The three Pearls Before Swine strips that Bill Watterson and Stephan Pastis collaborated on are in their last day before auction end. So far, the strips together are being sold for a combined total of $30,000. Individually, they’re going as follows:$9,500: $13,000: /wp-content/uploads/tdc-images/pbs-watterson-small-2.jpg$7,500: As I said, this is the last day of bidding. If you […]
From the Chicago Tribune:North Central College will showcase works by artist Dick Locher in an exhibit titled “Dick Locher: A Hometown Artist” presented by Naper Settlement Aug. 22 through Sept. 28. The exhibit is free and open to the public in the College’s Schoenherr Gallery at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. […]
From The New York Times:Jay Maeder, a columnist and editor for The Daily News and The Miami Herald and the last writer of the comic strip ?Annie,? died on Tuesday at his sister?s home in Houston. He was 67. The cause was cancer, his companion, Amanda Hass, said. He lived in Greenwood Lake, N.Y.The Times […]
From Jaunted:The collection of more than 70 cartoons highlights Captain Manno?s wit and talent for the fluid, loosely drawn cartoon style most professional illustrators wish they could achieve. The cartoons range from riffing on the absurdity of passenger requests to musings on the temporary cohabitation of flight attendants and pilots during their time together in […]
Someone had the genius idea of peaking into the trove of Richard Thompson art and had decided to turn them into greeting cards. And really – what would you rather send – a sappy card or one that you’ll spend an extra few minutes looking at the lines, color and expression before sealing the envelope. […]
Lio creator Mark Tatulli’s new book Desmond Pucket and the Mountain Full of Monsters hits book shelves tomorrow. Here’s a teaser of what to expect.Mark is a natural for this genre.
http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-power-of-the-doodle-improve-your-focus-and-memory-1406675744?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=iosapp:Recent research in neuroscience, psychology and design shows that doodling can help people stay focused, grasp new concepts and retain information. A blank page also can serve as an extended playing field for the brain, allowing people to revise and improve on creative thoughts and ideas. Doodles are spontaneous marks that can take many forms, […]
While watching a promotional video of the career of Jeff MacNelly by Tribune Media Services back in the lat ’90’s, I saw Jeff use what looked like both a office pen with a cap that was putting down a line that only comes from a brush. I asked Jeff’s assistant Chris Cassatt if he knew […]
A pan-handler dressed as your friendly neighborhood web crawler got into an altercation with the police. The New York Post has the video (below). Best line from the accompanying story: “A crowd of fellow mascots, including Elmo, Batman and a side-by-side Mickey and Minnie Mouse, also stood watch, their fuzzy mitts held to their giant […]
My favorite iPad drawing app just released a major upgrade. Savage Interaction’s ProCreate 2.1 came out last week with some really cool enhancements with color and layers. The ability to drop a color will speed things up for me quite a bit. Check out their what’s new page for full details.
From the Washington Post:Organizers of two of the biggest comic-book conventions in the country are clashing over their names. A lawyer for San Diego Comic-Con has issued a cease-and-desist letter to organizers of Utah’s Salt Lake Comic Con demanding them to drop “Comic Con” from the name. “Attendees, exhibitors and fans seeing use of ‘Comic […]
A recent cartoon by Ann Telnaes has generated what she describes as “sexually violent and misogynistic threats”. The cartoon (see above) is actually an animated cartoon. Visit the Washington Post to see the full cartoon.From Ann’s blog: Early last week I created a cartoon about the bombings in Gaza. In editorial cartooning, there are some […]
The war in the Gaza strip is proving to be a sensitive issue here at home. The local Jewish community, led by Salt Lake City rabbi Ilana Schwartzman has taken issue with parallels between Israel and Hamas and local cultural issues in Utah. From the Salt Lake Tribune commentary: What we were told is that […]
PBS and American Experience will air a four-hour, two-night film on Walt Disney this fall. The film “explores the life and legacy of one of America?s most enduring and influential storytellers.”From the press release: Directed and produced by Sarah Colt (?Henry Ford,? ?RFK?) and written by Mark Zwonitzer (?JFK,? ?Triangle Fire?), the film features rare […]