Alan Gardner

Congratulations to Michael Cavna on six years behind Comic Riffs. To commemorate, he’s posted “60 Telling Quotes About Comics and Cartooning from the past six years of ?Riffs”.

I’ve been anxious to see this book since it was announced. Nat Gertler unboxes the Peanuts Artist’s Edition.

Just when I think Disney couldn’t possibly demonstrate more that it has no soul. This.Hollywood Reporter reports a live-action Dumbo movie is in the works. Ehren Kruger (Transformers) is writing the script, Justin Springer (Tron: Legacy, Oblivion) will produce.The new take involves the adaptation of the original movie while adding a unique family story that […]

Interesting piece Committee to Protect Journalists regarding Xavier Bonilla, better known as Bonil and his struggles with a state sponsored media review commission.Called to testify before a government media oversight commission, editorial cartoonist Xavier Bonilla–known by his penname Bonil–showed up with a pair of four-foot-long mock pencils. But rather than having a small eraser on […]

Regarding New Yorker cartoonist and newly appointed State Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont, Seven Days writes: But few beyond Koren’s neighbors know that, for the past 26 years, he has been a volunteer with the Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department. Koren calls his other, less public job a “tonic,” in that it allows him to connect with […]

Today marks the launch of David Reddick’s comic strip Intelligent Life via King Features. Comics Kingdom describes the strip as following “the ups and downs of the geek life, through the eyes of Skip, Gwen, Mike, and Barry, four employees at Finch Marketing– all equally geeky in their own unique way. Skip’s a lovable dork […]

If you’re an editorial cartoonist, you may want to check out PlanetPOV to see if your work is being used without permission. The site has been posting several scores of cartoons by a variety of cartoons each Sunday and not in any fair-use way – unless fair-use is being defined as “it’s on the internet, […]

Stone Soup creator Jan Eliot lived in South Africa for three months last year. Jan weaved her experience into a story-line that ran in late May and into June using the Grandmother Evie character to voice her impressions of the country.The Cape Argus, a Cape Town newspaper, picked up on the story-line and profiles Jan […]

Frank Cummings, cartoonist on Blondie, has passed away. He was 55 years old. Not a lot has been published surrounding his death.From the Blondie Facebook page:It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague Frank Cummings. Frank has been a working commercial artist for over 30 years. His […]

Aaron Alexander interviews New Yorker cartoonist Mick Stevens:AA: When you and I talked via email a few weeks ago, you mentioned that you believe a cartoonist?s style is one of the most important things as far as getting noticed, and that style is not just drawing, but the way you think. Can you expand on […]

Wonderfully done.

Cartoonists Rights Network International writes about Kanika Mishra, an Indian women who was appalled at the response to the Delhi 2012 gang rape and the placement of blame on the woman afterward, who began drawing cartoons and sending them out through social media.?I thought that if a minor girl who was allegedly raped by her […]

Lora Innes writes for Paperwings:Easily half the artists exhibiting at any mainstream Comic Con or Anime Show make and sell fan art. And by ?fan art? I mean merchandise featuring characters the artist does not own: prints, buttons, tee shirts, key chains, hats, tote bags?I even saw Captain American mittens at the last show I […]

Eddie Pitman, a fine gentleman, animator and creator of Red’s Planet has a few very cool announcements. The first had to do with doing voice acting for Phineas and FerbWhile I was in LA, several of my colleagues, having heard many of my impressions and voice characterizations, encouraged me to pursue voice acting. I did […]

I haven’t posted one of these polls in a while. The Las Vegas Review-Journal polled their readers to gauge popularity in their comics. Blondie (always a perennial favorite) takes the number one spot followed by Garfield and Family Circus. Of the top 10, Zits and Pickles are the youngest.Full results over at their site.The paper […]