From, of all places, the St. Louis Cardinal’s website:Amadee Wohlschlaeger, one of the most renowned sports cartoonists of the last century, died at age 102 on Tuesday in St. Louis. Known professionally only as Amadee, he captured the heart, soul and humor of St. Louis sports with his pen, pencil and brushes for more than […]
After editorial cartoonist Ted Rall announced he had taken a staff job with Pando Daily, the cartooning community celebrated the new trend of hiring cartoonists. Unfortunately the old trend of laying-off cartoonists is still very much alive. ValleyWag broke the story that Ted had been fired less than a month on the job along with […]
The penguins in the Madagascar series have been some of the funniest supporting characters in an animated film. We’ll see if they can transition from supporting characters to main. Movie hits theaters November 26 with the talent of Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich, Ken Jeong, Annet Mahendru and Peter Stormare.
Today I’m reminded that Brian Basset’s Adam@home (originally launched as Adam) turns 30 today. The strip is drawn and written by the talented Rob Harrell. Brian is also the creator of Red and Rover that launched in 2000.Here’s an Adam strip from 1995 – the furthest back I could get to on GoComics. Here’s today’s:
David Palumbo on creating your own style:Among the most frequently asked questions of the aspiring visual artist, I would expect to find ?how do I develop my style? near the top of the list. The answer I typically give is to not worry about finding your style because once you?ve mastered the fundamentals of drawing, […]
Jim Keefe posted a video of Stan Lee and John Buscema talking about inking with a brush from their book “How to Draw comics the Marvel Way”. Without a doubt, inking is an art. As things continue to go digital – will it be a lost art?
I posted the teaser a while back. I’m excited to see this one.
New Yorker cartoonist Charles Barsotti has passed away at age 80.From the New York Times:“He got the maximum out of the minimum,” said Robert Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker magazine, which has published nearly 1,400 Barsotti cartoons since the 1960s. “With just a few lines he could delineate a hobo, a spy, a […]
The SFJ Excellence-in-Features awards have been announced. The Washington Post’s Michael Cavna places in three categories. Michael takes first place win in the Blog category for his Comic Riffs blog, a second place win in the A&E Commentary, a shares a third place with Tall Tale Radio’s Tom Racine in Video Storytelling.Congratulations to Michael and […]
On a Claire Day creators Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett have announced that they are bringing their comic strip to an end. The feature launched eight years ago, but as Carla writes, “we?ve done it for eight years now, and with all that?s happened with the newspaper business (going away, basically!) we?ve had to bring […]
Back in February, Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson was awarded the grand prix de la ville d?Angoulême at this year?s Angoulême International Comics Festival in France. The festival is one of the largest in the world. The prize honors an individual who has influenced the evolution of comics. The winner typically draws the event […]
As you may know, the US Supreme Court will hear the case between Marvel (Disney) and the Jack Kirby heirs over the ownership rights to Kirby’s characters. From Deadline: On May 15, the nine Justices will debate in private Conference whether or not to get involved in the Kirby heir?s 5-year attempt to gain back […]
Another great “Learn to Draw” from The Doozies creator Tom Gammill who emcee’d this year’s Reuben Awards ceremonies. The segment where Tom and Jeannie Schulz get hitched is hilarious.
I was traveling yesterday and wasn’t able to update the blog. The Watterson-Pastis collaboration continues to blow people’s mind as evident by the amount of social media and real media attention. I’m not sure there’s a media outlet that didn’t give this biggest comic heist ever some love. Michael Cavna reports that Stephan Pastis’s blog […]
This week’s comic explosion over who was guest drawing Pearls Before Swine and then the confirmation that it was none other than Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson wasn’t a fly-by-night collaboration. The two cartoonists, Bill and Pearls creator Stephan Pastis hatched this idea with a philanthropic intent of auctioning off the three strips through […]