A study of children’s cartoons find that characters over the age of 55 are portrayed negatively 38% of the time according to a Brigham Young University study which analyzed 45 hours of Saturday morning and after-school programming.
The work of Rina Piccolo creator of Tina’s Groove and one of the Six Chix will be on display in an exhibit called, “This Inking Life: The Essential Cartoonist.” The exhibit opened Saturday the 12th of this month and runs through October 1. On September 13th Rina and other cartoonists will be on hand to talk about their art. This event is free to the public.
Yesterday’s Candorville by Darrin Bell paid tribute to the late Bob Thaves who created Frank & Ernest. The comic depicts Frank and Ernest as angels above two homeless people asking if they could share the alley because, “Ernie’s allergic to clouds.”According to E&P: “‘Frank & Ernest’ was one of the first strips I remember ever reading, and it was an inspiration to me,” Bell told E&P.
Last May, I told you that Jef Mallett, creator of Frazz, was participating in a this year’s Nevada Passage – a 1000 mile adventure race…. The event has been filmed and will be airing on select stations around the country between now and February.
From the Great Lakes Chapter of the NCS comes news that Jeff Stahler (Moderately Confused and editorial cartoonist for The Columbus Dispatch) will be featured in an upcoming exhibit in West Virginia during the month of September. The exhibit also includes watercolor paintings by Jeff’s mother Wanda. The exhibit is called, “Moderately Confused with Mom.”
This Friday, Glenn and Gary McCoy will be the featured guests on the Washington Posts live discussion chat. Chat starts 1 p.m. EST, but you can enter in your questions early.
After years of placing number one, Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse has been beat out as the top comic in the Wichita Eagle…. They are dropping Slylock Fox, Shoe, One Big Happy and Peanuts.Over the next two weeks, Mother Goose and Grimm, Sherman’s Lagoon, Six Chix and Bliss will run in the daily and Sunday slots, then starting August 27 – for another two weeks – Pearls Before Swine, Cow and Boy, Over the Hedge, and Bizarro will each take a turn.
Several puzzle pieces point to the possibility of Berkeley Breathed’s Opus making the leap to the big screen. Coming Soon.net has an entry for a Opus film entitled “Opus: The Last Christmas” with a release date of December 19, 2008. The production studio is The Weinstein Company, the same company behind CG animated films such […]
E&P reports that Dave Coverly has finally picked the winner of his second annual caption contest. The contest drew over 4,000 entries. The winner is Pete Battistini of Avon IN. Dave’s cartoon depicted a police line up with a woman looking at the line up. The winning zinger is, “Oh, that reminds me. I need […]
Tank McNama’s creator Jeff Millar has written a play that will be showcased this December in Boca Raton, FL during the Caldwell Theatre Company’s Play Reading Series.
The September 10th Prickly City by Scott Stantis will include a tribute to Bob Thaves, the creator of Frank & Earnest.”I had assisted Bob on his strip ‘King Baloo’ many years ago.” Stantis told E&P. “He was a good one to learn from.”Stantis added that he thinks Thaves — who began “Frank & Ernest” in 1972 — helped “pave the way” for comics such as “The Far Side,” “Mother Goose and Grimm,” and “Non Sequitur.”
From E&P comes a little snippet of For Better or For Worse news. Lynn Johnston’s characters will appear on an old-fashion carousel in North Bay, Ontario.
Bob Thaves, who created Frank & Ernest in 1972 has died at age 81 in Torrance California. He leaves behind his wife, Katie, of 52 years, his son Tom, daughter Sara.
Norm Feuti’s Retail now has a permanent spot on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer’s comics page. The strip was tested in January where it received high rankings by readers. It replaces Johnny Hart’s B.C.
According to a Universal Press press release, the Oregonian reported that their top 10 most popular comics are: For Better or For Worse, Pickles, Stone Soup, Zits, Doonesbury, Blondie, Luann, Get Fuzzy, Mutts and Pearls Before Swine.