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 […]
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: Well, hiatuses are good and all, but it’s time to get back to work! Welcome to the new Tall Tale Radio, with 30% more podcasty goodness and now…completely Gluten Free! […]
Tall Tale Radio is back! After a seven month hiatus Tom Racine announced that he’s back behind the mike with a co-host Lucas Turnbloom, creator of Imagine This.From Tom:First off, welcome to my new Co-Host, Mr. Lucas Turnbloom! We all know Lucas from his amazing work over at ?Imagine This,? and he has all sorts […]
Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro has announced that he’s been cast as the host of a FOX network reality TV show, Utopia. From his blog:Think about it. I?m at home in my sweatpants working on my cartoon career like I?ve been doing for the past 30 years, a friend asks me if I?d like to do […]
Yesterday kicked off the Salt Lake Comic Con. When I heard Dave Kellett and Fred Schroder were going to be in town to screen their documentary “Stripped“, I suggested we get together with other area cartoonists/illustrators for a post-first day convention dinner. Below are several of the best talent in Salt Lake City. We’re lucky […]
Oliphant’s cartoon from September 13, 2001 (Pat Oliphant/Universal Uclick)Les Daly interviews legendary editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant in The Atlantic: Daly: Have you liked any of the presidents you have met? Oliphant: I like to stay away from politicians. The first lesson I had in that was meeting Goldwater, although it was after the election. I […]
Rolling Stone Magazine profiles XKCD cartoonist Randall Monroe and his new book, “What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions” Since 2012, Munroe has also been answering weekly reader questions about science, ranging from “What would it take to stop an out-of-control freight train using only b.b. guns?” to “What would happen if you tried […]
From Newsday’s Rita Ciolli on how Matt Davies landed the Newsday gig:Here?s how he got to Newsday. The decision on replacing Handelsman was postponed until the arrival of a new publisher. Gordon McLeod started on April 1, and the next day he asked me whether the Opinion Department had all the resources it needed. I […]
From the Toonseum:It is with very mixed feelings that the ToonSeum Board announces that Joe Wos, founder and executive director, will be leaving the ToonSeum to pursue new and exciting creative opportunities. Since 2007, Joe?s vision, leadership and boundless energy has propelled the ToonSeum from a tiny hallway in The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh into […]