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 […]
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: Oh, the overwhelming Tall Tale Features-ness of this episode is staggering! 6 years ago, I started Tall Tale Radio, and now have reached 200 episodes! The podcast started because Mike […]
Ottawa Citizen editorial cartoonist Cam Cardow has posted a video showing how he creates the Duoshade effect in Photoshop. Doushade was a paper that when a special chemical was applied, a diagonal shading line appeared under the pen and ink drawings creating a shading effect. The paper was discontinued in 2009.Here’s Cam’s video:
Daily Cartoonist regular reader Mark Stokes has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the publishing of his first ever collection Zombie Boy Comics Volume 1: Some Kind of Horrible. From his description:Zombie Boy Comics follows the afterlife and times of “living challenged” Morgan McCorkindale, a.k.a. Zombie Boy, and his pals Duncan, Beatrice, Claustria, Boog and […]
Nick Anderson with other contestants vying for Hottest Bachelor in Houston. Click for larger, shirtless (and tan line) magic.When an editorial cartoonist wins the Pulitzer, they’re assured their obituary’s first line will mention it. But if voting goes well for Houston Chronicle editorial cartoonist Nick Anderson, perhaps he’ll be better known as Hottest Bachelor in […]
This is cool. Animation director Genndy Tartakovsky has been working on a Popeye animated feature film for Sony Pictures Animation. Today they released an “animation test” – not the real voice talent or even scenes from the movie in production. But it’s cool nonetheless. Check it out:
From Publisher’s Weekly:According to Nielsen Bookscan?s numbers, the graphic novel category is up 10% this year over 2013. As of September 14, graphic novels have sold 5,618,000 copies in 2014, up from 5,116,000 in 2013. The number matches up with the most recent figures from Diamond Comics Distributors, which showed graphic novels up 3.81% YTD […]
Venezuelan editorial cartoonist Rayma Suprani has allegedly been fired for depicting former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez’s signature flat-lining on an electrocardiograph as a way to depict the country’s national health care system.From the New York Times:El Universal representatives were unavailable for comment on Thursday. One newspaper employee, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the cartoonist […]
The Colorado Independent, a non-profit newsroom, is raising money to get Mike Keefe drawing editorial cartoons again. Mike is a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist who worked for the Denver Post for over 35 years before taking a buy-out in 2011. If the $12,500 is funded, Mike will produce a national or local cartoon each […]
Funny and depressing at the same time. Steve Cutts shows us where all our favorite 1980’s comic characters are today. Where Are They Now? from Steve Cutts on Vimeo.
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 […]