Chris Ware has been given prime color real estate in The Guardian to produce a graphic novella called The Last Saturday that will run each week this fall and online here.From Fast Company:The newspaper comic strip isn’t exactly dead, but it’s safe to say that it’s reeling. The decline of newsprint comics dates back well […]
Dykes to Watch Out For creator Alison Bechdel has been named along with 20 other individuals as 2014 MacArthur Fellows – a distinction that not only carries the label of “genius” but also a cash award of $625,000 no-strings-attaached prize.From the Burlington Free Press:Bechdel, who lives in Bolton, had won a creative lottery. She had […]
Happy 50th birthday to Latin American comic strip Mafalda created by Joaquin “Quino” Lavado in 1964.From Euronews:Brazilian tourists sang ?Happy Birthday? in front of a life-sized statue of an eternal six-year-old girl on Monday. But the icon parked on a bench in a middle class Buenos Aires suburb has actually just turned 50. The statue […]
This year’s Toonfest 2014 celebrating cartooning in the hometown of Walt Disney (Marceline Missouri) will include editorial cartoonist Steve Artley, Nancy cartoonist Guy Gilchrist, Tank McNamara co-creator Bill Hinds, animator/artist Eddie Pittman, and Rhymes with Orange creator Hilary Price.I’ve never been, but those who have all report that it’s a great experience for both the […]
Hi Neigher turned 100 years old on Sunday. He spent some of his years in Hollywood drawing Popeye, Betty Boop and even worked on Disney’s Fantasia.From Garry Brown of The Republican (MA):He has been to Hollywood and back as an illustrator. He has been a newspaperman and an advertising man, bringing boundless energy and good […]
Surfing around the web today, it’s hard not to see some tribute to the Tony Auth who passed away on Sunday. There was a remarkable friendship forged between Mike Peters, Tony and the late cartoonists Jeff MacNelly and Doug Marlette. Some of their capers are documented in Doug’s book In Your Face: A Cartoonist at […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has released the following statement regarding the loss of the much loved Tony Auth. Tony Auth?s colleagues and friends in the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists are profoundly saddened by his death. Tony was one of a small handful of that magnificent generation of 1960s and 1970s cartoonists who […]
I’d like to welcome back Universal Uclick as the sponsors of The Daily Cartoonist this week. Universal owns GoComics.com which is THE largest comic portal in the world. Each month I get a list of new features they’re bringing into the fold – not just traditional comic strips but great webcomics of all varieties. It […]
Really sad news. From the New York Times:PHILADELPHIA ? Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Tony Auth, whose sharp and creative commentary appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 40 years, died of cancer on Sunday. He was 72. Auth had worked for the past two years as the artist-in-residence at NewsWorks/WHYY, which announced his death.From […]
Tom Racine’s latest Tall Tale Radio podcast episode is now available. Head over to Tall Tale Radio and give it a listen. In this episode: Justin Thompson of “Mythtickle” joins us as co-host today and Lucas Turnbloom (“Imagine This”) and I engage in a great discussion about writing graphic novels. Then, we bring best-selling author […]
Adam@Home cartoonist Rob Harrell has a middle grade novel out called Life of Zarf: The Trouble with WeaselsThe description on Amazon:It?s not easy being Zarf. As a troll, he’s stuck at the bottom of the middle school hierarchy, way below the prince and knights (populars), ogres and giants (jocks), and even the lowly minstrels (band […]
Great news from Anne Hambrock, founder and organizer of the The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning:The Kenosha Festival of Cartooning is THRILLED to announce that among the items we are offering in the National Cartoonists Society Foundation Benefit Auction is a RARE signed print of the last Calvin & Hobbes strip! When Bill Watterson retired in […]
One of my favorite artists Florian Satzinger has an exhibit of his work in Austria that opens today. If you’re not familiar with Florian, check out his blog.Good luck with the exhibit, Florian.
Salt Lake Comic Con set another attendance record with over 120,000 attendees. This is only its second comic con. Earlier this spring was the sibling convention FanX which also set records of more than 72,000. With numbers this large, there were long lines and dealing with these numbers posed issues for the organizers for a […]
With the Salt Lake Comic Con over, it’s been good to see the local press highlight some of our local talent. City Weekly did a Q&A with Mike Lovins who does the online series “We Go Anywhere“.Gavin: What was it like for you making the series and what made you decide to go digital rather […]