several original cartoons, the Indiegogo campaign has raised $6,600. From the Indiegogo site: The National Cartoonists Society Foundation and the Kenosha Festival of Cartooning […]
Just a reminder (or notice if this is new information), Jake Parker’s InkTober challenge starts on October 1. The challenge is boils down to doing one ink drawing a day during the month of October. From Jake’s website: Every October, artists all over the world take on the InkTober drawing challenge by doing one ink […]
It’s hit my Facebook wall a couple of times now. Photographer Sandro Miller recreated some of the most iconic photographs with actor John Malkovich. They’re interesting to say the least. But what I have found to be much more funny is this collection by caricaturist Rodney Pike who Photoshopped Mr. Bean into some of the […]
Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants has topped the list of books that were banned or challenged in 2013 according to the Office for Intellectual Freedom. The reasons cited include “offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence.” Also making the list this year – as far as other comic/cartoon related books are concerned: Jeff Smith’s Bone series […]
A recent Hagar the Horrible offended one Washington Post reader after reading this strip below: She writes: I was stunned to see a rape joke in the Sept. 13 ?Hagar the Horrible.? This strip stopped being funny years ago and, even though aimed at kids, consistently relies on sexist humor and jokes about drunkenness. This […]
I admit Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis gets away with things most other features can’t, but this letter to the editor revealing the extent one reader goes to hide the “offensive” strip from his granddaughter is unbelievable. The comic strip ‘Pearls Before Swine’ ranges from just plain stupid to downright offensive. My granddaughters regularly […]
I linked to a story last year in The San Diego Union-Tribune regarding Luann creator Greg Evan turning writing responsibilities over to his daughter Karen Evans. At the end of the story is a line about how Greg would like to turn the artwork over to his grandson. This week, the strip is being guest […]
This week’s sponsor are the wonderful people over at Universal Uclick. As you know, Universal runs GoComics – the largest comics portal in the world. They provide the digital home to the largest number of newspaper comics and a growing number of the most popular web comics on the web. With such a variety of […]
From The Age (Australia): Oliver Buckworth, 28, claims he was removed from a Gold Coast-bound flight after a fellow passenger saw the contents of his notebook over his shoulder and informed Tiger staff. “The irony is I was writing a sentence about the absurdity of the fearmongering when we live in such a happy country […]
Check out Newsday cartoonist Matt Davies ink and color his cartoon. Always in awe of those who color by hand.
A big thanks goes out to Universal Uclick for sponsoring the blog this week. Universal is the owner of GoComics, the largest comics portal in the world with some of the most recognized and famous comics (and webcomics). The portal itself has over a billion (with a B) page views a year. That?s a lot […]