The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association has announced their finalists for their 61st Annual Awards. For The Daily Cartoonist audience, here are the finalists for The Nebula Award for Best Comic:Visit the Nebula Award site for nominees in the other categories.
French cartoonist Clément Oubrerie has passed away at the age of 59.Clément, born in Paris, studied art at Penninghen School of Art Direction and Interior Architecture in Paris before moving to the United States where he began his career as a children’s illustrator. His stay in the U.S. ended with time in a New Mexico jail […]
As the dogged Angoulême International Comics Festival tries to aright itself from the cancelation of this year’s festival and the scandalized past of the former organizer, 9eArt+, it has announced the first round of companies that responded to a call for new organizer. Two of the four have connections to the prior organizer.The list of […]
Cartoonist Biniam Solomon was arrested in Eritrea, never tried, and held in detention for 15 years before being released recently. The reasons for his arrest and detention were never explained by the Eritrea government.From the BBC: Known by his pen name Cobra, Biniam gained fame for his critical and witty cartoons tackling political and social issues. […]
Michael Catron, co-founder of Fantagraphic Books, has announced that two of their full print runs of The Atlas Comics Library No. 9: Adventures Into Weird Worlds Vol. 1 and Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken were aboard a cargo ship that was struck in or near the Strait of Hormuz. The books were printed […]
Het Stripschap has announced nominees to their Stripschap Awards 2026. Their lifetime achievement award, the Stripschapprijs, will go to Milan Hulsing. DRAWING THE TIMES was awarded the P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs Award for service to the comic community, and the nominees for the Storyworld Publieksprijs (Storyworld Audience Award) include Margreet De Heer, Anco Dijkman (llustrator), Ahmad […]
IDW Publishing has posted episode one of their new CreatorXCreator Podcast. The inaugural episode features Ben Wickey and Patrick Horvath discussing “witch trials and anthropomorphic animals through the lens of history, research, and visual narrative.”Wickey is a cartoonist, animator, and writer best known for his debut graphic novel More Weight: A Salem Story, his work […]
While Americans are celebrating the 75th anniversary of Hank Ketcham’s Dennis the Menace our British cousins are celebrating their own Dennis the Menace—a comic that by happenstance launched on the same day with the same title. According to Wikipedia, the US comic’s title was inspired by Ketcham’s wife’s exasperated cry “Your son is a menace!” […]
An effort to promote Finnish comics in France has kicked off with “Sarjakuva 2026, the Year of Finnish Comics in France” The effort is to promote Finnish bande dessinée within France and promote exchanges between artists, professionals and comic fans. Sarjakuva 2026 is the brainchild of Kirsi Kinnunen, an award winning Finnish translator known for […]
The newly formed Graphic Medicine Europe has announce their inaugural Graphic Medicine Europe Conference to be held later this year on Sept 9 – 12. The conference will be held at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on September 9-10 and at the annual Cross Comix festival at De Doelen in Rotterdam on the 11-12th. The theme is “Imagination, Mediation, […]
Illustrator Brian Biggs has launched a weekly Youtube channel called Sitting Around Talking About Art Supplies. His teaser: Do you like art supplies? Are you fascinated with those weird pens and expensive pencils? Why are crayons so great? Do you hoard procreate brushes and have a pinterest board for letterpress machines? I know I do. […]
Glenn Marshall reports that members of the British Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation visited the House of Commons to urge Members of Parliament to pass the “Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act”. The act would “prohibit the sale and promotion of tourist activities abroad where animals are kept or treated in ways that would be illegal in the […]
Tatanja Wood, award winning artist and colorist for DC Comics, has passed away on February 27 at the age of 99, just 3 days shy of 100 years old.Born on March 2, 1926 in Darmstadt, Germany. She spent World War II in the Netherlands. After the war she and her brother migrated to the United States […]
As we noted earlier, former Minneapolis Star-Tribune editorial cartoonist Steve Sack has returned to the drawing table after his officially retirement four years ago. We had a chance to catch up with Steve about his motivations and how long we can expect new Sack cartoons.Back in October Steve had created a Substack account to post older cartoons that were […]
Lakes International Comic Arts Festival (LICAF) has announced a number of updates head of this year’s festival. The British festival launched a new website, logo, poster, and this year’s special guest Bill Sienkiewicz.Bill, a classically-trained painter, is a multi-Eisner Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated artist. His career includes creating work for both Marvel and DC, Disney, […]