There is a good article posted by the Star Bulletin that goes behind the scenes of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special – from the perspective of Lee Mendelson, the producer.Baseball has been very, very good to Lee Mendelson. More than four decades ago, the Bay area film producer had just wrapped a television documentary on […]
Lee Nordling’s comic strip syndication seminar has been placed on hold for the immediate future. As I wrote on Toontalk.org, the frat-like location I’d planned on holding the seminar in apparently sustained some fire damage a short while ago, something I only recently discovered.He also writes that he is working to find another suitable location.
E&P is reporting that the first Comic-Con in New York will feature Patrick McDonnell, creator of ‘Mutts’.Among the Comic-Con’s “special guests” will be “Mutts” creator Patrick McDonnell of King Features Syndicate. Also, King will be among hundreds of exhibitors at the event (www.nycomiccon.com). The convention will be held Feb. 24-26 at Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Center.
Ann Telnaes, editorial cartoonist syndicated through New York Times Syndicate, has been awarded the National Population Cartoon Contest. Telnaes “Washington Fashion Week” drawing — chosen over 155 other cartoons — shows three runway models wearing dresses with anti-condom, anti-abortion, and “stop sex ed” logos. A woman observing the dresses says: “I hear disturbing patterns are […]
Rina Piccolo, cartoonist of Tina’s Groove, has launched a new web site to showcase her strip. She also has a new book called “Tina’s Groove : A Cartoon Collection by Rina Piccolo”.
The Tulsa World has posted a ‘cartoonist wanted’ message on the AAEC bulletin board. They are replacing David Simpson who was fired for plagerism. Posted: Dec 12, 2005 02:48PM From: Laura McIntosh City: Tulsa, Ok USA Email: laura.mcintosh@tulsaworld.com Subject: TULSA WORLD HIRING A CARTOONIST Comments: Unlike many newspapers, the Tulsa World is seeking a cartoonist. […]
The AAEC is reporting that Gary Varvel was named Best Editorial Cartoonist in the Hoosier State Press Association. You can check out Varvel’s cartoons on the Indiana Star or Cagle Gary Varvel was named Best Editorial Cartoonist in the Hoosier State Press Association contest earlier this month. This was the 9th time in 10 years […]
I missed this write up about Darby Conley’s Get Fuzzy in the Des Moines Regsiter. If your a fan of his work, this is a good read. It takes an hour each time Conley draws Bucky Katt. Simply drawing one week’s worth of panels takes about 40 hours; that doesn’t include thinking up ideas and […]
JibJab is rolling another satirical animation out the door today. If I had to envision what political cartooning on the internet will look like in the future, this would be it. On Thursday, the satirically minded Spiridellis brothers plan to release a two-minute Internet video in which a cut-out image of the chief of state […]
According to this business columnist, the newspaper industry is in a great position to make the leap into the internet world.Publishers are struggling to develop a new business model to reap revenue from users of a medium who from the Internet’s earliest days have usually balked at paying for content. Yet for all that, we […]
At the end of Black Ink Monday – “a non-violent protest by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists,” one must ask how successful was the organization’s stand?My guess? It wasn’t. Yes, scores of cartoonists “participated,” but a quick look at cagle.com or comics.com and I didn’t see that any of the protest ‘toons were published […]
E&P is reporting that the Herb Block Foundation is waiving the $50 entry fee for the $10k Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. The waiver is a token of support to the editorial cartooning community.“It’s a small gesture, but it’s something we thought we ought to do,” HBF President Frank Swoboda told E&P Monday. “It’s a […]
Perhaps ol’ Knight Ridder is an attractive buy after all.Two major newspaper companies — Gannett and McClatchy — and a handful of private equity firms have expressed interest in buying San Jose-based Knight Ridder, raising the chances that the nation’s second-largest newspaper group could be sold sometime next year.
The AAEC website has a round up of all the editorial cartoons protesting the decline of editorial cartoonists in the U.S. – especially those inflicted by the Tribune Company. Take a moment and visit the site. There are 99 cartoons at the time of this writing. They also provided an email address to Gary Weitman, […]
TV Squad has a short blip about the The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show that ran on Saturday morning television back in the early 80’s. Also mentioned is Garfield and Friends that soon followed. Other than the fact that The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show was sandwiched among more thrilling and kinetic animated programming, trying […]